[1]
حَنِثَ فِى يَمِينِهِ , (S, A, Msb, K, *) aor.
حَنَثَ ,
(Msb, K,) inf. n. حِنْثٌ (S, * A, Msb, K *) and
حَنَثٌ, (TA,) He violated, or broke, or failed of
performing, his oath: (A, Msb, K, TA:) he was
untrue in his oath: (S, TA:) he committed a
sin, or crime, in his oath. (TA.) Also He retracted, or revoked, his oath. (TA.) ―
2-b2- And the
verb alone, He said what was not true. (Khálid
Ibn-Jembeh, TA.) ―
2-b3- He inclined from what was
false to what was true: or from what was true
to what was false. (K.) ―
2-b4- [And app. (assumed tropical:) He
committed a sin, or crime: a meaning which
seems to be indicated in the K: see حِنْثٌ, below.]