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4 أَلْغَزَ see 1, in two places. ― -b2- الغز كَلَامَهُ, (A, K,) and الغز فِى كَلَامِهِ, (S, A, Msb, K,) signify alike: (K:) or the former, (tropical:) He made his speech, or language, enigmatical, or obscure; not plain: (A:) and the latter, (S, A,) or both, (K,) he made his meaning enigmatical, or obscure, in his speech, or language; (S, A, K;) as also ↓ لغّز : (A:) or the second, he used parabolical language: (Msb:) or both, he concealed a meaning different from that which he made apparent: or he was equivocal, or ambiguous, in his speech, or language, for the purpose of concealment: as in the following verse, cited by Fr: “ وَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ النَّسْرَ عَزَّ أَبْنَ دَأُيَةَ
وَعَشَّشَ فِى وَكْرَيْهِ جَاشَتْ لَهُ نَفْسِى
” (tropical:) [And when I saw that the vulture had overcome the raven, and nested in his nest, (lit., in his two nests,) my soul, or stomach, heaved thereat]: the poet likens hoariness to the vulture, because of its whiteness [or grayness]; and youthfulness to the black raven, because the hair of youth is black. (TA.) You say also, الغز فِى يَمِينِهِ (tropical:) He practised [equivocation, or ambiguity, (see لُغَّيْزَى,) or] concealment, [by a mental reservation, or otherwise,] towards the person sworn to, in his oath: the doing of which is forbidden. (A.)