رجح
Root entry · 1 derived lemma5 ترجّح ذ : see 1, second sentence. ― -b2- Also i. q. تَذَبْذَبَ [ It moved to and fro; dangled; was, or became, in a state of motion or commotion; said of a thing hanging in the air, &c.; and so ↓ ارتجح]. (K.) You say, ↓ ترجّحت الأُرْجُوحَةُ The seesaw inclined, [or moved up and down, ] (S, K,) بِهِ (K,) i. e., (TA,) بِالغُلَامِ [ with the boy ], (S, TA,) or بِالغُلَامَيْنِ [ with the two boys ]. (A. [There mentioned as tropical; but why, I see not.]) And ↓ ارتجح He (a boy, TA) inclined, [or moved up and down, ] upon a seesaw, (K, TA,) and [ moved to and fro ] upon a rope, or swing. (TA.) And رَوَادَفُهَا ↓ ارتجحت Her posteriors moved to and fro: (K:) and عَلَيْهَا ↓ رَوَادِفُهَا تَرْتَجِحُ Her posteriors move to and fro upon her; said of a girl whose posteriors are heavy. (Az, TA.) And الاـِبِلُ ↓ ارتجحت and ترجّحت The camels had a quivering [or vacillating ] motion in going along with short steps. (K.) And فَلَوَاتٌ كَأَنَّهَا تَتَرَجَّحُ بِمَنْ سَارَفِيهَا (assumed tropical:) [ Deserts, or waterless deserts, seeming] as though they bandied him who journeyed therein to the right and left. (TA.) ― -b3- [Hence,] ترجّح بَيْنَ شَيْئَيْنِ (assumed tropical:) He wavered, or vacillated, between two things; (A in art. رنح, and TA;) [and so ↓ رجّح, for] التَّرْجِيحُ بَيْنَ شَيْئَيْنِ is like التَّمْيِيلُ بَيْنهُمَا. (TA in art. ميل.) And ترجّح فِى القَوْلِ i. q. تَمَيَّلَ بِهِ (tropical:) [app. meaning He inclined, in the saying, now this way and now that ]. (A, TA.)
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