1 حَصَرَهُ حصر حصره حصرة , (S, A,) aor. حَصُرَ (S, K) and حَصِرَ , (K,) inf. n. حَصْرٌ , (S, K,) He, or it, straitened him; (S, A, K;) so in the Kur ix. 5; (TA;) and encompassed, or surrounded, him. (S, A.) You say حَصَرَهُ , (S, Msb,) or حَصَرَ بِهِ , (K,) aor. حَصُرَ , (S, Msb,) inf. n. حَصْرٌ , (Msb,) It (a hostile party, ISk, S, Msb, or a people, K) encompassed him, or surrounded him, (Msb, K,) and prevented him from going to his business: (Msb:) or straitened him, and encompassed or surrounded him; as also , inf. n. مُحَاصَرَةٌ and حِصَارٌ . (ISK, S.) The of an enemy is well known. (K.) You say العَدُوُّ , inf. ns. as above, [ The enemy besieged, or beset, them; ] and بَقِينَا فِى الحِصَارِ أَيَّامًا We remained in the state of siege some days; or in the place of confinement; and حُوصِرُوا مُحَاصَرَةً شَدِيدَةً [ They were besieged, or beset, vehemently ]. (A.) -b2- Also حَصَرَهُ , (S, A, K, &c.,) aor. حَصُرَ (Mgh, K) and حَصِرَ , (K,) inf. n. حَصْرٌ , (A, Mgh, K,) He, (Akh, S, A,) or it, (S,) confined, kept close, imprisoned, detained, retained, restrained, withheld, or prevented, him; (A O, Aboo-'Amr Esh-Sheybánee, Akh, S, A;) as also : (Aboo-' Amr Esh-Sheybánee, S:) or a distinction should be made between these two forms, as will be seen in what follows. (TA.) And It (a hostile party, and a disease, ISK, Th, Msb) detained, restrained, withheld, or prevented, him (ISK, Th, Msb, K) from journeying &c.; (K;) as also : (AO, * ISk, Th, Msb, K:) or the latter signifies it (disease) prevented him from journeying, or from a thing that he desired: so in the Kur ii. 192: (ISk, S:) or [more properly] it (disease, or urine, [&c.,]) made him to restrain himself: (Akh, S, K:) or إِحْصَارٌ signifies the being prevented from attending the religious rites and ceremonies of the pilgrimage, by disease, or the like: (IAth:) or أُحْصِرَ is said when a man is turned back from a course which he desired: and حُصِرَ , when he is confined, or restrained, or the like: (Yoo:) or, accor

3 حَاْصَرَ see 1, in three places.

4 أَحْصَرَ see 1, in eleven places.

7 انحصر أنحصر انحصر ٱنحصر He, or it, was, or became, restrained, withheld, or prevented. (KL.)

8 إِحْتَصَرَ see 1, last sentence.