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حَاصَ عَنْهُ , aor. يَحِيصُ, inf. n. حَيْصٌ and
حُيُوصٌ and مَحِيصٌ and مَحَاصٌ (S, Msb, K) and
حَيَصَانٌ (S, K) and حَيْصُوصَةٌ (TA) and ↓ حَيْصَةٌ,
(K,) [or the last is an inf. n. of un.,] He turned
away from him, or it: (S, A, Msb, K:) and he
returned, or went back, and fled, from him, or it:
(TA:) and عنه ↓ انحاص signifies the same; (S,
K, TA;) and so does عنه ↓ تحايص: (TA:) or
(K) one says of friends, (S, K,) حَاصُوا, (K,) or
حاصوا عَنِ العَدُوِّ [they turned away from the
enemy]; (S;) [and in like manner, اِنْحَازُوا;] and
of enemies, اِنْهَزَمُوا; (S, K;) [and in like manner,
وَلَّوْا مُدْبِرِينَ.] You say also, حَاصَ عَنِ القِتَالِ He
turned away from the fight. (A.) And حَاصَ
عَنِ الحَقِّ He turned away from the truth; he
deviated from it. (Msb.) And حَاصَ عَنِ الشَّىْءِ
He turned away from the thing, and became safe
from it. (TA.) And it is said in a trad. respecting the battle of Ohod, فَحَاصَ المُسْلِمُونَ
↓ حَيْصَةٌ And the Muslims made a wheel away,
desiring flight: or, accord. to one relation, فَحَاضَ
حَيْضَةً, which means the same. (TA.) حَيْصٌ also
signifies The retiring, or going back, from a thing.
(S, TA.) [See also مَحِيصٌ, below.]