ضلع

4 اضلعهُ ذ , (K,) inf. n. اـِضْلَاعٌ, (S, O,) It, or he, made it, or (assumed tropical:) him, to incline, or decline; (S, O, K;) [and so ↓ ضلّعهُ; for] الاـِضْلَاعُ and التَّضْلِيعُ signify الاـِمَالَةُ. (Har p. 77.) ― -b2- [And It, or he, made it, or him, to be crooked, or curved; and so ↓ ضلّعهُ; for] الاـِضْلَاعُ and التَّضْلِيعُ signify also التَّعْوِيجُ. (Har ubi suprà.) ― -b3- [Hence,] one says also, أَضْلَعَتْهُ الخُطُوبُ, meaning (assumed tropical:) [ Affairs, or great or grievous affairs, ] burdened him [as though making him to incline, or curving him]. (TA.) -A2- See also 8.