عذر

8 اعتذر ذ , (S, O, Msb, &c.,) inf. n. اِعْتِذَارٌ, (S, O, TA,) and [quasi-inf. ns.] ↓ عِذْرَةٌ and ↓ مَعْذِرَةٌ; (TA;) and for اعتذر one says also اِعَذَّرَ, aor. يَعَذِّرُ, inf. n. اِعِذَّارٌ; and it is allowable to say اِعِذِّرَ, aor. يَعِذِّرُ; but the former of these two variations is the more approved; (AHeyth, TA;) [in the former case, the original being changed to اِعَتْذَرَ, then to اِعَذْذَرَ, then to اِعَذَّرَ; and in the latter case, to اِعْتْذَرَ, then to اِعِتْذَرَ, then to اِعِذْذَرَ, then to اِعِذْرَ, and then to اِعِذِّرَ;] He excused himself; he adduced, or urged, an excuse, or a plea, for himself; (Fr, S, * O, * TA;) as also ↓ تعذّر. (S, O, K.) [See عُذْرٌ.] You say, اعتذر اـِلَىَّ [ He excused himself to me; ] he begged me to accept his excuse; (Msb;) and AZ says, I have heard two Arabs of the desert, one of the tribe of Temeem and one of the tribe of Keys, say, اـِلَى ↓ تَعَذَّرْتُ الرَّجُلِ in the sense of اِعْتَذَرْتُ [i. e. I excused myself to the man ]. (TA.) And اعتذر مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ (S, * O, * TA) and ↓ تعذّر (TA) [ He excused himself, or urged an excuse, for his crime, sin, or misdeed: or] he asserted himself to be clear of his crime, sin, or misdeed. (TA.) And اعتذر عَنْ فِعْلِهِ [or مِنْ فعله] He showed, or manifested, his excuse for his deed. (Msb.) [It is said that] the primary meaning of الاِعْتِذَارُ is The cutting a man off from the object of his want, and from that to which he clings in his heart. (TA.) [Hence, perhaps, one says اعتذر meaning He excused himself for not complying with a claim, or request. ] ― -b2- See also 4, in two places, near the beginning. ― -b3- Also He did not adduce an excuse. (Fr, TA.) [Thus it has two contr. significations. See also 2.] -A2- Also He complained, (O, Msb, K,) مِنْهُ of him, or it. (Msb.) -A3- And اعتذرت المِيَاهُ The waters stopped, ceased, or became cut off. (O, K.) ― -b2- See also 5, last sentence but one, in two places. -A4- And اعتذر العِمَامَةَ He made the turban to have two portions [ its two ends ] hanging down behind. (O, K.) -A5- And الاِعْتِذَارُ signifies also The act of devirginating. (S, O, [See عُذْرَةٌ.])