الحّ

, (verbal noun إِلْحَاحٌ, Msb,) It [a cloud) rained continually, or incessantly. (S, Msb, K) Hence the phrase الحّ على شى [q. v. infra]. (Msb)

الحّ عَلْيهِ, (verbal noun إِلْحَاحٌ, L,) He importuned him; plied him; plied him hard; pressed him; pressed upon him; pressed him hard; was urgent with him; persecuted, or harassed, him, (L,) بِالْمَسْأَلَةِ, (S, L,) or فِى السَّوءَالِ, (K,) in asking, begging, or petitioning; like أَلْحَفَ. (S, L, K.) الحّ على غَرِيمِهِ He pressed his creditor perseveringly, assiduously, or constantly. (L.) And أَلْحَحْتُ عَلَى فُلَانٍ فِى الاِتِّبَاعِ حَتَّى اخْتَلَفْتُه, i. e. [I pressed upon such a one in following] until I made him to be behind me. (ISk, TA in article خلف.) الحّ عَلَى شَىْءٍ [and فِى شَىْءٍ] He applied himself to a thing perseveringly, persistently, assiduously, or constantly, (Msb,) or incessantly. (L.) الحّ فِى شَىْءٍ He asked, begged, or petitioned, for a thing much, or frequently; as though he stuck to it. (L.) الحّ عَلَى غَيِّهِ [and فى غَيِّهِ He persevered, or persisted, in his error]. (Msb, article مدى.)

It (a cloud) remained, or stayed, بِمَكَانٍ in a place; like أَلَثَّ. (As, S.)

الحّ (tropical:) He (a camel) was restive, or refractory, and would not move from his place; (S, L, K;) like as you say of a she-camel خَلَأَتْ, (As, S,) and of a horse and the like حَزَنَ: (As:) and الحّت she (a camel) did the same; (L, K;) according to some, and so used in a tradition (TA.)

الحّتِ المَطِىُّ (tropical:) The beasts of carriage, or the camels, were fatigued, and became slow, or tardy. (K.)

الحّ (tropical:) It (a saddle of the kind called قَتَب, L, K, and a رَحْل, and a horse's saddle, L) wounded the back. (L, K.) See مِلْحَاحٌ.