ل ح دl-ḥ-d
(ف) لَحَدَ يَلْحَدُ لَحْدًاlaḥada yalḥadu laḥdan: (1) to dig a side-niche grave (laḥd) (2) to turn aside from the middle path (this verb is not used in the Quran).
Form IV (ifʿāl) اَلْحَدَ يُلْحِدُ اِلْحَادًاal-ḥada yulḥidu ilḥādan: to deviate from the truth, to walk a crooked path (in belief). ﴿وَذَرُوا الَّذِيْنَ يُلْحِدُوْنَ فِيْٓ اَسْمَآئِهِۦ﴾ (Al-Aʿrāf 7:180); ﴿وَمَنْ يُّرِدْ فِيْهِ بِاِلْحَادٍۢ بِظُلْمٍ﴾ (Al-Ḥajj 22:25)
Form VIII (iftiʿāl) اِلْتَحَدَ يَلْتَحِدُ اِلْتِحَادًاiltaḥada yaltaḥidu iltiḥādan: to incline deliberately towards something; مُلْتَحَدٌmultaḥad (passive participle, ism mafʿūl, used as a noun of place): a place of refuge. ﴿وَلَنْ تَجِدَ مِنْ دُوْنِهِۦ مُلْتَحَدًا﴾ (Al-Kahf 18:27)