عجز

3 عاجزهُ ذ : see أَعْجَزَهُ. -A2- ↓ عَاجَزْتُهُ فَعَجَزْتُهُ, (A, K,) aor. of the latter عَجُزَ , (TA,) I contended with him in a race, and I outstripped him. (A, O, K.) ― -b2- And عاجز (inf. n. مُعَاجِزَةٌ, TA) He outstripped, and was not reached; as also ↓ اعجز: (A:) or he went away, and was not reached: (S, O, K:) or he fled, and could not be caught. (Msb.) -A3- عاجز اـِلَى ثِقَةٍ He inclined to a trusty person, (S, A, O, K,) and had recourse to him for refuge. (A.) [Hence,] فُلَانٌ يُعَاجِزُ عَنِ الحَقِّ اـِلَى البَاطِلِ Such a one declines from the truth to falsehood, and has recourse to the latter for protection. (A, TA.) ― -b2- And عاجز القَوْمُ The people, or company of men, left a thing and began another. (TA.)