عوج

1 عَوِجَ ذ , (S, O, L, Msb, K,) aor. يَعْوَجُ, (TA,) inf. n. عَوَجٌ (S, O, L, Msb) and عِوَجٌ, (L,) or the latter is a simple subst.; (S, O, K;) and ↓ اِعْوَجَّ, [which is more common,] inf. n. اِعْوِجَاجٌ; (S, O, L, Msb, K;) and ↓ انعاج; and ↓ تعوّج; (L;) It was, or became, crooked, curved, bent, winding, wry, contorted, distorted, or uneven: (L:) or [عَوِجَ and] ↓ اعوجّ, it was, or became, so of itself; and [↓ انعاج and] ↓ تعوّج, it was, or became, so by the operation of an external agent; (L, Msb;) as is said by Az: (L:) ↓ انعاج is quasi-pass. of عُجْتُهُ; (L;) and ↓ تعوّج is quasi-pass. of عَوَّجْتُهُ: (Az, S, O, L, Msb, K:) and عَوَجٌ and عِوَجٌ are said to be used in relation to different things: (S, O, L, Msb, K, &c.:) [for instance,] one says, عَوِجَ العُودُ, inf. n. عَوَجٌ, The wood, or stick, was, or became, crooked, curved, bent, or distorted: and عَوِجَ الأَمْرُ, inf. n. عِوَجٌ, The affair was, or became, difficult, arduous, or troublesome. (MA.) [See عَوَجٌ below.] ― -b2- لَا عِوَجَ لَهُ, in the Kur xx. 107, means There shall be no evading it. (Jel.) ― -b3- عُجْتُ اـِلَيْهِ, aor. أَعُوجُ, inf. n. عِيَاجٌ and عِوَجٌ, I turned, or inclined, towards it; namely, a place of abode. (L.) And عَلَيْهِ ↓ انعاج He turned, or inclined, towards it, or him. (S, O.) And ↓ انعاجت and ↓ تعوّجت, said of a she-camel, She turned aside; or became turned aside; the former quasi-pass. of عَاجَهَا; and the latter, of عَوَّجَهَا. (TA.) ― -b4- عاج بِهِ He inclined, and came to him, or came to him and alighted at his abode as a guest: and he passed by him. (L.) And عُجْتُ بِالمَكَانِ, aor. أَعُوجُ, (S, O, K, *) inf. n. عَوْجٌ and مَعَاجٌ; (K;) and ↓ عوّجتُ; (TA;) I remained, stayed, dwelt, or abode, in the place. (S, O, K. *) And عاج عَلَيْهِ He stopped, or paused, at it. (S, * O, * K, * TA.) A poet says, عُجْنَا عَلَى رَبْعِ سَلْمَى أَىَّ تَعْرِيجِ [ We stopped at the abode of Selmà, with what a staying! ]: putting تعريج [in some copies of the S تعويج] in the place of عَوْج because their meaning is one. (S, O, TA.) ― -b5- فُلَانٌ مَا يَعُوجُ عَنْ شَىْءٍ Such a one does not revert from, or relinquish, anything. (IAar, S, O, K. *) ― -b6- Accord. to AA, [the inf. n.] عِيَاجٌ signifies The returning to that upon which one had been intent, or attent, or employed. (O and TA in art. عيج.) -A2- عُجْتُهُ: see 2. ― -b2- عُجْتُ البَعِيرَ, (S, A, * O, K, *) and عُجْتُ رَأْسَ البَعِيرِ, (L,) aor. أَعُوجُهُ, inf. n. عَوْجٌ (S, O, L) and مَعَاجٌ, (S, O,) I turned the camel's head by means of the nose-rein: (S, A, * O, L, K: *) and in like manner one says of a horse: and عاج نَاقَتَهُ, and ↓ عوّجها, He turned aside his she-camel. (TA.) And عاج رَأْسَهُ اـِلَى المَرْأَةِ (O and TA from a trad.) He inclined his head towards the woman, and looked towards her. (TA.) And المَرْأَةُ تَعُوجُ رَأْسَهَا اـِلَى ضَجِيعِهَا [ The woman turns her head towards her bedfellow ]. (TA.) And عاج عُنُقَهُ, inf. n. عَوْجٌ, He inclined, or bent, his neck. (TA.) And عُجْ لِسَانَكَ عَنِّى وَلَا تُكْثِرْ [ Turn, or withhold, thy tongue from me, and do not multiply words]. (A.) And بِهِ الطَّرِيقُ ↓ عَوَّجَ [ The road led him, or turned him, aside ]. (K in explanation of حَوَّجَ.) ― -b3- مَا أَعُوجُ بِكَلَامِهِ I do not pay regard, or attention, to his speech, (ISk, S in art. عيج, A, * and O,) is a phrase of the Benoo-Asad, who take it from عُجْتُ النَّاقَةَ: (ISk, S, O:) others say مَا أَعِيجُ. (O.) And one says, مَا عُجْتُ بِحَدِيثِهِ [ I did not pay regard to his discourse ]. (A.) ― -b4- عُجْتُهُ بِالمَكَانِ I made him to remain, stay, dwell, or abide, in the place: the verb being trans. as well as intrans. (S, O.)