Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

كَهَرَهُ, aor. ـَ {يَكْهَرُ}, inf. n. كَهْرٌ, He chid him with rough speech, (Ṣ, Mgh, Ḳ,) to show him contempt. (TA.)

He reviled him. (Az, TA.)

He encountered him with a frowning face, (Ḳ,) to show him contempt: (TA:) or he frowned at him. (TA.)

He oppressed him; i. q. قَهَرَهُ. (Ṣ, Ḳ.) So in the Ḳur, [xciii. 9,] فَأَمَّا ٱلْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تكْهَرْ [Therefore, as to the orphan, thou shalt not oppress him]; accord. to the reading of Ibn-Mesʼood. (Ks, Ṣ.) Yaạḳoob says, that the ك in كَهَرَهُ is a substitute for the ق in قَهَرَهُ. (TA.)