ارض

2 ارّض أرض أرضى ارض راض رض رضى رضي , (TK,) inf. n. تَأْرِيضٌ, (K,) He depastured the herbage of the earth, or land: and he sought after it: (K:) or, accord. to some, تَأْرِيضٌ denotes this latter signification with respect to a place of alighting, or abiding: (TA:) and you say [also], المَنْزِلَ ↓ تأرّض he sought after, and chose, the place for alighting, or abiding: (M, TA:) and لِلْمَنْزِلِ ↓ تَرَكْتُ الحَىَّ يَتَأَرَّضُونَ I left the tribe seeking after a tract of country in which to alight, or abide. (TA.) -A2- He, or it, rendered heavy; [app. meaning slow, or sluggish; see 5;] syn. ثَقَّلَ. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.) ― -b2- He made to tarry; to tarry and wait, or expect; or to be patient, and tarry, and wait, or expect. (Ibn- 'Abbád, K.)