ظلع

1 ظَلَعَ ذ , aor. ظَلَعَ , inf. n. ظَلْعٌ, (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) said of a camel, (S, O, Msb, K,) and of a man also, (Msb, TA,) and, by Aboo-Dhu-eyb, of a horse, (S, TA,) [and likewise said of a dog, (see ظَالِعٌ,)] He limped, or halted, syn. غَمَزَ فِى مَشْيِهِ, (S, O, Msb, K, TA,) and عَرِجَ; (TA;) or was slightly lame: (Mgh:) what it signifies resembles عَرَجٌ [or natural lameness], and therefore it is said to be a slight عَرَج. (Msb.) One says, اِرْقَ عَلَى ظَلْعِكَ, (S, O, L, K,) a prov., (O, L,) meaning Ascend thou the mountain with knowledge [or because ] of thy limping, or slight lameness, not jading thyself: (L:) or deal gently with thyself, and burden not thyself with more than thou art able to do: (S:) or impose upon thyself, of what is difficult, [ only ] what thou art able to do; for he who ascends a ladder or stair, or a mountain, when he is one who limps, or has a slight lameness, deals gently with himself; i. e. exceed not thy proper limit in thy threatening, but see thy deficiency, and thine impotence to execute it: (O, K: *) and some say اِرْقَأْ, with, meaning rectify thine affair first; (O, K;) or as meaning abstain, and restrain thyself; (O;) or, accord. to AZ, abstain thou, for I know thy vices, or faults: (TA:) or the meaning of both is, be silent, because, or in consideration, of the fault that is in thee. (Ks, O, K. *) One says also, اِرْقِ عَلَى ظَلْعِكَ, with kesr to the ق, [meaning Charm thou thy slight lameness, to cure it, ] from الرُّقْيَةُ: and it is said in another prov., اِرْقِ عَلَى ظَلْعِكَ أَنْ يُهَاضَا [app. meaning Charm thou thy slight lameness, that it may become mitigated: see art. هيض: the final ا in يهاضا being what is termed أَلِفُ الاـِطْلَاقِ, not a radical]. (O, K.) And قِ عَلَى ظَلْعِكَ [ Be cautious, because, or in consideration, of thy limping ]: said when there is a vice, or fault, in a man, and you chide him in order that it may not be called to mind: (O, K: [for يَذْكُرَ in the CK, I read يُذْكَرَ, as in other copies of the K and in the O:]) and to this he replies, or may reply, وَقَيْتُ. (TA. [See also art. وقى.]) And اِرْبَعْ عَلَى ظَلْعِكَ [ Act gently, or with deliberation, or restrain thyself, because of thy limping ]; meaning thou art weak; therefore refrain from that which thou art not able to do. (O, K. [See also art. ربع.]) And لَا يَرْبَعُ عَلَى ظَلْعِكَ مَنْ لَيْسَ يَحْزُنُهُ أَمْرُكَ, meaning He will not mind thine affair (Hr, O, K) whom thy condition does not grieve: (Hr, O:) or, originally, he will not pause because of thy limping, when thou laggest behind thy companions on account of thy weakness, who does not care for thy case. (Hr, O, K. * [See, again, art. ربع.]) ― -b2- Also, said of a man, (tropical:) He stopped short, and lagged behind. (TA.) ― -b3- ظَلَعَتِ الأَرْضُ بِأَهْلِهَا (tropical:) The land became straitened with its inhabitants, by reason of their multitude; (A 'Obeyd, S, O, K;) it would not bear them, by reason of their multitude, like the beast that limps with its load because of its heaviness. (Z, TA.) ― -b4- ظَلَعَت said of a bitch, (tropical:) She desired copulation. (As, O, K, TA.) And ظَلَعَ said of a dog, (assumed tropical:) He desired to copulate. (TA.) -A2- ظَلَعَتْ عَيْنَهَا She (a woman) contracted and inclined her eye. (TA.)