warning, cautioning

, aor. , inf. n. حَذَرٌ; and ↓ احتذر; (Msb, K;) He was cautious, wary, or vigilant; was on his guard; took care; (K, TA;) was in a state of preparation; (Msb;) was in fear; feared. (TA.) [You say, حَذِرَ مِنْ أَمْرٍ and ↓ احتذر مِنْهُ He was cautious, &c., of a thing, or an event. And حَذِرَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ كَذَا and ↓ احتذر He was cautious, &c., for him, of such a thing. And both verbs are also trans.: for you say,] حَذِرَهُ, (S, A, Msb,) aor. and inf. n. as above; (S;) and ↓ احتذرهُ, (TA,) and ↓ حاذرهُ; (A;) He was cautious of it; guarded, or was on his guard, against it; (S, A;) prepared, prepared himself, or was in a state of preparation, against it; (TA;) feared it. (Msb, TA.) [And حَذِرَ أَنْ يَفْعَلَهُ and ↓ احتذر He was cautious of doing it; or he feared doing it.] And حُذِرَ الشَّىْءُ فَحَذِرَهُ The thing was an object of fear, and so he feared it. (Msb.) And حُذِرَ المَوْتِ [Death was an object of fear]: and المَوْتَ ↓ حاذر [He feared death]. (A.)

[The cautioning another; putting him on his guard; making him to be cautious or wary or vigilant, to be on his guard, to take care, or to be in a state of preparation;] the making to fear, or be in fear. (S, TA.) [You say, حذّرهُ مِنْ أَمْرٍ He cautioned him against a thing. And the verb is also doubly trans.: you say,] حذّرهُ الأَمْرَ [He cautioned him against, or made him to fear, the thing, or event]. (TA.) And أَحَذِّرُكَهُ [I caution thee against him, or it]. (K.) And it is said in the Kur [iii. 27 and 28], يُحَذِّرُكُمُ ٱللّٰهُ نَفْسَهُ God maketh you to fear Himself. (TA.)

, (TK,) inf. n. مُحَاذَرَةٌ (S, K) and حِذَارٌ, (S,) They two were cautious, or in fear, each of the other; were on their guard, or in a state of preparation, each against the other. (TK.) حِذَارٌ is syn. with مُحَاذَرَةٌ, (S,) and مُحَاذَرَةٌ is between two. (K.) ― -b2- See also 1, in two places.

see 1, in five places.

He was angry, (K,) and prepared himself to do mischief, (TA,) and drew himself together (تَقَبَّضَ): so in some copies of the K and in other lexicons: or became enraged (تَغَيَّظَ): so in other copies of the K. (TA.)

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and ↓ حِذْرٌ, (S, A, Msb, K,) the former an inf. n., (S, Msb,) and the latter a simple subst., (Msb,) Caution, wariness, vigilance, guard, or care; (S, A, K;) as also ↓ مَحْذُورَةٌ; (K;) or a state of preparation; (Msb;) or fear; (Mgh, * TA;) and so ↓ مَحْذُورَةٌ: (S, Msb, K:) [pl. أَحْذَارٌ.] You say, ↓ أَخَذَ حِذْرَهُ He took care; was cautious, or vigilant. (Bd in iv. 73 and 103.) And هُوَ ٱبْنُ أَحْذَارٍ (tropical:) He is a son [i. e. a person] of resolution, or determination, and caution, or wariness. (S, K.) And حَذَرَكَ زَيْدًا: see حَذَارِ. ― -b2- أَبُو حَذَرٍ The male chameleon: (K:) because of its frequent changes. (TA.)

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(S, A, Msb, K) and ↓ حَذُرٌ (S, A, K) Cautious; wary; vigilant; on his guard; careful; (S;) or in a state of preparation; (Msb;) as also ↓ حَاذِرٌ; (S, A, Msb;) and fearful: (S:) or very cautious or wary or vigilant or careful; as also ↓ حَاذُورَةٌ (K) and ↓ حِذْرِيَانٌ: (A, K:) or this last signifies very fearful and cautious &c.: (S:) pl. of the first حَذِرُونَ and حَذَارَى. (S, K.) Sb cites, as an ex. of حَذِرٌ used transitively, " حَذِرٌ أُمُورًا لَا تُخَافُ وَ آمِنٌ مَا لَيْسَ مُنْجِيهِ مِنَ الأَقْدَارِ " [Cautious, or very cautious, of things not to be feared, and trusting in that which will not save him from the decrees of destiny]: but this is extr.; for an epithet of the measure فَعِلٌ is not [regularly] trans., so as to govern an objective complement. (S, TA.) In the Kur xxvi. 56, some read ↓ حَاذِرُونَ; and some, حَذِرُونَ and ↓ حَذُرُونَ: حاذرون signifying in a state of preparation; (Zj, S;) or fully equipped with arms: (Sh:) and حذرون, in a state of fear; (S;) or in a state of preparation; (TA;) or in a state of preparation with the accoutrements of war; (Ibn-Mes'ood;) or cautious, or vigilant. (Zj.)

A rugged piece of ground: (S, K:) or the top of a mountain, when it is hard and rugged, but level: (Aboo-Kheyreh:) and rough ground: (TA:) and a rugged [hill such as is termed] أَكَمَة; as also ↓ حِذْرِيَآءُ: (K:) pl. حَذَارَى and حَذَارٍ. (S.) -A2- Also The عِفْرِيَة [or feathers of the back of the neck] of a cock: (S, K:) pl. as above. (K)

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: see حَذِرٌ.