Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ز

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1 زَهِدَ فِيهِ ذ , (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) and عَنْهُ, (S, Mgh, Msb,) aor. زَهَدَ ; (S, K;) [the most usual form of the verb;] and زَهَدَ, aor. زَهَدَ ; (S, Msb, K;) which is the most approved form, though MF says otherwise; (TA;) and زَهُدَ, aor. زَهُدَ ; (Th, K;) inf. n. زُهْدٌ and زَهَادَةٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and زَهْدٌ; (Sb, TA;) He abstained from it; [meaning, from something that would gratify the passions or senses;] relinquished it; forsook it; shunned, or avoided, it; did not desire it; (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K;) contr. of رَغِبَ [i. e. of رَغِبَ فِيهِ], (S, K,) and i. q. رَغِبَ عَنْهُ, (A, Mgh,) and لَمْ يُرِدْهُ, (Mgh,) and تَرَكَهُ and أَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ: (Msb:) or he abstained from it, meaning a thing of the lawfulness of which he was sure, so far as to take the least that was sufficient thereof, leaving the rest to God: (MF:) or زَهَادَةٌ relates only to worldly things; and زُهْدٌ, to matters of religion: (Kh, Msb, K:) or both signify the exercising oneself in the service of God, or in acts of devotion; as also ↓ تَزَهُّدٌ : (KL:) he who makes a difference between زَهِدَ فِيهِ and زَهِدَ عَنْهُ errs. (Mgh.) ― -b2- زَهَادَةٌ and زُهْدٌ also signify [particularly The being abstinent in respect of eating;] the eating little. (A, TA.) ― -b3- And زَهَدَ and ↓ ازهد He straitened his household, by reason of niggardliness or poverty. (TA in art. زنق.) -A2- زَهَدَهُ, aor. زَهَدَ , (K,) inf. n. زَهْدٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) He computed, or determined, its quantity, measure, size, bulk, proportion, extent, amount, sum, or number; or he computed by conjecture its quantity or measure &c., or the quantity of its fruit; as also ↓ ازهدهُ , (K, TA,) inf. n. إِِزْهَادٌ; and ↓ زهّدهُ , inf. n. تَزْهِيدٌ: all used in relation to palm-trees. (TA.) You say, زَهَدْتُ النَّخْلُ, aor. and inf. n. as above, (tropical:) I computed by conjecture the quantity of the fruit upon the palm-trees. (Esh-Sheybánee, S, TA.) And زَهَدْتُ المَالَ (assumed tropical:) I computed by conjecture the quantity, or amount, of the property; or the number of the camels or cattle. (JK.)