عزّاهُ

, verbal noun تَعْزِيَةٌ (S, Msb, K, TA) and تَعْزَاءٌ, (TA,) He enjoined [or exhorted] him to be patient, or enduring, (S, * K, * TA,) or to have comely patience; (K, TA;) i. q. أَسَّاهُ [q. v.]: (S, M, K, TA, all in article اسو:) [and hence, he consoled him; often used in this sense:] or he said to him, أَحْسَنَ اللّٰهُ عَزَاءَكَ, meaning May God grant thee comely patience. (Msb.) [You say, عزّاهُ عَنْهُ He enjoined, or exhorted, him to endure with patience the death of him; or the loss, or want, of it: and hence, he consoled him for the death of him; in which sense, عزّاهُ فِيهِ is also now used.]

See also عَزَاءٌ, below.