ازمن

[He, or it, continued a long time;] a long time passed over him, or it, (K, * TA,) i. e. a thing. (TA.) You say, ازمن بِالمَكَانِ He remained, staid, dwelt, or abode, a long time (زَمَانًا) in the place. (TA.)

And [hence,] ازمن عَنِّى عَطَاوءُهُ (tropical:) His gift [was a long time kept back from me, or] was slow, or tardy, in coming to me. (TA.)

ازمن فُلَانًا He (God) made such a one to be such as is termed زَمِن, i. e. affected with a protracted disease; (Msb, TA;) or crippled, or deprived of the power to move or to stand or to walk, by disease, or by a protracted disease: or made him to be affected with what is termed [زَمَانَةٌ, explained below, as meaning] عَاهَةٌ [&c.]. (TA.) It is said also of a disease [as meaning It deprived him of the power to move &c.]. (TA in article عضب.)