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حسد

1 حَسَدَهُ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ ذ and حَسَدَهُ الشَّىْءَ , (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. حَسُدَ and حَسِدَ , (S, K,) the latter form of aor. used by some, (Akh, S,) the former being that which commonly obtains, (TA,) inf. n. حَسَدٌ (Akh, S, A, Msb, K [in the CK حَسْد]) and حَسْدٌ, but the former is more common, (Msb,) and حُسُودٌ and حَسَادَةٌ (S, K) and حَسِيدَةٌ; (CK;) and ↓ حسّدهُ , [which probably has an intensive signification,] (K,) inf. n. تَحْسِيدٌ; (TA;) He envied him for the thing, or envied him the thing, meaning a blessing, or a cause of happiness; i. e. he disliked that he should possess it, and wished that it might depart from him [and be transferred to himself]: (Msb:) or he wished, or regarded him with a wish, that the thing, meaning as above, might depart from him: (A:) or he wished that he might be deprived of the thing, meaning as above, or an excellence: (K: [in the CK, for يُسْلَبَهُمَا, is put يَسْلُبَهُمَا:]) or he wished that the thing, meaning a blessing, or a cause of happiness, (S, K,) or an excellence, (K,) might become transferred from him (another) to himself. (S, K.) ― -b2- And حَسَدَهُ عَلَى شَجَاعَتِهِ وَ نَحْوِهَا He wished that he possessed such as his (another's) courage, and the like, without wishing that the other should be deprived of it; the verb in this case being syn. with غَبَطَ; and implying admiration. (Msb) ― -b3- حَسَدَنِى ا@للّٰهُ إِِنْ كُنْتُ أَحْسُدُكَ (M, K) is a saying of the Arabs, mentioned by Lh, strange and abominable, (M,) meaning May God punish me for my envy if I envy thee. (M, K.) 2 حَسَّدَ see 1. 4 صَحِبْتُهُ فَأَحْسَدْتُهُ ذ I associated with him and found him to be envious. (A.) 6 تحاسدوا تحاسد تحاسدوا They envied (حَسَدُوا) one another. (S, A, * K.) حَسَدٌ حسد حسود Envy; or the wishing that a blessing, or a cause of happiness, may depart from its possessor (S, A) and become transferred to oneself. (S.) [See 1.] حَسُودٌ حسود Envious: (Msb, K:) used also as a fem. epithet without ة: (TA:) pl. حُسُدٌ. (K.) حَاسِدٌ حاسد Envying: (S, Msb, K:) pl. حَسَدَةٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and حُسَّادٌ (Msb, A, K) and حُسَّدٌ. (A, K.) المَحْسَدَةُ مَفْسَدَةٌ المحسدة مفسده المحسدة مفسدة [That which is a cause of envy is a cause of corruption, or evil]. (A.) مَحْسُودٌ محسود Envied. (S, A, Msb.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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