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رتج

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 ارتج البَابَ ذ , (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) inf. n. اـِرْتَاجٌ; (Msb;) and ↓ رَتَجَهُ, (K,) inf. n. رَتْجٌ; but As allows only the former verb; (TA;) i. q. أَغْلَقَهُ, [which means He locked the door, and also he shut, or closed, the door, but the former appears to be the signification here intended, from what follows,] (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) so as to make it fast, or firm: (A, Mgh, Msb:) so says Az, after Lth: and, by extension of the signification, he shut, or closed, the door, without locking it. (Mgh.) It is said in a trad., اـِنَّ أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاآءِ تُفْتَحُ عِنْدَ زَوَالِ الشَّمْسِ فَلَا تُرْتَجُ حَتَّى يُصَلَّى الظُّهْرُ, (Mgh, * and “ Jámi' es-Sagheer ” of EsSuyootee,) i. e. [ Verily the gates of Heaven are opened at the declining of the sun from the meridian, ] and are not closed nor locked [ until the noon-prayer has been performed ]. (Mgh.) ― -b2- [Hence,] أُرْتِجَ عَلَيْهِ الأَمْرُ (assumed tropical:) The affair was as though it were closed against him, so that he knew not the way to engage in it, or execute it; syn. اِسْتَبْهَمَ عَلَيْهِ. (TA in art. بهم.) ― -b3- See also 1, in four places. ― -b4- [Hence also,] أَرْتَجَتْ (tropical:) She (a camel) closed her womb against the seed (S, A, K, TA) of the stallion, (TA,) having become pregnant. (A.) ― -b5- And (assumed tropical:) She (an ass) became pregnant. (K.) ― -b6- And (tropical:) She (a hen) had her belly full of eggs. (S, A, * K.) ― -b7- Also أَرْتَجَ (assumed tropical:) It (the sea) became raised into a state of commotion, and covered everything with the abundance of its water, (K, TA,) and the voyager upon it found no way of escape from it. (TA.) ― -b8- (assumed tropical:) It (snow) was continual, and covered [ the land ]. (K.) ― -b9- (assumed tropical:) It (abundance of herbage) was universal over the land, (K, TA,) leaving no part thereof wanting. (TA.) And أَرْتَجَتِ السَّنَةُ (assumed tropical:) The year of drought involved every part in sterility, (K, TA,) so that man found no way of escape. (TA.)

Derived headwords

ارتج البَابَverb
  1. 1.
اـِنَّ أَبْوَابَ
السَّمَاآءِ تُفْتَحُ عِنْدَ زَوَالِ الشَّمْسِ فَلَا تُرْتَجُ حَتَّى يُصَلَّى
أُرْتِجَ عَلَيْهِ الأَمْرُ
اِسْتَبْهَمَ عَلَيْهِ
أَرْتَجَتِ السَّنَةُ