رجف

4 أَرْجَفَ as an intrans. v.: see 1, in two places. -A2- And as a trans. v.; act. and pass.: see 1, in two places. ― -b2- [Hence,] ارجف بِكَذَا [originally He put another, or others, into a state of commotion, or agitation, by such a thing; meaning] he told of such a thing without truth, or not according to the true, or real, state of the case: [because he thereby caused commotion, or agitation; or] because the information was unsettled: from رَجْفَةٌ meaning as explained below. (Ksh in xxxiii. 60.) And ارجفوا فِى الشَّىْءِ (S, Msb, K) and بِهِ, (Msb, K,) inf. n. اـِرْجَافٌ, (Msb,) i. q. خَاضُوا فِيهِ [mean- ing They said what was false respecting the thing ]: (S, O, K:) or they told many evil tales, and uttered many discordant lying sayings, respecting the thing, in order that the people might become in a state of commotion, agitation, convulsion, tumult, or disturbance, in consequence thereof: whence, in the Kur [xxxiii. 60], فِى المَدِينَةِ ↓ وَالمُرْجِفُونَ [ and they who tell many evil tales, &c., in the city: ] (O, * Msb:) or ارجفوا فِى البَلَدِ بِكَذَا they told, in the town, or country, of such a matter, in order that they might cause commotion, or agitation, &c., to befall the people, without there being aught [ thereof ] true in their estimation; from الرَّجَفَانُ signifying “ violent commotion or agitation ” &c. (Har pp. 218, 219.) And ارجفوا, alone, They said what was false (خَاضُوا) in [ relating ] tales of conflicts and factions, or seditions, or discords, or dissensions, and the like: whence, ↓ وَالمُرْجِفُونُ فِى المَدِينَةِ [cited above]. (K.) ― -b3- And ارجفت النَّاقَةُ The she-camel came in a state of fatigue, with her ears flaccid, shaking them (بِهِمَا ↓ تَرْجُفُ). (O, K.)