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مَازَهُ , aor. يَمِيزُهُ, inf. n. مَيْزٌ; (S, A, Msb,
K;) and ↓ ميّزهُ (S, K,) inf. n. تَمْيِيزٌ; (S;) or
the latter has an intensive signification; (Msb;)
He put it, or set it, apart, away, or aside;
removed it; or separated it; (S, A, Msb, K;)
from another thing, or other things; (Msb;) as
also ↓ امازهُ: (K:) [or the second, rather, he did
so much, or greatly, or widely; like زَيَّلَهُ.] You
say, مَازَهُ مِنْهُ, and ↓ ميّزهُ. (A.) Ex. مَازَ الأَذَى
مِنَ الطَّرِّيق He put aside, or removed, what
was hurtful from the road. (TA.) And it is
said in the Kur, [viii. 38,] لِيَمِيزَ ٱللّٰهُ الخَبِيثَ
مِنَ الطَّيِّبِ [That God may separate, or sever,
the evil from the good]. (Msb.) [It seems also,
from what is said in the A, that مَايَزْتُ بَيْنَهُمَا
signifies I separated them two: besides having
another signification, which see below.] You
say also مَازَ الشَّىْءَ, (aor. and inf. n. as above,
TA,) meaning, He separated one part of the
thing from another; فَصَلَ بَعْضَهُ مِنْ بَعْضٍ, (M,
TA,) or عَنْ بَعْضٍ: (as in a copy of the A:)
expl. in the K as signifying فَضَّلَ بَعْضَهُ عَلَى بَعْضٍ
[he judged, or made, part of the thing to excel,
or to have excelled, another]; but the explanation
in the M is the right. (TA.) And ميّز ↓ الأَشْيَآءَ
He separated the things after knowledge of them.
(Msb.) ―
2-b2- [Hence, He distinguished it, or discriminated it, or discerned it. And مَازَ بَيْنَ
الأَشْيَآءِ, and مَيَّزَ ↓ بَيْنَهَا, He distinguished, or discriminated, or discerned, between the things.
This is what is meant by its being said,] المَيْزُ
also signifies التَّمْيِيزُ بَيْنَ الأَشْيَآءِ. (TA.) You say
also, مَايَزْتُ ↓ بَيْنَهُمَا [I distinguished, or discriminated, or discerned, between them two]. (A.)
From ميّز الاشيآء, meaning as explained above,
is [also], app., derived the phrase سِنُّ التَّمْيِيزِ, used
by the doctors of practical law, as signifying,
[The age of discrimination;] the age at which
one knows what things are beneficial to him and
what are hurtful to him: or, accord. to some,
التَّمْيِيز is a faculty in the brain whereby meanings
are elicited. (Msb.) ＝
1-A2- مَازَ [is also intrans.,
and signifies] He (a man) removed from one
place to another. (IAar, K.) See also 8.