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رعش

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 رَعِشَ ذ , (S, A, K,) aor. رَعَشَ ; and رَعَشَ, aor. رَعَشَ ; (A, K;) inf. n. (of the former, S) رَعَشٌ; (S, K;) and [of the latter,] رَعْشٌ; (K;) He trembled, quivered, quaked, or shivered; (S;) as also ↓ ارتعش: (S, A, * K:) or he was taken with a tremour, quivering, quaking, or shivering: (A, K:) [or he was made to tremble, &c.; for] رَعِشَتْ يَدُهُ is like ↓ أُرْعِشَتْ [ His hand, or arm, was made to tremble, &c.]. (Zj.) And رَعْشٌ, like مَنْعٌ [in form], signifies The shaking of the head in going along, and in sleep. (TA.) You say also, ↓ ارتعش رَأْسُهُ His head shook by reason of old age. (A, TA.) And يَدُهُ ↓ ارتعشت, (TA,) and أَنَامِلُهُ, (A, TA,) and مَفَاصِلُهُ, (TA,) His hand, or arm, and the ends, or end-joints, of his fingers, and his joints, trembled, or quivered. (TA.)

Derived headwords

رَعِشَverb
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