عجن

1 عَجَنَهُ ذ , aor. عَجِنَ and عَجُنَ , [inf. n. عَجْنٌ,] He kneaded it; i. e. he bore upon it with his fist, or clinched hand, pressing it; as also ↓ اعتجنهُ: (K:) or عَجَنَتْ, (S, TA,) or عَجَنَتْ عَجِينًا, (Msb,) aor. عَجِنَ , (Msb, TA, and so in copies of the S,) or عَجُنَ , (so in a copy of the S,) inf. n. عَجْنٌ, she (a woman) made, or prepared, [or kneaded, ] عَجِين [i. e. dough ]; (S, Msb, TA;) as also ↓ اعتجنت, (S, TA,) or عَجِينًا ↓ اعتجنت. (Msb.) اـِنَّ فُلانًا لَيَعْجُِنُ بِمِرْفَقَيْهِ حُمْقًا [ Verily such a one kneads with his two elbows by reason of stupidity ] is a saying mentioned by Lth. (TA.) ― -b2- And عَجَنَ, said of a man, He rose bearing upon the ground (IF, S, Msb, K, TA) with his fist, or clinched hand, (TA,) as though he were kneading (كَأَنَّهُ يَعْجِنُ), (IF, Msb,) by reason of age (IF, S, Msb, K, TA) or fatness. (TA.) It is said in a trad., of Ibn-'Omar, كَانَ يَعْجِنُ فِى الصَّلٰوةِ i. e. He used to bear upon his two hands when he rose in prayer, like as does he who kneads dough: and he said that he had seen the Apostle of God do so. (TA.) And one says of an old man, عَجَنَ وَخَبَزَ, which is expl. in the A as meaning (assumed tropical:) He became old, or aged; because such, when he desires to rise, bears upon the outer sides of the fingers of his two hands like the kneader, and upon his two palms like the maker of bread. (TA.) [See also 4, first sentence.] ― -b3- And عَجَنَ عَلَى العَصَا, aor. عَجِنَ , inf. n. عَجْنٌ, He (a man) bore, or stayed himself, upon the staff. (Msb.) ― -b4- And عَجَنَتْ, (S, K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (TA,) She (a camel) beat the ground with her fore feet in her going along. (S, K.) And one says of a horse or other animal, يَعْجِنُ بِرِجْلَيْهِ [ He beats the ground with his kind feet ]. (S and K in art. قمص.) -A2- عَجَنَهُ, (K,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) also signifies He struck his عِجَان, [q. v.]. (K.) -A3- عَجِنَتْ, aor. عَجَنَ , (S, K, TA,) inf. n. عَجَنٌ, (S, TA,) said of a she-camel, (S, K, TA,) [app. signifies She was, or became, such as is termed عَجِنَةٌ or عَجْنَاآءُ in any of the senses assigned to these epithets: or] she was, or became, fat: (S:) or she had much flesh in the udder, with little milk: (TA:) or she had in her vulva a tumour (K, TA) like a wart, and resembling what is termed عَفَلٌ, (TA,) preventing conception, (K, TA,) and sometimes reaching to the anus. (TA.) [See also the next paragraph.]