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, (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. , (Mgh, Msb,) inf. n. حَزْبٌ, (K, TA,) It (an event) befell him: (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K:) and it became severe to him; distressed him; or pressed severely, or heavily, upon him: or it straitened him, or overcame him, (K, TA,) suddenly, or unexpectedly. (TA.)

, (A, K,) inf. n. تَحْزِيبٌ, (K,) He collected, congregated, or assembled, people: (TA:) he collected, or formed, people into أَحْزَاب, (A, K,) i. e. parties, classes, bodies, divisions, or the like. (A.) ― -b2- (tropical:) He divided the Kur-án into أَحْزَاب, (S, A, Mgh, TA,) meaning set portions for particular acts of prayer, &c.; the doing of which is forbidden. (Mgh.) [But it may also be used as meaning (assumed tropical:) He divided the Kur-án into sixtieth portions.]

He was, or became, of the number of his partisans, or party: (TA:) he helped, or aided, him. (A.) ― -b2- See also 5.

They became [or formed themselves into] أَحْزَاب, (A, Msb, K,) i. e. parties, classes, bodies, divisions, or the like; (A;) as also ↓ حازبوا: (K:) they collected themselves together, (S, Mgh, * TA,) against (عَلَى) others. (Mgh.)

and ↓ حُزَابَةٌ A severe, or distressing, event: or one that straitens, or overcomes, (K, TA,) suddenly, or unexpectedly. (TA.)

, in its primary acceptation, A party, or company of men, assembling themselves on account of an event that has befallen them (لِأَمْرِ حَزَبَهُمْ): (Ksh and Bd in v. 61:) [and then, in a general sense,] an assembly, a collective body, or company, of men: (IAar, A, Mgh, L, K:) a party, portion, division, or class, (S, A, L, Msb, K, TA,) of men: (L, Msb, TA:) the troops, or combined forces, of a man; (K, TA;) his party, partisans, or faction, prepared, or ready, for fighting and the like: (TA:) the companions, (S, K,) sect, or party in opinions or tenets, (K,) of a man: (S, K:) any party agreeing in hearts and actions, whether meeting together or not: (El-Moajam, TA:) pl. أَحْزَابٌ. (S, A, Mgh, Msb, L, K.) And the pl., with the article, Those people who leagued together to wage war against Mohammad: (K:) or the parties that combined to war with the prophets. (S.) And in the Kur xl. 31, The people of Noah and 'Ád and Thamood, and those whom God destroyed after them, (K, TA,) as the people of Pharaoh. (TA.) And يَوْمُ الأَحْزَابِ [The day of the combined forces;] the day [or war] of the moat (الخَنْدَق). (Mgh, Msb, TA.) ― -b2- I. q. وِرْدٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K, TA,) either in its proper sense, A turn, or time, of coming to water: or in the sense next following, which is tropical. (TA.) ― -b3- (tropical:) A set portion of the Kur-án, (A, Mgh, L, TA,) and of prayer, (Mgh, L, TA,) &c., (Mgh,) of which a man imposes upon himself the recital (A, Mgh, TA) on a particular occasion, (Mgh,) or at a particular time; (TA;) a set portion of prayer, and of recitation [of the Kur-án], &c., which a person is accustomed to perform: (Msb:) pl. as above. (Mgh.) You say, قَرَأَ حِزْبَهُ مِنَ القُرْآنِ (tropical:) [He recited his set portion of the Kur-án]. (A.) And كَمْ حِزْبُكَ (tropical:) [How much is thy set portion of the Kur-án ?]. (A.) ― -b4- [Also (assumed tropical:) A sixtieth portion of the Kur-án.] ― -b5- (assumed tropical:) A portion, share, or lot, (Msb, TA,) of wealth, or property: or perhaps a mistranscription for جِزْبٌ; since IAar says that حِزْبٌ signifies “ a company of men; ” and جِزْبٌ “ a portion, share, or lot. ” (TA.) -A2- A weapon, or weapons, of war; syn. سِلَاحٌ; (M, A, K, TA;) i. e. آلَةٌ حَرْبٍ. (TA.) -A3- See also what next follows.

, (S,) or ↓ حِزْبٌ and حِزْبَآءَةٌ, (K, TA,) Rugged ground: (S, K:) or very rugged ground: (TA:) or the first signifies hard, elevated ground: (Ham p. 664:) and the last, a most rugged tract of [high ground such as is termed] قُفّ, slightly elevated, in another hard قُفّ; (ISh, TA;) or a rugged, elevated place: (TA:) the first is a pl.; (K;) [or rather a coll. gen. n., of which the last is the n. un.; i. e.,] the last is a more special term than the first; (S;) and the pl. is حَزَابٍ, (S, in copies of the K حَزَابِى,) like صَحَارٍ, originally حَزَابِىٌّ; (S, TA;) and also explained as signifying extended, rugged, narrow places. (TA.)

Thick, coarse, rude, or bulky, and short; as also ↓ حِنْزَابٌ: (S:) thick, coarse, rude, or bulky, and inclining to shortness; as also ↓ حَزَابِيَةٌ, (S, K,) in which the ى is for the purpose of quasi-coordination to the quadriliteral-radical class, as in فَهَامِيَةٌ and عَلَانِيَةٌ from فَهْمٌ and عَلَنٌ, (S,) and ↓ حِنْزَابٌ; (K;) applied to a man, (S, TA,) and to an ass: (TA:) and ↓ حَزَابِيَةٌ also signifies thick, coarse, rude, or bulky, applied to a camel, and to a pubes; and hardy, strong, or sturdy, applied to an ass. (TA.) -A2- Also pl. of حِزْبَآءُ. (S.)

: see حَازِبٌ.

: see حَزْبٌ.

: see حَزَابٍ, in two places.

and ↓ حَزِيبٌ A severe, or distressing, event: pl. [app. of either word] حُزْبٌ, (K,) or, accord. to MF, حُزُبٌ; and pl. of the former word حَوَازِبُ. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, the former, What falls to one's lot, of work. (TA.)