عجز

عَاجِزٌ ذ Lacking strength, or power, or ability; powerless, unable, or impotent; (K, * TA;) as also ↓ عَجُوزٌ, (K,) and ↓ عَجِزٌ and ↓ عَجُزٌ: (TA:) pl. of the first [عَاجِزُونَ, and] عَجَزٌ, [or rather this a quasi-pl. n.,] like as خَدَمٌ is of خَادِمٌ, (TA,) and عَوَاجِزُ, (O, K,) but this is only in the dial. of Hudheyl, and, applied to men, is anomalous. (O, TA.) You say also, اِمْرَأَةٌ عَاجِزٌ A woman lacking strength, or power, or ability, to do a thing; unable to do a thing. (IAar, TA.) And it is said in a trad., respecting Paradise, لَا يَدْخُلُنِى اـِلَّا سَقَطُ النَّاسِ وَعَجَزُهُمْ [ There shall not enter me save the mean of mankind, and ] those lacking in intelligence and in power with respect to worldly things. (TA.) ― -b2- ثَوْبٌ عَاجِزٌ (tropical:) A garment that is [ too ] short: (A, O, TA:) or narrow, or scanty. (O.)