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حَمِدَهُ , aor.
حَمَدَ , inf. n.
حَمْدٌ (S, L, Msb, K)
and
مَحْمَدٌ and
مَحْمِدٌ (L, K) and
مَحْمَدَةٌ (S,
L, K) and
مَحْمِدَةٌ; (L, K, and so in a copy of
the S;) the last of these inf. ns. [and the third
also] extr.; (L;) or the last is an inf. n. and the
last but one signifies “ a praiseworthy quality, ”
or “ a quality for which one is praised; ” (ElFenáree, MF;) or the last may be a simple subst.;
(Har p. 392;)
He praised, eulogized, or
commended, him; spoke well of him; mentioned him
with approbation; (Akh, S, L, Msb;)
عَلَى كَذَا
for such a thing; (L, Msb;)
contr. of ذَمَّهُ:
(S, L:) accord. to IAmb, formed by transposition
from
مَدَحَ: (marginal note in a copy of the MS:)
but it is of less common application than the latter
verb; (Msb in art.
مدح;) signifying
he praised
him, &c.,
for something depending on his (the
latter's)
own will: thus, the describing a pearl
as clear is not
حَمْدٌ, but it is
مَدْحٌ: (Kull p. 150:)
or
i. q. شَكَرَهُ: (Lh, K:) but it differs [sometimes]
from this; (Msb;) for
شُكْرٌ is only on account of
favour received; whereas
حَمْدٌ is sometimes
because of favour received, (Th, Az, Msb,) and
sometimes from other causes; (Th;) [and thus]
the latter is of more common application than the
former; (S;) therefore you do not say,
شَكَرْتُهُ
عَلَى شَجَاعَتِهِ; but you say,
حَمِدْتُهُ على شجاعته
I praised him, &c.,
for his courage. (Msb.)
حمد also implies admiration: and it implies the
magnifying, or honouring, of the object thereof;
and lowliness, humility, or submissiveness, in the
person who offers it; as in the saying of the
afflicted,
الحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ Praise be to God; since in
this case there is no worldly blessing, favour, or
benefit. (Msb.) This last phrase is generally
pronounced as it is written above: but some of
the Arabs are related to have pronounced it
الحَمْدَ لِلّٰهِ, putting the former word in the accus.
case as the absolute complement of the verb
أَحْمَدُ understood: and others,
الحَمْدِلِلّٰهِ; assimilating the final vowel of the former word to the
vowel immediately following it: and others,
الحَمْدُ لُلّٰهِ; assimilating the first vowel in
للّٰه to
the vowel immediately preceding it: Zj, however,
disapproves of the latter two modes of pronouncing it: some of them also said,
بَدَأْتُ
بِالحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ, meaning
I began with the saying
Praise be to God. (L.) [See also
حَمْدٌ below.]
You say,
أَحْمَدُ إِلَيْكَ ٱللّٰهَ I praise God (Az, A, * L,
K)
to thee, or
in thy presence: (L:) or
with thee:
(Kh, Az:) or
I praise to thee God's benefits, and
his blessings, or
favours; or
I praise to thee
God's blessings, or
favours, and discourse to thee of
them. (L.) And
حَمِدَ لَهُ أَمْرًا (tropical:)
He approved of
a thing for him. (L, K. *) And
حَمِدَ إِلَيْهِ أَمْرًا
(tropical:)
He approved of a thing for him, and commanded, or
enjoined, him to do it. (L.) And
جاوَرْتُهُ فَمَا حَمِدْتُ جِوَارَهُ (tropical:) [
I became his neighbour, and did not approve of being so]. (A.)
See also 4. ―
2-b2- Also, (aor. and inf. n. as above in
the beginning of this art., K,)
He recompensed,
or
requited, him: he gave him, or
paid him, his
due. (L, K.) ＝
1-A2-
حَمِدَ عَلَيْهِ, aor.
حَمَدَ , (L, K, *) inf. n.
حَمَدٌ, (TA,)
He was angry with him. (L, K.)