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رجء

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 ارجأ ذ He postponed, put off, deferred, or delayed, (ISk, S, Mgh, Msb, K,) an affair, (ISk, S, Mgh, K,) and a person; (TA;) as also ارجى: (ISk, S, Mgh, Msb, K:) but the former is the better: the inf. n. is اـِرْجَاآءٌ. (TA.) It is said in the Kur [xxxiii. 51], accord. to different readings, تُرْجِىءُ مَنْ تَشَاآءُ مِنْهُنَّ or تُرْجِى, meaning Thou mayest put off whom thou wilt of them: addressed peculiarly to the Prophet, exclusively of others of his people. (Zj, TA.) [See also an ex. in the Kur vii. 108 and xxvi. 35; and the various readings mentioned by Bd in the former instance.] -A2- أَرْجَأَتْ She (a camel, S, K, and in like manner a pregnant female [of any kind], TA) was, or became, near to bringing forth; as also أَرْجَتْ: (S, K:) AA says the former. (S.) -A3- And ارجأ He (a hunter or sportsman) was unsuccessful, getting no game; as also ارجى: (K, TA:) or you say, ارجأ الصَّيْدَ, (TA in art. رجو,) and ارجى الصَّيْدَ. (K in that art.)

Derived headwords

ارجأverb
  1. 1.
تُرْجِىءُ مَنْ تَشَاآءُ مِنْهُنَّ
ارجأ الصَّيْدَ