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حَرَسَهُ , (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor.
حَرُسَ (S, Msb,
TA) and
حَرِسَ (TA,) inf. n. حِرَاسَةٌ (S, Mgh, K)
and حَرْسٌ, (K,) or ↓ the former is a simple subst.,
(Msb,) and the latter is an inf. n. only on the
authority of analogy, though often used by [the
Hanafee Imám] Mohammad, (Mgh,) He guarded,
kept, preserved, or took care of, him or it: (S,
Mgh, Msb:) [and so ↓ حارسهُ; or he guarded him,
being guarded by him: see 3 in art. ربأ.] You say,
حَرَسَهُ ٱللّٰهُ مِنَ البَلَآءِ [May God guard him from
trial, or affliction]: and أَدَامَ حِرَاسَتَهُ [May He continue the guarding of him]. (A.) ―
2-b2- حَرَسَ, aor.
حَرِسَ ,
(Msb, K,) inf. n. حَرْسٌ, (Msb,) (tropical:) He stole;
(Msb, K;) [ironically used in this sense; see
حَارِسٌ;] as also ↓ احترس: (K:) or the latter, he
stole a sheep or goat by night: (S:) or both, he
stole camels and sheep or goats by night, and ate
them: (TA:) or the latter, he stole [a sheep or
the like] from the mountain: (El-Fárábee, Msb:)
or he took, (Sh, TA,) or stole, (TA,) a thing
from the place of pasturage. (Sh, TA.) You
say also, حَرَسَنِى شَاةً, (A, Mgh,) and ↓ أَحْرَسَنِى,
(A, TA,) [but the latter is perhaps a mistranscription for ↓ اِحْتَرَسَنِى,] (tropical:) He stole from me a sheep
or goat. (Mgh.)