حَجَزَةُ

, aorist حَجُزَ (S, K) and حَجِزَ , (K,) verbal noun حَجْزٌ (S, K) and حِجَازَةٌ and ↓ حِجِّيزَى, (K,) [or the last is rather a quasi-verbal noun of تَحَاجَزُوا, and, according to some, it is of an intensive form,] He, or it, prevented, hindered, impeded, withheld, restrained, or debarred, him, or it; synonym مَنَعَهُ, (S, K,) and كَفَّهُ. (K.) It is said in a tradition, وَلِأَهْلِ القَتِيلِ أَنْ يَحْجُزُوا الأَدْنَى فَالأَدْنَى And it is for the family of the slain person to prevent the nearest [in relationship] and then the nearest [after him] from retaliating the slaughter. (TA.) And one says, كَانَتْ بَيْنَ القَوْمِ رِمِّيَّا ثُمَّ صَارَتْ إِلَى ↓ حِجِّيزَى There was a shooting of arrows or the like [or a great shooting &c.] between the people; then they withheld themselves [or withheld themselves much] from each other: (S, L:) which is a prov. (TA.) It is also said in another prov., مَا يُحْجَزُ فُلَانٌ فِى العِلْمِ (tropical:) Such a one's case [with respect to knowledge or science] cannot be concealed. (A, TA.)

حَجَزَ بَيْنَهُمَا, (A, Msb, K,) aorist حَجُزَ (Msb, K) and حَجِزَ , (K,) verbal noun حَجْزٌ, (Msb,) He, or it, intervened as, or made, or formed, a separation, a partition, a fence, a barrier, or an obstacle, or obstruction, between them two; he separated, or parted, them; (Msb, K;) i. e., two things; (Msb;) or two persons or things facing, or opposite to, each other. (Az, A, TA.)