كهر

1 كَهَرَهُ, aor. ـَ inf. n. كَهْرٌ, He chid him with rough speech, (S, Mgh, K,) to show him contempt. (TA.) b2: He reviled him. (Az, TA.) b3: He encountered him with a frowning face, (K,) to show him contempt: (TA:) or he frowned at him. (TA.) b4: He oppressed him; i. q. قَهَرَهُ. (S, K.) So in the Kur, [xciii. 9,] فَأَمَّا الْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تكْهَرْ [Therefore, as to the orphan, thou shalt not oppress him]; accord. to the reading of Ibn-Mes'ood. (Ks, S.) Yaakoob says, that the ك in كَهَرَهُ is a substitute for the ق in قَهَرَهُ. (TA.)