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1 حَجَنَهُ حجن حجنه حجننه حجنة , aor. حَجِنَ , (K, TA, [in the CK حَجُنَ ,]) inf. n. حَجْنٌ, (TA,) He bent it, or made it crooked [or hooked]; namely, a stick, or branch, or slender piece of wood; as also ↓ حجّنهُ , (K,) inf. n. تَحْجِينٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- (assumed tropical:) He marked him (i. e. a camel) with the brand of the مَحْجَن, which is a line with a crooked, or hooked, end, like the stick called مِحْجَن; inf. n. as above. (TA.) ― -b3- He drew it, or pulled it, [or hooked it,] (S, K,) towards himself (S) with the مِحْجَن; as also ↓ احتجنهُ . (S, K.) ― -b4- (tropical:) He turned him away (K, TA) عَنِ الشَّىْءِ from the thing. (TA.) -A2- حَجِنَ عَلَيْهِ and بِهِ, aor. حَجَنَ , (K,) inf. n. حَجَنٌ, (TA,) He was, or became, avaricious, tenacious, or niggardly, of it; (K;) like حَجِئَ بِهِ. (TA.) ― -b2- حَجِنَ بِالدَّارِ He remained, stayed, dwelt, or abode, in the house. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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