Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

حَسَدَهُ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ and حَسَدَهُ الشَّىْءَ, (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ,) aor. ـُ {يَحْسُدُ} and ـِ {يَحْسِدُ}, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) the latter form of aor. used by some, (Akh, Ṣ,) the former being that which commonly obtains, (TA,) inf. n. حَسَدٌ (Akh, Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ [in the CK حَسْد]) and حَسْدٌ, but the former is more common, (Mṣb,) and حُسُودٌ and حَسَادَةٌ (Ṣ, Ḳ) and حَسِيدَةٌ; (CK;) andحسّدهُ↓, [which probably has an intensive signification,] (Ḳ,) inf. n. تَحْسِيدٌ; (TA;) He envied him for the thing, or envied him the thing, meaning a blessing, or a cause of happiness; i. e. he disliked that he should possess it, and wished that it might depart from him [and be transferred to himself]: (Mṣb:) or he wished, or regarded him with a wish, that the thing, meaning as above, might depart from him: (A:) or he wished that he might be deprived of the thing, meaning as above, or an excellence: (Ḳ: [in the CK, for يُسْلَبَهُمَا, is put يَسْلُبَهُمَا:]) or he wished that the thing, meaning a blessing, or a cause of happiness, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) or an excellence, (Ḳ,) might become transferred from him (another) to himself. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

And حَسَدَهُ عَلَى شَجَاعَتِهِ وَنَحْوِهَا He wished that he possessed such as his (another's) courage, and the like, without wishing that the other should be deprived of it; the verb in this case being syn. with غَبَطَ; and implying admiration. (Mṣb)

حَسَدَنِى ٱللّٰهُ إِنْ كُنْتُ أَحْسُدُكَ (M, Ḳ) is a saying of the Arabs, mentioned by Lḥ, strange and abominable, (M,) meaning May God punish me for my envy if I envy thee. (M, Ḳ.)

صَحِبْتُهُ فَأَحْسَدْتُهُ I associated with him and found him to be envious. (A.)

تحاسدوا They envied (حَسَدُوا) one another. (Ṣ, A,* Ḳ.)

حَسَدٌ Envy; or the wishing that a blessing, or a cause of happiness, may depart from its possessor (Ṣ, A) and become transferred to oneself. (Ṣ.) [See 1.]

حَسُودٌ Envious: (Mṣb, Ḳ:) used also as a fem. epithet without ة: (TA:) pl. حُسُدٌ. (Ḳ.)

حَاسِدٌ Envying: (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ:) pl. حَسَدَةٌ (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ) and حُسَّادٌ (Mṣb, A, Ḳ) and حُسَّدٌ. (A, Ḳ.)

المَحْسَدَةُ مَفْسَدَةٌ [That which is a cause of envy is a cause of corruption, or evil]. (A.)

مَحْسُودٌ Envied. (Ṣ, A, Mṣb.)