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حَصُنَ , (Mgh, Msb, K,) aor.
حَصُنَ , (K, TA,)
inf. n. حَصَانَةٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb, TA,) said of a حِصْن
[or fortress], (S,) or of a place, (Mgh, Msb, TA,)
i. q. مَنُعَ, [for which the CK erroneously substitutes وَمَنَعَ, after كَكَرُمَ, as though the verb were
حَصُنَ and حَصَنَ,] (K, TA,) [i. e.] It was, or
became, مَنِيع [meaning inaccessible, or unapproachable, or difficult of access]; it was, or became, unattainable, by reason of its height; (Msb;)
it was fortified, or protected against attack, so
that one could not gain access to what was within
it. (Mgh.) ―
2-b2- Hence, (Mgh,) حَصُنَتْ, (S, Msb,
K,) aor.
حَصُنَ , (K,) inf. n. حُصْنٌ (S, Mgh, K) and
حَصْنٌ and حِصْنٌ (K) and حَصَانَةٌ; (S, * Msb, *
TA;) and ↓ أَحْصَنَتْ, (S, Mgh, K,) inf. n. إِحْصَانٌ;
(Mgh;) and ↓ تحصّنت; (K;) said of a woman,
She was, or became, continent, or chaste; or she
abstained from what was not lawful nor decorous;
syn. عَفَّتْ: (S, Mgh, Msb, K:) or she was, or
became, married; or she had a husband; (K;)
as also حَصَنَتْ and ↓ أُحْصِنَتْ: (Ham p. 101, in
which حَصُنَتْ is likewise mentioned in this sense:)
or ↓ أَحْصَنَتْ signifies she was, or became, pregnant;
(K;) as though pregnancy protected her from a
man's going in to her. (TA.) ＝
1-A2- حَصَنَهُ, inf. n.
حَصْنٌ, He preserved, or guarded, him, or it, in
places inaccessible, or unapproachable, or difficult
of access, as in a حِصْن [or fortress]. (TA.)
[See also 2 and 4.]