أَحَذُّ

Deprived of an arm, or a hand, &c., by amputation: feminine حَذَّاءُ: [plural حُذٌّ:] thus أَحَذُّ اليَدِ means having the arm, or hand, amputated: and [hence] (assumed tropical:) not having the means of acquiring eminence, or nobility. (L.) [Hence, also,] أَصُولُ بِيَدٍ حَذَّاءَ, in a tradition of 'Alee, means (assumed tropical:) Shall I assault the enemy with a short arm, that will not attain to that which I desire? or, according to one reading, it is جَذَّاءَ, meaning amputated: alluding to his companions' falling short of their duty, and keeping back from the war. (L in arts. حذ and جذ.) [Another meaning of أَحَذُّ اليَدِ will be found below.]

A light-tailed camel: (S, L:) a horse light, or scanty, in the hair of the tail: (A, L:) or having it (the tail, Msb) cut off: (A, Msb:) a short-tailed ass. (L.) قَطَاةٌ حَذَّاءُ A bird of the kind called قَطًا having a light, or scanty, tail; having a tail of which the feathers have become light, or scanty; (S, L;) having few feathers in the tail: (A:) or short-tailed: (L:) or (assumed tropical:) light and quick in flight. (A, * L.) And لِحْيَةٌ حَذَّاءُ A light, or scanty, beard. (L.)

Lean, lank, or light of flesh; or slender; or lank in the belly. (K.)

Smooth; (Kh, Msb;) a thing to which nothing clings, or attaches. (Msb, * TA.) وَلَّتِ الدُّنْيَا حَذَّاءَ, in a خُطْبَة of 'Otbeh Ibn-Ghazwán, means (tropical:) The world hath retired, passing away quickly, (A, * L, K *) nothing clinging to it [so as to retard it]: (L, K:) or the people thereof not clinging to aught of it [so as to retard it]: (A:) or quickly; its latter part being cut off. (Az, L.)

A sword quick in cutting. (A.)

(tropical:) Light-handed; (S, A, L, K;) quick-handed; (L;) i. e. thievish; or quick in getting, or attaining: (A:) [and so أَحَذُّ اليَدِ, as is implied in the S and L.] El-Farezdak uses the expression أَحَذَّ يَدِ القَمِيصِ, (S, L,) meaning thereby أَحَذَّ اليَدِ. (L.) نَاقَةٌ حَذَّاءُ (assumed tropical:) A she-camel quick in pace. (A.)

قَلْبٌ أَحَذُّ (assumed tropical:) A sharp, quick, active mind. (L.)

سَيْرٌ أَحَذُّ (tropical:) A very quick, unpleasant journey or pace. (A.) See also حَذْحَاذٌ.

أَمْرٌ أَحَذُّ (tropical:) An affair, or event, quick in passing: (L:) or decisive and quick: (TA:) or severe and abominable; (A, L, K;) without a parallel: (A:) or as though it eluded every one, so that he could not attain to it, and was not sufficient for it: (A:) plural حُذٌّ. (L, K.)

يَمِينٌ حَذَّاءُ (tropical:) An oath which a man takes quickly: (S, K:) or an abominable, severe oath, whereby one decides a right, or due: (A, L:) some say جَذَّاءُ. (S.) It is said in a prov., تَزَبَّدَهَا حَذَّاءَ (tropical:) He swallowed it [i. e. took it, namely, an oath, hastily,] like as one swallows butter. (TA.)

عَزِيمَةٌ حَذَّاءُ (tropical:) An energetic and effective resolution, from which one does not turn to anything. (A.)

حَاجَةٌ حَذَّاءُ (tropical:) A light want, quickly accomplished. (A, L.)

رَحِمٌ حَذَّاءُ (tropical:) A bond of relationship [cut, or severed, or] not made close by affection; explained by إِذَا لَمْ تُوصَلْ: (Fr, S, K:) as also جَذَّاء [q. v.]. (Fr, S.)

أَحَذُّ أَبَذُّ: see بَذٌّ.