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5 تَنَزَّهَ عَنِ الأَقْذَارِ ذ He shunned, avoided, or kept or removed himself far from, unclean things; (S, * Mgh, Msb;) preserved himself therefrom. (Mgh.) ― -b2- تَنَزَّهَ, used absolutely, and said of a man, means He shunned, avoided, or kept or removed himself far from, unclean things; kept aloof from, &c.; or from things occasioning blame. (TA.) ― -b3- تَنَزَّهَ is best rendered, when not used absolutely, He removed himself, or kept, far, or aloof: and with عَنْ following it, it may be rendered he shunned, or avoided. ― -b4- تَنَزَّهَ عَنِ البَوْلِ [He purified, or cleansed, himself from urine: a meaning assigned in the TA, art. نزه, by an evident mistranscription, to استنزه]. (Msb in art. برأ: and a trad.) ― -b5- Also, He diverted, or recreated, himself; or took an airing; in the country, or in a garden. ― -b6- تَنَزَّهَ meaning He went forth to the gardens (S, Msb, K) and [green fields, or] green plants, and meadows, (K,) is a mistake, (S, Msb, K,) accord. to some; but IKt holds it to be not so. (Msb)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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