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حَكَمَهُ , (S, K,) [aor.
حَكُمَ ,] inf. n. حُكْمٌ, (Msb,
K, [in the TK حَكْمٌ,]) in its primary acceptation,
(Msb,) He prevented, restrained, or withheld,
him (S, Msb, K) from acting in an evil, or a
corrupt, manner; as also ↓ احكمهُ: (K:) and
(K) from doing that which he desired; as also
↓ احكمهُ; and ↓ حكّمهُ, (S, K,) inf. n. تَحْكِيمٌ:
(S:) and حُكُومَةٌ [is another inf. n. of حَكَمَهُ,
and], accord. to As, primarily signifies the turning a man back from wrongdoing. (TA.) Ibrá-
heem En-Nakha'ee is related to have said, ↓ حَكِّمِ
اليَتِيمَ كَمَا تُحَكِّمُ وَلَدَكَ, meaning Restrain thou
the orphan from acting in an evil, or a corrupt,
manner, and make him good, or virtuous, as thou
restrainest thine offspring &c.: and of every one
whom thou preventest, or restrainest, or withholdest, from doing a thing, thou sayest, [حَكَمْتُهُ
and] ↓ حكّمته and ↓ احكمته: or, accord. to Aboo-Sa'eed Ed-Dareer, as related by Sh, the forementioned saying of En-Nakh'ee means let the
orphan decide respecting his property, when he
is good, or virtuous, as thou lettest thine offspring
&c.; but this explanation is not approved. (Az,
TA.) And Jereer says,
سُفَهَآءَكُمْ ↓ أًبَنِى حَنِيفَةَ أَحْكِمُوا
إِنِّى أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمُ أَنْ أَغْضَبَا
[O sons of Haneefeh, restrain your lightwitted
ones: verily I fear for you that I may be angry]:
(S, TA:) i. e., restrain and prevent them from
opposing me. (TA.) You say, also, عَنِ ↓ احكمهُ
الأَمْرِ He made him to turn back, or revert,
from the thing, or affair. (K.) ―
2-b2- حَكَمَ الفَرَسَ,
and ↓ احكمهُ, and ↓ حكّمهُ, He pulled in the horse
by the bridle and bit, to stop him; he curbed,
or restrained, him. (TA.) And حَكَمَ الدَّابَّةَ, (S,)
or الفَرَسَ, (K,) inf. n. حَكْمٌ; (S; [so in my two
copies of that work;]) and ↓ أَحْكَمَهَا, (S,) or
احكمهُ; (K;) He put a حَكَمَة [q. v.] to the bit
of the beast, or horse. (S, * K.) ―
2-b3- And ↓ حكّم
الحَوَادِثَ (assumed tropical:) [He controlled events: see مُحَكَّمٌ].
(MF.) ―
2-b4- حَكَمْتُ عَلَيْهِ بِكَذَا originally signifies
I prevented, restrained, or withheld, him from
doing, or suffering, any other than such a thing,
so that he could not escape it. (Msb.) [Hence
it means I condemned him to such a thing; as,
for instance, the payment of a fine or of a debt,
and death.] And hence, (Msb,) حَكَمَ, (S, Mgh,
Msb, K,) aor.
حَكُمَ , (S, K,) inf. n. حُكْمٌ (S, Mgh,
Msb, K) and حُكُومَةٌ, (K,) He judged, gave
judgment, passed sentence, or decided judicially,
بَيْنَهُمْ between them, (S, Msb, K, TA,) and لَهُ in
his favour, and عَلَيْهِ against him. (S, TA.)
And حَكَمَ عَلَيْهِ بِالأَمْرِ He decided judicially the
thing, or affair, or case, against him. (K, TA.)
And حَكَمَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ بِكَذَا [He awarded by judicial
sentence in his favour, against him (i. e. another
person), such a thing]. (Mgh.) [And حَكَمَ عَلَيْهِ
He exercised judicial authority, jurisdiction,
rule, dominion, or government, over him. And
حَكَمَ بِكَذَا He ordered, ordained, or decreed,
such a thing.] ＝
1-A2- حَكَمَ عَنِ الأَمْرِ He turned back,
or reverted, from the thing, or affair. (IAar,
Az, K.) ＝
1-A3- حَكُمَ, (S, MA, TA,) with damm to
the ك, (S,) like كَرُمَ, (TA,) [not حَكَمَ as in the
Lexicons of Golius and Freytag,] inf. n. حُكْمٌ
(KL, MA) and حِكْمَةٌ, (MA,) He was, or became,
such as is termed حَكِيمٌ [i. e. wise, &c.]. (S, KL,
MA, TA.) ―
2-b2- And حكم, inf. n. حكم, [so in the
TA, without any syll. signs, app. حَكُمَ inf. n.
حُكْمٌ,] is said of a man, signifying He reached
the utmost point, or degree, in its meaning (فِى
مَعْنَاهُ [i. e., app., in what is the radical meaning
of the verb, namely, in judging; like قَضُوَ]); in
praising, not in dispraising. (TA.)