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Form 1رَجَعَ30 senses · 2 main
muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُرَجَعَهُmaṣdarرُجُوعٌ رِجَاعٌ رَجْعٌ

Core sense — he returned, he went back; he made him return, he sent him backgenerated

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredreturning to a former place, quality, or state—رُجُوعٌ

but the first is the one commonly used and agrees with analogy as maṣdar of the intransitive verb, and the second as maṣdar of the transitive verb; also مَرْجَعٌ, which is irregular, because maṣdars of this kind from verbs of the measure فَعَلَ having the muḍāriʿ of the measure يَفْعِلُ are by rule only with fet-h on the middle radical; and مَرْجِعَةٌ, irregular in the same way; and رُجْعَى [not رُجْعًى, as in the Lexicons of Golius and Freytag]; and رُجْعَانٌ.

He returned; he went, or came, back to the same place, person, state, occupation, action, or saying; he reverted. The opposite of ذَهَبَ; the same as انْصَرَفَ.

[If we return to the city]—لَئِنْ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى المَدِينَةِ
[And when they returned to their father]—فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوا إِلَى أَبِيهِمْ
[Then to your Lord shall be your return]—ثُمَّ إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ مَرْجِعُكُمْ

Er-Rāghib: the returning to that from which the start was made, or is supposed to have been made, whether a place, an action, or a saying, and whether the returning is by the whole person or thing, by a part of it, or by an action of it.

Er-Rāghib cites this from the Kur 63:8.

So too in the Kur 12:63. Er-Rāghib.

In the Kur 6:164 and 39:9; the like of it occurs in the same, 6:60.

Er-Rāghib: it may be either from the intransitive or from the transitive رَجْعٌ.

It cannot be a noun of place, because it is made transitive by means of إِلَى, and also because it occurs in the Kur 5:53 and elsewhere followed by جَمِيعًا as a denotative of state; الرُّجْعَى also occurs in the Kur 96:8.

the woman returned to her family because her husband had died or she had been divorced—رَجَعَتِ المَرْأَةُ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا
Lane cites “Kur xcvi. 8” — Flügel numbering, not yet mapped
1.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred[he returned to soundness, or health]—رَجَعَ إِلَى الصِّحَّةِ
[he returned to disease, or sickness]—المَرَضِ
[he returned to the state of poverty]—إِلَى حَالَةِ الفَقْرِ
[he returned to wealth, or sufficiency]—الغِنَى
1.1.2he returned by the way he had come—رَجَعَ عَوْدَهُ عَلَى بَدْئِهِ
1.1.3he returned from his journey—رَجَعَ مِنْ سَفَرِهِ
1.1.4figurative · مجاز — inferredhe returned [or reverted] from the affair—رَجَعَ عَنِ الأِمْرِ
1.1.5figurative · مجاز — inferredhe left, or gave up, the thing—رَجَعَ عَنِ الشَّىْءِ
1.1.6figurative · مجاز — inferred[he gave up sin; that is,] he repented—رَجَعَ عَنِ الذَّنْبِ
he repented—رَجَعَ

Used in this way alone, as in the Kur 3:65 and elsewhere. Er-Rāghib.

Qur’ān 3:72 approximate — somewhere between 3:64 and 3:112 Lane cites “Kur iii. 65”
Qur’ān 3:72 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
وَقَالَت طَّآئِفَةٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَجْهَ ٱلنَّهَارِ وَٱكْفُرُوٓا۟ ءَاخِرَهُۥ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

A section of the People of the Book say: "Believe in the morning what is revealed to the believers, but reject it at the end of the day; perchance they may (themselves) Turn back;Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1.7

[Several other phrases in which this verb occurs will be found in other articles: for example رَجَعَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ in art. ظهر, رَجَعْتُ القَهْقَرَى in art. قهقر, and رَجَعَ دَرَجَهُ with its variations in art. درج, and so on.]

1.1.8he returned against him; he returned to attack him—رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ

[Sometimes it has the same meaning as رَجَعَ عَلَيْهِ.]

1.1.9figurative · مجاز[He cut me off, or ceased to speak to me; then he returned to speaking to me]—صَرَمّنِى ثُمَّ رَجَعَ يَكَلِّمُنِى
1.1.10figurative · مجاز[He opposed me, or disagreed with me; then he returned, or had regard, to my saying]—خَالَفَنِى ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى قَوْلِى
1.1.11figurative · مجازRecourse was not had to him in an affair, or an affliction, but he sufficed.—مَا رُجِعَ إِلَيْهِ فِى خَطْبٍ إِلَّا كَفَى

[رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ often means he had recourse, or he recurred, to him, or it.]

1.1.12figurative · مجاز — inferredhe made a claim for restitution of it upon his co-partner—رَجَعَ بِهِ عَلَى شَرِيكِهِ

So IAth, in art. خلط.

he sued, prosecuted, or made a demand upon, the debtor for his right, or due—اِرْتَجَعَ عَلَى الغَرِيمِ
he made a demand upon the person suspected for his right, or due—المُتَّهَمِ

It is said, immediately before this, that ارتجع is like رَجَعَ.

1.1.13the dog returned to his vomit and ate it—رَجَعَ الكَلْبُ فِى قَيْئِهِ
1.1.14figurative · مجاز — inferredhe took back his gift, restoring it to his own possession—رَجَعَ فِى هِبَتِهِ

Also ارتجعها and استرجعها.

he took back from him the thing which he had given him—استرجع مِنْهُ الشَّىْء
1.1.15figurative · مجاز — inferredhe retracted, or revoked, his saying—رَجَعَ فِى قَوْلِهِ
he retracted, or revoked, his judgment, or sentence—فِى حُكْمِهِ
1.1.16figurative · مجاز — inferredhe traces his lineage back to an excellent origin—هُوَ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَنْصِبِ صِدْقٍ

In art. نصب.

1.1.17figurative · مجاز — inferredit (a word used in a certain sense) can be referred, or reduced, to such a meaning—يَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَعْنَى كَذَا
said of a word: it relates to such a thing, that is, to such another word, in grammatical construction—يُرْجِعُ إِلَى كَذَا
1.1.18figurative · مجاز — inferredit became reduced to such a quantity—رَجَعَ إِلَى قَدْرِ كَذَا

Said of wine when cooked.

The same as آلَ; in art. اول.

1.1.19the water of the trough, or tank, became much in quantity—رَجَعَ الحَوْضُ إِلَى إِزَائِهِ

[So that it returned to the height of the place where it poured in.]

1.1.20the returning of birds after their migrating to a hot country—رِجَاعٌ
the migratory birds returned—رَجَعَتِ الطَّيْرُ القَوَاطِعُ

This is also a maṣdar of the verb.

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1.1.21figurative · مجاز — inferredshe raised her tail, compressed her two sides, and discharged her urine repeatedly—رَجَعَتْ

Said of a she-camel and of a she-ass: so that she was imagined to be pregnant, and then failed of fulfilling her [apparent] promise.

In some copies of the S the maṣdar of the verb in this sense is written رُجُوع.

Or she conceived and then failed of fulfilling her promise, because one who does so goes back from what is hoped of her; or, said of a she-camel, she cast forth her fetus in an imperfect state; or, as some say, her embryo in a fluid state, or in an unformed state, in art. خدج.

[See also رَاجِعٌ below.]

1.2[And if God brings you back, or restores you]—فَإِنْ رَجَعَكَ ٱللّٰهُ

maṣdar رَجْعٌ, مَرْجَعٌ, and مَرْجِعٌ. He made, or caused, him, or it, to return, go back, or revert; he sent him, or it, back; the same as رَدَّهُ and صَرَفَهُ.

Construed with عَنِ الشَّىْءِ of the thing from which, and with إِلَيْهِ of the thing to which; also ارجعهُ, but the first is the more chaste word, and is the one used in the Kur-án, in 9:84 and other places; the second is of the dialect of Hudheyl, and MF says it is of weak authority and bad, though SM says he does not find this asserted by any of the leading authorities.

ارتجعهُ also has the same meaning as رَدَّهُ, and is likewise followed by إِلَى.

So in the Kur 9:84, mentioned above.

Qur’ān 9:83 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur ix. 84”
Qur’ān 9:83 Lane quotes this verse
فَإِن رَّجَعَكَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَىٰ طَآئِفَةٍ مِّنْهُمْ فَٱسْتَـْٔذَنُوكَ لِلْخُرُوجِ فَقُل لَّن تَخْرُجُوا۟ مَعِىَ أَبَدًا وَلَن تُقَـٰتِلُوا۟ مَعِىَ عَدُوًّا ۖ إِنَّكُمْ رَضِيتُم بِٱلْقُعُودِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ فَٱقْعُدُوا۟ مَعَ ٱلْخَـٰلِفِينَ

If, then, Allah bring thee back to any of them, and they ask thy permission to come out (with thee), say: "Never shall ye come out with me, nor fight an enemy with me: for ye preferred to sit inactive on the first occasion: Then sit ye (now) with those who lag behind."Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.2.1such a one put back the nose-rein on his camel's nose, it having become displaced—رَجَعَ فُلَانٌ عَلِى أَنْفِ بَعِيِرهِ

[الخِطَامَ being understood.]

1.2.2he returned me the answer—رَجَعَ إِلَىَّ الجَوَابَ

This is said to be figurative; but when a written answer is meant it clearly is not.

maṣdar رَجْعٌ and رُجْعَانٌ.

1.2.3figurative · مجاز — inferredI returned the speech; I repeated it; or I rebutted, or rejected, it in reply—رَجَعْتُ الكَلَامَ

The same as رَدَدْتُهُ.

holding a colloquy, or a dispute or debate, one with another—يَرْجِعُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ القَوْلَ

In the Kur 34:30. [Or it means rebutting one another's sayings:] or blaming one another.

1.2.4figurative · مجازthe stepping of the beast, or her returning her fore legs, in going—الرَّجْعُ

[Drawing the fore feet backwards towards the body, by lifting them high.]

Also written رَجْعُ الدَّابَّةِ يَدَيْهَا فِى السَّيْرِ.

التَّرْجِيعُ, or تَرْجِيعُ الدَّابّةِ يَدَيْهَا فِى السَّيْرِ, has the same meaning.

Or رَجْعٌ means a beast's lifting high the fore foot and the hind foot in going.

the beast stepped, and so on—رَجَّعَتِ الدَّابَّةُ يَدَيْهَا فِى السَّيْرِ

[Just as you say رَجَعَت.]

1.2.5figurative · مجاز — inferredthe female tattooer's making marks, or lines, [upon the skin]—رَجْعُ الوَاشمَةِ

Also تَرْجَيعُهَا.

he retraced the marks, or lines, of the variegated work, and of the tattooing, and renewed their blackness, time after time—رَجَّعَ النَقْشَ

Or rather, as the first phrase is explained in the EM p. 143, her retracing those marks or lines and renewing their blackness; for the phrases that follow are also said.

Also الوَشْمَ [and رَجَعَهُ].

he retraced, or renewed, the writing—رَجَّعَ الكِتَابَةَ

[And رَجَعَهَا.]

1.2.6he purchased a she-camel with the price of another that he sold—رَجَعَ نَاقَةً

Also ارتجعها and ترجّعها.

the selling of males and the purchasing of females—رِجَعٌ
he sold the aged and the young of his camels and purchased such as were in youthful vigour—ارتجع مَالًا
the selling of a thing and the purchasing in its place of what one thinks younger and better—اِرْتِجَاعٌ
he sold old and weak camels and purchased such as were in youthful vigour—ارجع إِبِلًا
he took camels in exchange for his camels—ارتجع إِبِلًا بِإِبِلِهِ

Or he purchased a she-camel with the price of a he-camel that he sold.

Apparently a maṣdar.

Or, as some say, he sold the males and purchased females.

Lh, in another place.

Er-Rāghib: what is regarded in this is the meaning of a return, understood though not real.

Or he sold male camels and purchased females.

Or, as some say, اِرْتِجَاعٌ means the taking of one in the place of two, and with the price of two.

1.2.7figurative · مجازthe fodder, or food, produced an effect, or showed its effect, upon the beast—رَجَعَ العَلَفُ فِى الدَّابَّةِ
my speech produced a beneficial effect upon him—رَجَعَ كَلَامِى فِيهِ
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 5 shown of 78
2:18
صُمٌّۢ بُكْمٌ عُمْىٌ فَهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ

Deaf, dumb, and blind, they will not return (to the path).

7:174
وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُفَصِّلُ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

Thus do We explain the signs in detail; and perchance they may turn (unto Us).

10:56
هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

It is He Who giveth life and who taketh it, and to Him shall ye all be brought back.

56:87
تَرْجِعُونَهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Call back the soul, if ye are true (in the claim of independence)?

89:28
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً

"Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him!

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, aor. رَجِعَ , inf. n. رُجُوعٌ (S, Msb, K, &c.) and رَجْعٌ , (M, Msb,) but the former is that which commonly obtains and is agreeable with analogy as inf. n. of the intrans. v., and the latter as inf. n. of the trans. v., (MF, TA,) and مَرْجَعٌ , (S, Msb, K, &c.,) which is anomalous, because inf. ns. [of this kind] of verbs of the measure فَعَلَ having the aor. of the measure يَفْعِلُ are [by rule] only with fet-h [to the medial radical], (S, K,) and مَرْجِعَةٌ , which is in like manner anomalous, (K,) and رُجْعَى , (S, Msb, K,) [not رُجْعًى as in the Lexicons of Golius and Freytag,] and رُجْعَانٌ , (K,) He returned; he went, or came, back [to the same place, or person, or state, or occupation, or action, or saying, &c.]; he reverted; contr. of ذَهَبَ ; (ISk, Msb;) i. q. انْصَرَفَ : (K:) رُجُوعٌ signifies the returning to a former place, or quality, or state; (Kull p. 196;) the returning to that from which was the commencement, or from which the commencement is supposed to have been, whether it be a place, or an action, or a saying, and whether the returning be by the [whole] person or thing, or by a part thereof, or by an action thereof. (Er-Rághib.) Hence the saying in the Kur [lxiii. 8], لَئِنْ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى المَدِينَةِ [Verily if we return to the city]. (Er-Rághib.) And [in the same, xii. 63,] فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوا إِلَى أَبِيهِمْ [And when they returned to their father]. (Idem.) And in the same, [vi. 164, and xxxix. 9,] ثُمَّ إِلَى رَبِّكُمْ مَرْجِعُكُمْ [Then unto your Lord shall be your return]: (S:) the like of which occurs in the same, vi. 60: but it may be either from [the intrans. inf. n.] رُجُوعٌ or from [the trans.] رَجْعٌ : (Er-Rághib:) it cannot be a n. of place, because it is made trans. by means of إِلَى , and also because it occurs in the Kur [v. 53, &c.], followed by جَمِيعًا , as a denotative of state: (L:) in like manner الرُّجْعَى also occurs in the Kur xcvi. 8. (TA.) You say also, رَجَعَتِ المَرْأَةُ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا The woman returned to her family by reason of the death of her husband or by reason of divorcement. (Msb.) رَجَعَ إِلَى الصِّحَّةِ [He returned to soundness, or health], or المَرَضِ [disease, or sickness]; and إِلَى حَالَةِ الفَقْرِ [to the state of poverty], or الغِنَى [wealth, or competence, or sufficiency]. (Kull p. 196.) رَجَعَ عَوْدَهُ عَلَى بَدْئِهِ He returned in the way by which he had come. (Kull ibid.) رَجَعَ مِنْ سَفَرِهِ He returned from his journey. (Msb.) رَجَعَ عَنِ الأِمْرِ He returned [or reverted] from the affair. (Msb.) رَجَعَ عَنِ الشَّىْءِ He left, or relinquished, the thing. (Kull p. 197.) رَجَعَ عَنِ الذَّنْبِ [He relinquished sin; i. e.] he repented; and so رَجَعَ alone, agreeably with the usage in the Kur iii. 65, &c. (Er-Rághib.) [Several other phrases, in which this verb occurs, will be found in other arts.: as رَجَعَ عَلَى ظَهْرِهِ in art. ظهر : رَجَعْتُ القَهْقَرَى in art. قهقر : رَجَعَ دَرَجَهُ , and variations thereof, in art. درج : &c.] رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ [sometimes signifies the same as رَجَعَ عَلَيْهِ ] He returned against him; he returned to attack him. (TA.) صَرَمّنِى ثُمَّ رَجَعَ يَكَلِّمُنِى [He cut me, or ceased to speak to me; then he returned to speaking to me]. (TA.) خَالَفَنِى ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى قَوْلِى [He opposed me, or disagreed with me; then he returned, or had regard, to my saying]. (TA.) مَا رُجِعَ إِلَيْهِ فِى خَطْبٍ إِلَّا كَفَى [Re course was not had to him in an affair, or an affliction, but he sufficed.] (TA.) [ رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ often means He had recourse, or he recurred, to him, or it.] رَجَعَ بِهِ عَلَى شَرِيكِهِ He made a claim for restitution of it upon his co-partner. (IAth, TA in art. خلط .) And [in like manner you say,] اِرْتَجَعَ عَلَى الغَرِيمِ , and المُتَّهَمِ , He sued, prosecuted, or made a demand upon, the debtor, and the suspected, for his right, or due. (TA: [in which it is said, immediately before this, that ارتجع is like رَجَعَ .]) رَجَعَ الكَلْبُ فِى قَيْئِهِ The dog returned to his vomit, (Msb, TA,) and ate it. (Msb.) Hence, رَجَعَ فِى هِبَتِهِ He took back his gift; repossessed himself of it; restored it to his possession; (Msb;) as also ارتجعها , (Mgh, Msb, TA,) and استرجعها . (Msb, TA.) And استرجع مِنْهُ الشَّىْء He took back from him the thing which he had given to him. (S, K.) [Hence also, رَجَعَ فِى قَوْلِهِ , and فِى حُكْمِهِ He retracted, or revoked, his saying, and his judgment, or sentence.] هُوَ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَنْصِبِ صِدْقٍ He traces back his lineage to an excellent origin. (TA in art. نصب .) [ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَعْنَى كَذَا It (a word used in a certain sense) is referrible, or reducible, to such a meaning. And يُرْجِعُ إِلَى كَذَا , said of a word, also means It relates to such a thing; i. e., to such another word, in grammatical construction.] رَجَعَ إِلَى قَدْرِ كَذَا It (wine when cooked) became reduced to such a quantity; syn. آلَ . (S in art. اول .) رَجَعَ الحَوْضُ إِلَى إِزَائِهِ The water of the trough, or tank, became much in quantity [so that it returned to the height of the place whence it poured in]. (TA.) رِجَاعٌ , also, is an inf. n. of this verb, (L,) and is used as signifying The returning of birds after their migrating to a hot country. (S, L, K.) You say, رَجَعَتِ الطَّيْرُ القَوَاطِعُ , inf. n. رِجَاعٌ and رَجْعٌ , The migratory birds returned. (L.) Also inf. n. of رَجَعَتْ said of a-she camel, and of a she-ass, signifying She raised her tail, and compressed her two sides ( قُطْرَيْهَا ), and cast forth her urine in repeated discharges, so that she was imagined to be pregnant, (S, K,) and then failed of fulfilling her [apparent] promise: (S: [in some copies of which, as is said in the TA, the inf. n. of the verb in this sense is written رُجُوع :]) or she conceived, and then failed of fulfilling her promise; because she who does so goes back from what is hoped of her: (TA:) or, said of a she-camel, she cast forth her fœtus in an imperfect state: (AZ, TA,) or, as some say, her embryo in a fluid state: (TA:) or in an unformed state; inf. n. رِجَاعٌ . (Msb in art. خدج .) [See also رَاجِعٌ , below.] , (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. رَجَعَهُ , (Mgh,) inf. n. رَجْعٌ and مَرْجَعٌ and مَرْجِعٌ , (K,) He made, or caused, him, or it, to return, go back, come back, or revert; sent back, turned back, or returned, him, or it; syn. رَدَّهُ ; (Mgh, Msb, K;) and صَرَفَهُ ; (K;) عَنِ الشَّىْءِ from the thing; and إِلَيْهِ to it; (Msb, K;) as also ارجعهُ ; (S, Msb, K;) but the former is the more chaste word, and is that which is used in the Kur-án, in ix. 84 [and other places]: (Msb:) the latter is of the dial. of Hudheyl; (S, Msb;) and is said by MF to be of weak authority, and bad; but [SM says,] I do not find this asserted by any of the leading authorities: (TA:) ارتجعهُ , also, signifies [the same, i. e.] the same as رَدَّهُ in like manner followed by إِلَى . (TA.) Thus in the Kur ix. 84, referred to above, فَإِنْ رَجَعَكَ ٱللّٰهُ [And if God make thee to return, or restore thee]. (Msb.) رَجَعَ فُلَانٌ عَلِى أَنْفِ بَعِيِرهِ Such a one put back, or restored, the nose-rein [ الخِطَامَ being understood] upon the nose of his camel; it having become displaced. (TA.) رَجَعَ إِلَىَّ الجَوَابَ , aor. رَجِعَ , inf. n. رَجْعٌ and رُجْعَانٌ , He returned to me the answer. (S, TA: [in the latter of which, this is said to be tropical; but when a written answer is meant, it is evidently not so.]) رَجَعْتُ الكَلَامَ I returned the speech; or I repeated it; or I rebutted, or rejected, or repudiated, it, in reply, or replication; syn. رَدَدْتُهُ . (Msb.) [In like manner,] يَرْجِعُ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ القَوْلَ , in the Kur [xxxiv. 30], means Holding a colloquy, or a disputation, or debate, one with another: (Bd:) [or it means rebutting one another's sayings:] or blaming one another. (S.) الرَّجْعُ , (K,) or رَجْعُ الدَّابَّةِ يَدَيْهَا فِى السَّيْرِ , (S,) The stepping of the beast, (S, K,) or her returning her fore legs, [drawing the fore feet backwards towards the body, by lifting them high,] in going; (K;) and التَّرْجِيعُ , (K,) or تَرْجِيعُ الدَّابّةِ يَدَيْهَا فِى السَّيْرِ , (S,) signifies the same: (S, K:) or رَجْعٌ signifies a beast's elevating, or lifting high, the fore foot and hind foot, in going. (KL.) You say, رَجَّعَتِ الدَّابَّةُ يَدَيْهَا فِى السَّيْرِ [The beast stepped, &c.; like as you say, رَجَعَت ]. (TA.) رَجْعُ الوَاشمَةِ , and تَرْجَيعُهَا , The female tattooer's making marks or lines [upon the skin]: (S, K: *) [or rather, as the former phrase is explained in the EM p. 143, “ her retracing ” those marks or lines, and renewing their blackness; for] you say also, رَجَّعَ النَقْشَ , and الوَشْمَ , [and رَجَعَهُ ,] He retraced the marks, or lines, of the variegated work, and of the tattooing, and renewed their blackness, one time after another. (TA.) And رَجَّعَ الكِتَابَةَ , [and رَجَعَهَا ,] He retraced, or renewed, the writing. (TA.) رَجَعَ نَاقَةً , and ارتجعها , and ترجّعها , He purchased a she-camel with the price of another that he sold: (S, TA:) or he purchased a she-camel with the price of a he-camel that he sold; and رِجَعٌ , which is app. an inf. n., signifies the selling males and purchasing females: (TA:) or ارتجع مَالًا signifies he sold the aged and the younglings of his came's, and purchased such as were in a state of youthful vigour: or, as some say, he sold the males, and purchased females: (Lh:) or اِرْتِجَاعٌ signifies the selling a thing, and purchasing in its place what one imagines to be more youthful, and better: (Lh in another place:) regard is bad, therein, to the meaning of a return, virtual, or understood, though not real: (Er-Rághib:) also ارجع إِبِلًا he sold old and weak camels, and purchased such as were in a state of youthful vigour: or he sold male camels, and purchased females: (TA:) and ارتجع إِبِلًا بِإِبِلِهِ he took camels in exchange for his camels: or, as some say, اِرْتِجَاعٌ signifies the taking one in the place, and with the price, of two. (Mgh.) رَجَعَ العَلَفُ فِى الدَّابَّةِ The fodder, or food, produced an effect, or showed its effect, upon the beast. (K, * TA.) And رَجَعَ كَلَامِى فِيهِ My speech produced a beneficial effect upon him. (K, * TA.)
Form 2رجّعهُ6 senses · 1 main
maṣdarتَرْجِيعٌ

Core sense — he made him, or it, return again and again; he repeated itgenerated

2.1

. He, or it, made him, or it, return, go back, or revert again and again, or time after time; sent him, or it, back time after time; made him, or it, go repeatedly to and fro, so to go and come, to reciprocate; he repeated it, reiterated it, reproduced it, renewed it; the same as رَدَّدَهُ.

[All these meanings are well known as belonging to the two verbs mentioned here, and occur often in classical and post-classical writings; hence several of the phrases that follow.]

2.1.1

See 1, in the last quarter of the paragraph, in five places.

2.1.2figurative · مجازrepeating the two professions of the faith aloud after uttering them in a low voice—التَّرْجِيعُ فِى الأَذَانِ

This last explanation is strange, and probably corrupted by a copyist: it seems that, instead of “to repeat them”, we should read “and repeated them”.

So called because the two professions of the faith [for which see the word أَذَانٌ] are uttered in the اذان [or call to prayer] in a low voice and then repeated in a high voice.

Or it means the lowering of the voice in the اذان in uttering the two professions of the faith and then raising it in uttering them; or رجّع فِى أَذَانِهِ means he uttered the two professions of the faith in his اذان once, and repeated them.

2.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredthe reiterating of the voice in the throat, or fauces—التَّرْجِيعُ

Or تَرْجِيعُ الصَّوْتِ.

[The act of quavering, or trilling: rapidly repeating many times one very short note, or each note of a piece; a general characteristic of Arabian chanting, singing and piping, and often kept up throughout the whole performance.]

Like what is done in chanting, and as practised in reading or reciting, in singing, in piping, or in other performances accompanied with quavering or trilling; or, as some say, the mutual approximation of the various kinds of movements in the voice.

'Abd-Allah Ibn-Mughaffal, in his ترجيع, imitated the like of آا آا آا by prolonging the voice in reading, or reciting.

[the pigeons quavered in their singing, or cooing]—رجّع الحَمَامُ فِى غِنَائِهِ

Also استرجع.

the camel brayed, reiterating his voice in his شقشقة—رجّع البَعِيرُ فِى شِقْشِقَتِهِ

[Or bursa faucium.]

the she-camel interrupted her yearning cry to, or for, her young one—رجّعت النَّاقَةُ فِى حَنِينِهَا

[And then, it seems, she quickly repeated it, and did so again and again.]

the bow made a sound—رجّعت القَوْسُ

[By the vibration of its string; because the sound so made is a repeated sound.]

2.1.4

See also 4.

2.1.5

And see 10.

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, inf. n. تَرْجِيعٌ , He, or it, made, or caused, him, or it, to return, go back, come back, or revert, again and again, or time after time; sent back, turned back, or returned, him, or it, again and again, or time after time; made, or caused, him, or it, to go, or move, repeatedly to and fro; so to go and come; to reciprocate: he repeated it; iterated it; or rather reiterated it: he reproduced it: he renewed it: syn. رَدَّدَهُ . (Mgh.) [All these significations are well known, as pertaining to the two verbs here mentioned, and of frequent occurrence in classical and postclassical writings: and hence several phrases here following.] See 1, last quarter of the paragraph, in five places. Hence, (Mgh,) التَّرْجِيعُ فِى الأَذَانِ , (S, Mgh, K,) because the two professions of the faith [for which see the word أَذَانٌ ] are uttered in the اذان [or call to prayer] in a low voice [and then repeated in a high voice]; (Mgh;) [for] this phrase means The repeating the two professions of the faith in a raised, or loud, voice, after uttering them in a low, or faint, voice; (Sgh, K, TA;) or the lowering of the voice in the اذان in uttering the two professions of the faith, and then raising it in uttering them: (KT:) or رجّع فِى أَذَانِهِ signifies he uttered the two professions of the faith in his اذان once to repeat them. (Msb: [but this is a strange explanation; and probably corrupted by a copyist: it seems that, instead of “ to repeat them, ” we should read “ and repeated them. ”]) [Hence also,] التَّرْجِيعُ , (K, TA,) or تَرْجِيعُ الصَّوْتِ , (S,) [The act of quavering, or trilling; rapidly repeating many times one very short note, or each note of a piece; a general characteristic of Arabian chanting and singing and piping, and often continued throughout the whole performance;] the reiterating ( تَرْدِيد ) of the voice in the throat, or fauces, (S, K, TA,) like [as is done in] chanting, (S,) or which is practised in reading or reciting, or singing, or piping, or other performances, of such as are accompanied with quavering, or trilling: (TA:) or, as some say, the mutual approximation of the various kinds of movements in the voice: 'Abd-Allah Ibn-Mughaffal, in his ترجيع , by the prolonging of the voice, in reading, or reciting, imitated the like of آا آا آا . (TA.) You say also, رجّع الحَمَامُ فِى غِنَائِهِ [The pigeons quavered in their singing, or cooing]; as also استرجع . (TA.) And رجّع البَعِيرُ فِى شِقْشِقَتِهِ The camel brayed, or reiterated his voice, in his شقشقة [or bursa faucium]. (TA.) And رجّعت النَّاقَةُ فِى حَنِينِهَا The she-camel interrupted her yearning cry to, or for, her young one [and then, app., quickly repeated it, and did so again and again]. (TA.) And رجّعت القَوْسُ The bow made a sound [by the vibration of its string; because the sound so made is a repeated sound]. (AHn.) See also 4. And see 10.
Form 3راجع7 senses · 1 main
maṣdarرِجَاعٌ مُرَاجَعَةٌ

Core sense — he returned to it; he took his divorced wife back; he debated with himgenerated

3.1

He (a man) returned to good or to evil. [See also 6.]

3.1.1the she-camel returned from one kind of pace, which she had been going, to another—راجعت النَّاقَةُ

.

3.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredit returned to him—راجعهُ

Said of pain and the like; in art. عد.

3.1.3figurative · مجاز[he returned to his wife, taking her back to the marriage-state after having divorced her]—راجع ٱمْرَأَتَهُ

See also 6.

ارتجعها has the same meaning.

3.1.4

[See also a verse cited under رَدَادٌ, from which it seems that راجع also means he restored, or brought back, anything.]

3.1.5he tried to turn him [from, or to, a thing]—راجعهُ

The same as رَاوَدَهُ and رَادَّهُ; in art. رود.

3.1.6figurative · مجاز — inferredhe returned him answer for answer; he held a dialogue, or debate, with him; he bandied words with him—راجعهُ الكَلَامَ

In art. حور.

Also فِى الكَلَامِ, and simply رَاجعهُ.

The same as حَاوَرَهُ, in art. حور, and Bd on 18:32; [that is,] حَاوَرَهُ الكَلَامَ, or عَاوَدَهُ, or جَادَلَهُ.

he disputed with him, rebutting in reply what he said; he bandied words with him—راجعهُ

Or راجعهُ القَوْلَ.

The same as رَادَّهُ القَوْلَ; in art. رد.

he held a conference, or debate, with him about his affairs of difficulty—راجعهُ فِى مُهِمَّاتِهِ

The same as حَاوَرَهُ.

[he addressed him repeatedly, or time after time, about such a thing]—راجعهُ فِى كَذَا
[they consulted their understandings, or minds, as though they held a conference with them]—رَاجَعُوا عُقُولَهُمْ

[راجع often means he consulted, or referred to, a person, a book, a passage in a book, and the like.]

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He (a man) returned to good or to evil. (TA.) [See also 6.] راجعت النَّاقَةُ , (K,) inf. n. رِجَاعٌ , (TA,) The she-camel returned, or reverted, from one kind of pace, which she had been going, to another pace. (K, * TA.) راجعهُ It returned to him: said of pain [&c.]. (TA in art. عد .) راجع ٱمْرَأَتَهُ [He returned to his wife, or restored her to himself, or took her back by marriage or to the marriage-state, after having divorced her; (see also 6;)]; (S;) and ارتجعها signifies the same. (TA.) [See also a verse cited voce رَدَادٌ ; whence it seems that راجع also signifies He restored, or brought back, anything.] راجعهُ signifies also He endeavoured to turn him [from, or to, a thing]; syn. رَاوَدَهُ , and رَادَّهُ . (L in art. رود .) راجعهُ الكَلَامَ , (S and K in this art., and A and Mgh and Msb in art. حور ,) and فِى الكَلَامِ , (Bd in xviii. 32,) and simply رَاجعهُ , (Msb in this art., and Jel. in lviii. l,) inf. n. مُرَاجَعَةٌ (S, TA) and رِجَاعٌ , (TA,) He returned him answer for answer, or answers for answers; held a dialogue, or colloquy, or conference, or a disputation, or debate, with him; bandied words with him; syn. حَاوَرَهُ , (A and Mgh and Msb in art. حور , and Bd in xviii. 32,) [i. e.] حَاوَرَهُ الكَلَامَ ; (TA;) or عَاوَدَهُ ; (S and Msb and K in this art.;) or جَادَلَهُ . (Jel in lviii. 1.) And راجعهُ , or راجعهُ القَوْلَ , He disputed with him, rebutting, or rejecting, or repudiating, in reply to him, what he said; he bandied words with him; syn. رَادَّهُ القَوْلَ . (A in art. رد .) You say, راجعهُ فِى مُهِمَّاتِهِ He held a colloquy, or conference, or a disputation, or debate, with him respecting his affairs of difficulty; syn. حَاوَرَهُ . (TA.) [And راجعهُ فِى كَذَا He addressed him repeatedly, or time after time, respecting such a thing.] And رَاجَعُوا عُقُولَهُمْ [They consulted their understandings, or minds; as though they held a colloquy, or conference, or a disputation, or debate, therewith]. (Bd in xxi. 65.) [ راجع often signifies He consulted, or referred to, a person, a book, a passage in a book, &c.]
Form 4ارجعت النَّاقَةُ9 senses · 3 main

Core sense — the she-camel returned to her former condition, lean or in good fleshgenerated

4.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe camels became lean and then became fat—ارجعت الإِبِلُ
the old man is sick two days and does not regain health of body and strength in a month—الشَّيْخُ يَمْرَضُ يُوْمَيْنِ فَلَا يُرْجِعُ شَهْرًا

[The she-camel returned to her former condition, either of leanness or of fatness:] the she-camel became lean after having been fat; and she became in good condition after leanness.

So says Ks.

In the CK, wrongly, فلا يُرْجَعُ.

[the horse wasted, and then gradually returned to his former condition]—تَرَاجَعَ اِنْتَقَصَ الفَرَسُ ثُمَّ
4.2

ارجعهُ: see رَجَعَهُ, first meaning.

4.2.1he gave him back his she-camel so that he might return upon her, having sold her to him—ارجعهُ نَاقَتَهُ
4.2.2

ارجع إِبِلًا: see 1, near the end of the paragraph.

4.2.3figurative · مجازGod made his sale productive of gain, or profit—ارجع ٱللّٰهُ بَيْعَتَهُ
4.2.4figurative · مجاز — inferredGod turned his grief, or disquiet of mind, into happiness or joy—ارجع ٱللّٰهُ هَمَّهُ سُرُورًا

Sb mentions رَجَّعَهُ [in this sense].

4.2.5he stretched out his arm, or hand, backwards, to reach, or take hold of, a thing—ارجع

[In this case يَدَهُ seems to be understood; for the following is also said.]

the man put his arms, or hands, backwards in order to reach, or take hold of, a thing—ارجع الرَّجُلُ يَدَيْهِ
he stretched out his hand to his sword, to draw it—ارجع يَدَهُ إِلَى سَيْفِهِ لِيَسْتَلَّهُ

Or إِلَى كِنَانَتِهِ لِيَأْخُذَ سَهْمًا, to his quiver, to take an arrow.

4.2.6figurative · مجاز

He ejected excrement, or ordure; said of a man.

[See رَجِيعٌ.]

4.3

See also 10.

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[The she-camel returned to her former condition, either of leanness or fatness:] the she-camel became lean [after having been fat]: and became in good condition after leanness: (Ks, T, TA:) or ارجعت الإِبِلُ the camels became lean and then became fat; (S, O, K;) so says Ks. (S.) You say also, الشَّيْخُ يَمْرَضُ يُوْمَيْنِ فَلَا يُرْجِعُ شَهْرًا i. e. [The old man is sick two days, and] does not return to a healthy state of body, and to strength, in a month. (K, TA: [in the CK, erroneously, فلا يُرْجَعُ .]) And [in like manner] تَرَاجَعَ اِنْتَقَصَ الفَرَسُ ثُمَّ [The horse wasted, and then gradually returned to his former condition]. (TA.) ارجعهُ : see رَجَعَهُ , first signification. ارجعهُ نَاقَتَهُ He gave him [back] his she-camel in order that he might return upon her, he [the latter] having sold her to him. (Lh.) ارجع إِبِلًا : see 1, near the end of the paragraph. ارجع ٱللّٰهُ بَيْعَتَهُ God made his sale to be productive of gain, or profit. (S, K.) ارجع ٱللّٰهُ هَمَّهُ سُرُورًا God converted his grief, or disquietude of mind, into happiness or joy; and Sb mentions رَجَّعَهُ [in this sense]. (TA.) ارجع also signifies He extended, or stretched out, his arm, or hand, backwards, to reach, or take hold of, a thing. (S, K.) [In this case, يَدَهُ seems to be understood: for] you say [also], ارجع الرَّجُلُ يَدَيْهِ The man put his arms, or hands, backwards in order to reach, or take hold of, a thing. (Lh.) And ارجع يَدَهُ إِلَى سَيْفِهِ لِيَسْتَلَّهُ He extended, or stretched out, his arm, or hand, to his sword, to draw it: or إِلَى كِنَانَتِهِ لِيَأْخُذَ سَهْمًا to his quiver, to take an arrow. (TA.) Also He ejected excrement, or ordure; said of a man. (S, K.) [See رَجِيعٌ .] See also 10.
Form 5ترجّع فِى صَدْرِى كَذَا2 senses

Core sense — such a thing moved to and fro in my mindgenerated

5.1figurative · مجاز

Such a thing became agitated to and fro in my mind, or bosom; the same as تَرَدَّدَ.

5.2

ترجّع نَاقَةً: see 1, in the last quarter of the paragraph.

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Such a thing became agitated to and fro in my mind, or bosom; syn. تَرَدَّدَ . (TA.) ترجّع نَاقَةً : see 1; in the last quarter of the paragraph.
Form 6تَرَاجَعَا5 senses · 2 main

Core sense — they two returned to each other; they went back by degrees; they exchanged answersgenerated

6.1figurative · مجاز

They two (a man and his divorced wife) returned to each other by marriage; they returned together to the marriage-state.

Lane cites “Bd in ii. 230” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
6.1.1[the thing went backward, receded, retired, or retreated, by degrees, little by little]—تراجع الشَّىْءُ إِلَى خَلْفٍ

[And تراجع alone: he, or it, returned by degrees; the form of the verb denoting a gradual continuation, as in تَسَاقَطَ and تَزَايَدَ and تَنَاقَصَ and the like.]

تراجع and تَرَادَّ and تَرَدَّدَ have the same meaning; in art. رد.

they returned, retired, or retreated, by degrees, or little by little, on a journey or march—تراجعوا فِى مَسِيرٍ

The same as تَرَادُّوا; in art. ثبجر.

[they separated in the first part of the day; then] they returned, each one to his place of abode—تَفَرَّقُوا فِى أَوَّلِ النَّهَارِ ثُمَّ تَرَاجَعُوا مَعَ اللَّيْلِ
6.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredthe circumstances of such a one gradually went back to their former condition—تَرَاجَعَتْ أَحْوَالُ فُلَانٍ
[their good fortune ceased, and their affairs began to go back to a worse state]—زَالَتْ دَوْلَتُهُمْ وَأَخَذَ أَمْرُهُمْ يَتَرَاجَعُ

[Meaning either a better condition, as in the example mentioned above, see 4; or, as is most often the case, a worse one; that is, they went backwards, or gradually got worse; the opposite of advanced, or improved.]

In art. ركد.

[the wound gradually healed]—تَرَاجَعَ الجُرْحُ إِلّى البُرْءِ

In art. دمل.

6.2they two (co-partners) made claims for restitution, each upon the other—تَرَاجَعَا بَيْنَهُمَا

So IAth, in art. خلط.

[See this explained more fully, with an example, under خَلِيطٌ.]

6.2.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthey returned one another answer for answer; they held a dialogue, or debate, one with another; they bandied words—تراجعوا الكَلَامَ

In art. حور.

Also فِى الكَلَامِ, and simply تراجعوا.

The same as تَحَاوَرُوا.

Lane cites “Bd in lviii. 1” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
Lane cites “Jel in lviii. 1” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 6
2:230
فَإِن طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا تَحِلُّ لَهُۥ مِنۢ بَعْدُ حَتَّىٰ تَنكِحَ زَوْجًا غَيْرَهُۥ ۗ فَإِن طَلَّقَهَا فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَآ أَن يَتَرَاجَعَآ إِن ظَنَّآ أَن يُقِيمَا حُدُودَ ٱللَّهِ ۗ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ يُبَيِّنُهَا لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

So if a husband divorces his wife (irrevocably), He cannot, after that, re-marry her until after she has married another husband and He has divorced her. In that case there is no blame on either of them if they re-unite, provided they feel that they can keep the limits ordained by Allah. Such are the limits ordained by Allah, which He makes plain to those who understand.

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They two (a man and his divorced wife) returned to each other by marriage; (Bd in ii. 230;) or returned together to the marriagestate. (Jel ibid.) تراجع الشَّىْءُ إِلَى خَلْفٍ [The thing went backward or back, receded, retrograded, retired, retreated, or reverted, by degrees, gradually, by little and little, or part after part: and تراجع alone, He, or it, returned by degrees: the form of the verb denoting a gradual continuation, as in تَسَاقَطَ , and تَزَايَدَ , and تَنَاقَصَ , &c.]. (S.) تراجع and تَرَادَّ and تَرَدَّدَ are syn. (M and L in art. رد .) You say, تراجعوا فِى مَسِيرٍ They returned, retired, or retreated, by degrees, or by little and little, in a journey, or march; syn. تَرَادُّوا . (TA in art. ثبجر .) And تَفَرَّقُوا فِى أَوَّلِ النَّهَارِ ثُمَّ تَرَاجَعُوا مَعَ اللَّيْلِ i. e. [They separated, or dispersed themselves, in the first part of day; then] they returned, [one after an every one to his place of abode. (TA.) تَرَاجَعَتْ أَحْوَالُ فُلَانٍ [The circumstances of such a one gradually reverted to their former condition; meaning either a better condition, agreeably with an ex. mentioned above, see 4; or, as is most commonly the case, a worse condition; i. e. retrograded; or gradually went back to a worse state; contr. of advanced, or improved]: (TA:) [whence the saying,] زَالَتْ دَوْلَتُهُمْ وَأَخَذَ أَمْرُهُمْ يَتَرَاجَعُ [Their good fortune ceased, and their affairs began to retrograde, or gradually go back to a worse state]. (A in art. ركد .) And تَرَاجَعَ الجُرْحُ إِلّى البُرْءِ [The wound gradually recovered]. (Msb in art. دمل .) تَرَاجَعَا بَيْنَهُمَا They two (copartners) made claims for restitution, each upon the other. (IAth, TA in art. خلط .) [See this more fully explained, and illustrated, voce خَلِيطٌ .] تراجعوا الكَلَامَ , (Msb and K in art. حور ,) and فِى الكَلَامِ , (Bd in lviii. 1,) and simply تراجعوا , (Jel in lviii. 1,) They returned one another answer for answer, or answers for answers; held a dialogue, or colloquy, or conference, or a disputation, or debate, one with another; bandied words, one with another; syn. تَحَاوَرُوا . (Bd, Jel, Msb, K, in the places mentioned above.)
Form 8ارتجع عَلَى الغَرِيمِ7 senses · 2 main

Core sense — he made a demand upon the debtor for his due; he bought camels in exchangegenerated

8.1

This, and المُتَّهَمِ: see رَجَعَ, with which it has the same meaning.

8.2the woman put her جلباب back over her face, and covered herself with it—ارتجعت المَرْأَةُ جِلْبَابَهَا

ارتجعهُ means the same as رَدَّهُ, like رَجَعَهُ.

8.2.1

ارتجع الهِبَةَ: see رَجَعَ فِى هِبَتِهِ.

8.2.2

ارتجع ٱمْرَأَتَهُ: see 3.

8.2.3he sold his camels, and got a good return, or profit, by spending their price—رِجْعَةً بَاغَ إِبِلَهُ فَٱرْتَجَعَ مِنْهَا صَالِحَةً
8.2.4

ارتجع نَاقَةً and the like: see 1, near the end of the paragraph, in five places.

8.2.5he (an Arab of the desert) purchased camels not of his own people's breeding and not bearing their marks—ارتجع إِبِلًا

[Apparently in exchange for others.]

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, and المُتَّهَمِ : see رَجَعَ , with which it is syn. (TA.) ارتجعهُ i. q. رَدَّهُ , like رَجَعَهُ , q. v. (TA.) So in the phrase, ارتجعت المَرْأَةُ جِلْبَابَهَا The woman put back her جلباب [q. v.] upon her face, and covered herself with it. (TA.) ارتجع الهِبَةَ : see رَجَعَ فِى هِبَتِهِ . ارتجع ٱمْرَأَتَهُ : see 3. رِجْعَةً بَاغَ إِبِلَهُ فَٱرْتَجَعَ مِنْهَا صَالِحَةً He sold his camels, and obtained by the expenditure of their price a good return, or profit. (S, K.) ارتجع نَاقَةً , and the like: see 1, near the end of the paragraph, in five places. ارتجع إِبِلًا also signifies He (and Arab of the desert) purchased camels [app. in exchange for others] not of his own people's breeding nor bearing their marks. (TA.)
Form 10استرجع الهِبَةَ4 senses · 2 main
maṣdarتَرْجِيعٌ

Core sense — he took back the gift; he said the words of resignation at an afflictiongenerated

10.1

This, and استرجع مِنْهُ الشَّىْءَ: see رَجَعَ فِى هِبَتِهِ, and the sentence next after it.

10.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredfood, both of beasts and of men, from which profit, or advantage, is obtained—طَعَامٌ يُسْتَرْجَعُ عَنْهُ

[Or a good return.] It is found wholesome, or good in its result, and one becomes fat from eating it.

10.2

استرجع الحَمَامُ: see 2, near the end of the paragraph.

10.2.1figurative · مجازhe said, on the occasion of an affliction or a misfortune, the words إِنَّا لِلّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ—استرجع

Only the first of these verbs is said to be mentioned in this sense by J, but the second is found also in two copies of the S.

That is, using the words of the Kur 2:151: to God we belong as his property and his servants, so that He may do with us what He pleases, and to Him we return in the ultimate state of existence, and He will recompense us.

Also رجّع; and ارجع.

Qur’ān 2:156 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur ii. 151”
Qur’ān 2:156 Lane quotes this verse
ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَـٰبَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيْهِ رَٰجِعُونَ

Who say, when afflicted with calamity: "To Allah We belong, and to Him is our return":-Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

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, and استرجع مِنْهُ الشَّىْءَ : see رَجَعَ فِى هِبَتِهِ , and the sentence next following it. طَعَامٌ يُسْتَرْجَعُ عَنْهُ Food, both of beasts and of men, from which profit, or advantage, [or a good return ( رِجْعَة ),] is obtained; which is found to be wholesome, or approved in its result; and from eating which one becomes fat. (TA.) استرجع الحَمَامُ : see 2, near the end of the paragraph. استرجع also signifies He said, on the occasion of an affliction, or a misfortune, [using the words of the Kur ii. 151,] إِنَّا لِلّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ , (S, K,) meaning Verily to God we belong as his property and his servants, so that He may do with us what He pleaseth, and verily unto Him we return in the ultimate state of existence, and He will recompense us; (Jel;) as also رجّع , (S, * K,) inf. n. تَرْجِيعٌ ; (S; [accord. to the TA, only the former verb is mentioned in this sense by J; but I find the latter also in two copies of the S;]) and ارجع . (K.)

Derived nouns 26

Nounرَجْعٌ13 senses · 1 main

Core sense — rain; a pool of water left by a torrent; profit, a good returngenerated

1

Originally a maṣdar. [See رَجَعَ and رَجَعَهُ.]

1.1

And see رَجْعَةٌ, in two places.

1.2figurative · مجاز[by the heaven that has rain]—وَالسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ

Rain; so in the Kur 86:11.

Because God returns it time after time; or because the clouds raise the water from the seas and then return it to the earth, and if so, اسماء may mean the clouds; or it is rain after rain, because it returns time after time, or because it is repeated and returns every year; or the words of the Kur mean: by the heaven that returns in every revolution to the place from which it moved.

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferred

Hail; because it gives back the water that it takes.

1.4figurative · مجاز — inferred

According to El-Asadee, as recorded by AHeyth: thunder.

1.5figurative · مجاز — inferredthere is no profit to me from such a one—لَيْسَ لِى مِنْ فُلَانٍ رَجْعٌ
[it is nothing but rhyming prose, beneath which no profit is to be found]—مَا هُوَ إِلَّا سَجْعٌ لَيْسَ تَحْتَهُ رَجْعٌ

According to some, in the passage of the Kur quoted above: profit, benefit, advantage, or a good return.

[See also رِجْعَةٌ.]

1.6figurative · مجاز — inferred

According to Ks, in the example quoted above from the Kur: the place that retains water. Plural رُجْعَانٌ.

1.7figurative · مجاز — inferred

Er-Rāghib: a pool of water left by a torrent, because of the rain that is in it, or because of its moving to and fro in its place.

Also رَجِيعٌ and رَاجِعَةٌ, with the plural as above.

Or a place in which the torrent has spread itself, or in which it has returned, or reverted, and then passed through; plural رُجْعَانٌ and رِجْعَانٌ and رِجَاعٌ.

Or this last, according to some, is a singular, with the meaning mentioned just before, and is found prefixed to its synonym, namely غَدِير, to show that it is used in this sense, and is qualified by a singular adjective, namely رَائِع; but some say that it is qualified in this way because it has the form of a singular noun.

Or رَجْعٌ means water in general, and a sword is likened to it to denote its whiteness (AO, S; but according to the latter, in this case it means a pool of water left by a torrent); and also a tract of ground, or land, in which the torrent has spread itself — though this, it should be noted, repeats the saying of Lth mentioned above; and the part that is above a تَلْعَة, its upper, or highest, part, before its water collects together; plural رُجْعَانٌ.

1.8figurative · مجاز — inferred

The herbage of the season, or rain, called رَبِيع [because it returns year after year]; also رَجِيعٌ.

1.9figurative · مجاز — inferred

The membrane called غِرةس, which is in the belly of the woman and comes forth over the head of the child.

1.10

See also رَجِيعٌ, in three places, in the latter part of the paragraph.

1.11a sword which penetrates into the thing struck with it—سَيْفٌ نَجِيحُ الرَّجْعِ

[So that it is quickly drawn back.]

Also الرَّجِيعِ.

1.12

رَجْعُ الكَتِفِ: see مَرْجِعٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences رَجْع
50:3
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌ

"What! When we die and become dust, (shall we live again?) That is a (sort of) return far (from our understanding)."

86:8
إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَجْعِهِۦ لَقَادِرٌ

Surely (Allah) is able to bring him back (to life)!

86:11
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلرَّجْعِ

By the Firmament which returns (in its round),

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; originally an inf. n.: [see رَجَعَ and رَجَعَهُ :] and see رَجْعَةٌ , in two places. Rain: so in the Kur [lxxxvi. 11], وَالسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ [by the heaven that hath rain]: (S, Bd:) because God returns it time after time: or because the clouds raise the water from the seas and then return it to the earth; and if so, by اسماء may be meant the clouds: (Bd:) or rain after rain; (K;) because it returns time after time; or because it is repeated, and returns, every year: (TA:) or the said words of the Kur mean by the heaven that returns in every revolution to the place whence it moved. (Bd.) Hail; because it gives back the water that it takes. (TA.) Accord. to El-Asadee, as recorded by AHeyth, Thunder. (Az.) Accord. to some, in the passage of the Kur cited above, (S, TA,) Profit, benefit, advantage, or good return. (S, K, TA.) You say, لَيْسَ لِى مِنْ فُلَانٍ رَجْعٌ There is no profit to me from such a one. (TA.) And مَا هُوَ إِلَّا سَجْعٌ لَيْسَ تَحْتَهُ رَجْعٌ [It is nothing but rhyming prose, beneath which is to be found no profit]. (TA.) [See also رِجْعَةٌ .] Accord. to Ks, in the ex. cited above from the Kur, (TA,) The place that retains water: (K, TA:) pl. رُجْعَانٌ . (TA.) A pool of water left by a torrent; (S, K;) because of the rain that is in it; or because of its fluctuating to and fro in its place; (Er-Rághib;) as also رَجِيعٌ , and رَاجِعَةٌ : (K:) pl. as above: (S:) or a place in which the torrent has extended itself, ( اِمْتَدَّ , accord. to Lth and the O and K,) or in which it has returned, or reverted, ( اِرْتَدَّ , accord. to AHn,) and then passed through: (Lth, AHn, O, K:) pl. رُجْعَانٌ and رِجْعَانٌ and رِجَاعٌ ; (K;) or this last, accord. to some, is a sing., having the signification next preceding the last here mentioned, and is found prefixed to its syn., namely غَدِير , to show that it is used in this sense, and is qualified by a sing. epithet, namely رَائِع ; but some say that it is thus qualified becanse it has a form which is that of a sing. noun: (TA:) or رَجْعٌ signifies water, (AO, K,) in general; (K;) and a sword is likened to it, to denote its whiteness: (AO, S: [but accord. to the latter, in this case it signifies “ a pool of water left by a torrent ”:]) and also a tract of ground, or land, in which the torrent has extended itself: (K:) but this, it should be observed, is a repetition of the saying of Lth mentioned above: (TA:) and the part that is above a تَلْعَة [q. v.]; (K, TA;) the upper, or highest, part thereof, before its water collects together: (TA:) pl. رُجْعَانٌ . (K.) The herbage of the [season, or rain, called] رَبِيع ; (K;) [because it returns year after year;] as also رَجِيعٌ . (TA.) The [membrane called] غِرةس which is in the belly of the woman, and which comes forth upon, or over, the head of the child. (TA.) See also رَجِيعٌ , in three places, in the latter part of the paragraph. سَيْفٌ نَجِيحُ الرَّجْعِ , and الرَّجِيعِ , A sword which penetrates into the thing that is struck with it [so that it is quickly drawn back]. (TA.) رَجْعُ الكَتِفِ : see مَرْجِعٌ .
Nounرِجْعُ سَفَرٍ1 sense

Core sense — a she-camel made to return from journey to journeygenerated

1

See رَجِيعُ سَفَرٍ.

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: see رَجِيعُ سَفَرٍ .
Nounرُجَعٌ1 sense

Core sense — pools of water left by a torrentgenerated

1

See رِجْعَةٌ.

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: see رِجْعَةٌ .
Nounرِجَعٌ1 sense

Core sense — pools of water left by a torrentgenerated

1

See رَجَعَ نَاقَةً, and see رِجْعَةٌ.

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: see رَجَعَ نَاقَةً : and see رِجْعَةٌ .
Nounرَجْعَةٌ7 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a return; taking back a divorced wife; the answer to a lettergenerated

1

Maṣdar of unity of 1: a return; a single act of returning, of going back, of coming back, or of reverting.

Also the same as رُجُوعٌ, that is, the act of returning.

1.1[such a one believes in the returning to the present state of existence after death]—فُلَانٌ يُؤْمِنُ بِالرَّجْعَةِ

The returning to the present state of existence after death.

This was a tenet of some of the Arabs in the Time of Ignorance, of a sect of Muslim innovators, and of a sect of the رَافِضَة, who say that 'Alee the son of Aboo-Tálib is concealing himself in the clouds, to come forth when he is summoned to do so.

1.2

The returning, or homeward course, of a military expedition; the opposite of بَدْأَةٌ; in art. بدأ.

1.3

The return of a party of warriors to war after they have come back from an expedition.

1.4figurative · مجاز[he has a right of returning to, or taking back, his wife after having divorced her]—لَهُ عَلَى ٱمْرَأَتِهِ رَجْعَةٌ

Also this word, and رِجْعَةٌ, but the first is the more chaste, though the second is mentioned before it in the K: a man's returning to his wife, or taking her back to the marriage-state, after having divorced her; the returning of the divorcer to the divorced woman; or the taking back to marriage a woman who has been divorced, but not by an absolutely separating sentence, without a new contract.

Also رِجْعَةٌ.

[he possesses the right of returning to her]—يَمْلِكُ الرَّجْعَةَ عَلَى زَوْجَتِهِ
[such a man divorced such a woman by a divorce in which he possessed the right of returning to her]—طَلَّقَ فُلَانٌ فُلَانَةَ طَلَاقًا يَمْلِكُ فِيهِ الرَّجْعَةَ
1.5figurative · مجاز — inferredhas the reply, or answer, to your letter come?—هَلْ جَآءَ رَجْعَةُ كِتَابِكَ

Also this word, and رِجْعَةٌ, and رُجْعَةٌ, and رُجْعَى [which is originally a maṣdar], and رُجْعَانٌ [also originally a maṣdar], and مَرْجُوعٌ, and مَرْجُوعَةٌ, and رَجُوعَةٌ, and رَجْعٌ — the last of these being allowable, as a maṣdar used in the sense of an ism mafʿūl: the reply, or answer, of a letter.

Also رُجْعَانُهُ.

I sent to you, and the reply to my letter did not come to me—أَرْسَلتُ إِلَيْكَ فَمَا جَآءَنِى رُجْعَى رِسَالَتِى
what was [the purport of] the reply of such a one to you?—مَرْجُوعُهَا

Also مَا كَانَ مِنْ مَرْجُوعِ فُلَانٍ عَلَيْكَ.

what is returned in reply to the simultaneous discharge of a number of arrows in one direction—رَجْعُ الرِّشْق
1.6

See also رِجْعَةٌ.

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inf. n. of un. of 1; A return; a single act of returning, of going back, coming back, or reverting: (TA:) [and] i. q. رُجُوعٌ , i. e. the act of returning, &c. (Msb.) The returning to the present state of existence (S, Msb, K) after death. (S, K.) So in the phrase, فُلَانٌ يُؤْمِنُ بِالرَّجْعَةِ [Such a one believes in the returning to the present state of existence after death]. (S, Msb, K. *) This was a tenet of some of the Arabs in the Time of Ignorance, and of a sect of Muslim innovators, and of a sect of the رَافِضَة , who say that 'Alee the son of Aboo-Tálib is concealing himself in the clouds, to come forth when he shall be summoned to do so. (L.) The returning, or homeward course, of a military expedition; opposed to بَدْأَةٌ , q. v. (T and Mgh in art. بدأ .) The return of a party of warriors to war after their having come back from an expedition. (TA.) Also, and رِجْعَةٌ , (S, A, Nh, Mgh, Msb, K,) but the former is the more chaste, (S, Msb, TA,) though the latter is mentioned before the former in the K, (TA,) A man's returning to his wife, or restoring her to himself, or taking her back by marriage or to the marriage-state, after having divorced her; (IF, Msb;) the returning of the divorcer to the divorced woman: (K:) or the taking back to marriage a woman who has been divorced, but not by an absolutely-separating sentence, without a new contract. (Nh.) You say, لَهُ عَلَى ٱمْرَأَتِهِ رَجْعَةٌ and رِجْعَةٌ [He has a right of returning to, or taking back, his wife after having divorced her]: (S, Mgh:) and يَمْلِكُ الرَّجْعَةَ عَلَى زَوْجَتِهِ [He possesses the right of returning &c.]: (Msb:) and طَلَّقَ فُلَانٌ فُلَانَةَ طَلَاقًا يَمْلِكُ فِيهِ الرَّجْعَةَ [Such a man divorced such a woman by a divorce in which he possessed the right of returning &c.]. (TA.) Also the former, (S, Msb, TA,) and رِجْعَةٌ likewise, (Msb,) and رُجْعَةٌ (K) and رُجْعَى [which is originally an inf. n.] and رُجْعَانٌ [which is also originally an inf. n.] and مَرْجُوعٌ (S, K) and مَرْجُوعَةٌ and رَجُوعَةٌ and رَجْعٌ , (K,) the last of these is allowable, (TA,) [being an inf. n. used in the sense of a pass. part. n.,] The reply, or answer, of an epistle. (S, Msb, * K, TA.) You say, هَلْ جَآءَ رَجْعَةُ كِتَابِكَ (S, TA) and رُجْعَانُهُ (TA) Hath the reply, or answer, of thine epistle come:? (S, TA:) and أَرْسَلتُ إِلَيْكَ فَمَا جَآءَنِى رُجْعَى رِسَالَتِى I sent to thee, and the reply, or answer, of my epistle came not to me; i. e. مَرْجُوعُهَا : (S, K, * TA:) and مَا كَانَ مِنْ مَرْجُوعِ فُلَانٍ عَلَيْكَ What was [the purport] of the reply, or answer, of such a one to thee? (S, TA.) And [in like manner] رَجْعُ الرِّشْق signifies What is returned against, or in opposition to, [or in reply to,] the simultaneous discharge of a number of arrows in a particular direction. (TA.) See also رِجْعَةٌ .
Nounرُجْعَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — taking a divorced wife back; the answer to a lettergenerated

1

See رَجْعَةٌ, in the latter half of the paragraph.

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Nounرِجْعَةٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a return, or profit, from selling or exchanging camels; a proof in disputegenerated

1

See رَجْعَةٌ, in three places.

1.1

A return, or profit, obtained by spending the price of camels that have been sold: see an example above, under اِرْتَجَعَ; or camels taken in exchange for other camels; or one that is taken in the place of two, and with the price of two; also the young of camels, which are purchased from the market with the price of others, or taken from the market in exchange for others.

Or, as Khálid says, the return obtained by bringing bad camels into the market and taking back good ones; or, as some say, the return obtained by bringing in males and taking back females.

SM adds the further explanation that follows, which J also gives, though less fully, immediately after the first explanation in this paragraph.

رِجْعَةٌ has a similar meaning in relation to the poor-rates, being applied to camels taken by the collector of the poor-rates older or younger than those which their owner is bound to give.

And camels which the Arabs of the desert purchase, [apparently in exchange for others,] not of their own breeding and not bearing their marks; also رَجْعَةٌ.

IB says that the plural of رِجْعَةٌ is رُجَعٌ, and that it was said to a tribe of the Arabs, “By what means have your beasts become many?” and they answered أَوْصَانَا أَبُونَا بِالنُّجَعِ وَالرُّجَعِ; but Th says بالنِّجَعِ والرِّجَعِ.

[Both are probably correct; it seems that the original forms are النُّجَع and الرِّجَع, and that in one case the second is assimilated to the first, and in the other, by a less common usage, the first to the second.]

According to Th the meaning is: [our father charged us with the seekings after herbage in its places, and] the selling of the old and weak beasts and the purchasing of others in a state of youthful vigour; or, by another explanation, the selling of males and the purchasing of females — explained in this way, رِجَعٌ seems to be a maṣdar.

[See رَجَعَ نَاقَةً.] [See also رَجِيعَ.]

1.2figurative · مجازthe return, or increase, accruing to the owner of the lands came—جَآءَتْ رِجْعَةُ الضِّيَاعِ

[Any return, profit, or gain accruing from a thing, or obtained by selling or exchanging it; also مَرْجُوعٌ and رَجْعٌ.]

such a one brought a good thing which he had purchased in place of a bad thing, or of something inferior to it—جَآءَ فُلَانٌ بِرِجْعَةٍ حَسَنَةٍ
this is a commodity for which there will be a return, or profit, or gain—هٰذَا مَتَاعٌ لَهُ مَرْجُوعٌ
a beast that may be sold after having been used—دَابَّةٌ لَهَا مَرْجُوعٌ

El-Isbahánee.

there is no return, or profit, or gain, for this sale—لَيْسَ لِهٰذَا البَيْعِ مَرْجُوعٌ
1.3figurative · مجاز — inferred

Ibn-'Abbád: an argument, or allegation, by which one rebuts in a litigation, or dispute; a proof; an evidence.

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: see رَجْعَةٌ , in three places. A return, or profit, obtained by the expenditure of the price of camels sold: see an ex. above, voce اِرْتَجَعَ : (S, K:) or camels taken in exchange for other camels: or one that is taken in the place, and with the price, of two: (Mgh:) also the young, or younglings, of camels, which are purchased from the market with the price of others, or taken from the market in exchange for others: (K:) or, as Khálid says, the [return obtained by] bringing bad camels into the market and taking back good ones: or, as some say, the [return obtained by] bringing in males and taking back females: (TA:) [the words which I have here twice inserted in brackets are perhaps not necessary to complete the sense intended, as will be seen at the close of this sentence; but they seem to be required in the opinion of SM, for he has immediately added the further explanation which here next follows, and which is also, but less fully, given by J, immediately after the first explanation in this paragraph:] and رِجْعَةٌ has a similar meaning in relation to the poor-rates; being applied to camels taken by the collector of the poor-rates older or younger than those which their owner is bound to give: (S, * TA:) and camels which are purchased by the Arabs of the desert, [app. in exchange-for others,] not of their own breeding nor bearing their marks; as also رَجْعَةٌ : (TA, [see 8:]) IB says that the pl. of رِجْعَةٌ is رُجَعٌ ; and that it was said to a tribe of the Arabs, “ By what means have your beasts become many? ” and they answered, أَوْصَانَا أَبُونَا بِالنُّجَعِ وَالرُّجَعِ : but Th says, بالنِّجَعِ والرِّجَعِ : [both are probably correct; for it seems that the original forms are النُّجَع and الرِّجَع ; and that, in one case, the latter is assimilated to the former; in the other, accord. to a usage less common, the former to the latter:] accord. to Th, the meaning is, [Our father charged us with the seekings after herbage in the places thereof, and] the selling the old and weak beasts and purchasing others in a state of youthful vigour: or, accord. to another explanation, the meaning is, the selling males and purchasing females: thus explained, رِجَعٌ seems to be an inf. n. (TA. [See رَجَعَ نَاقَةً .]) [See also رَجِيعَ .] [ Any return, profit, or gain, accruing from a thing, or obtained by the sale or exchange thereof; as also مَرْجُوعٌ ; and رَجْعٌ , q. v.] You say, جَآءَتْ رِجْعَةُ الضِّيَاعِ The return, or increase, accruing to the owner of the lands came, or arrived. (Lh.) And جَآءَ فُلَانٌ بِرِجْعَةٍ حَسَنَةٍ Such a one brought a good thing which he had purchased in the place of a bad thing; or in the place of a thing that was inferior to it. (TA.) And هٰذَا مَتَاعٌ لَهُ مَرْجُوعٌ This is a commodity for which there will be a return, or profit, or gain. (S, * TA) And دَابَّةٌ لَهَا مَرْجُوعٌ A beast that may be sold after having been used. (El-Isbahánee.) And لَيْسَ لِهٰذَا البَيْعِ مَرْجُوعٌ There is not, or will not be, any return, or profit, or gain, for this sale. (TA.) An argument, or allegation, by which one rebuts in a litigation, or dispute; a proof; an evidence. (Ibn-'Abbád.)
Nounرُجْعَى1 sense

Core sense — a return; the reply, or answer, to a lettergenerated

1

See رَجْعَةٌ, in the latter half of the paragraph, in two places.

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Nounطَلَاقٌ رَجْعِىٌّ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a divorce in which the husband may take his wife backgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferreda divorce in which one keeps for himself the right of returning to his wife, or taking her back to the marriage-state—رِجْعِىٌّ
1.1

رَجْعِىٌّ, applied to a beast: see رَجِيعُ سَفَرٍ.

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, and رِجْعِىٌّ , A divorce in which one reserves to himself the right of returning to his wife, or restoring her to himself, or taking her back to the marriage-state. (Mgh, * Msb.) رَجْعِىٌّ applied to a beast: see رَجِيعُ سَفَرٍ .
Nounرَجْعِيَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a divorce after which the wife may be taken backgenerated

1

See رَجِيعَةٌ.

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: see رَجِيعَةٌ .
Nounرُجْعَانٌ1 sense

Core sense — the reply, or answer, to a lettergenerated

1

See رَجْعَةٌ, in the latter half of the paragraph, in two places.

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Nounرِجَاعٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the nose-rein of a camel, or the part of it on the nosegenerated

1

The nose-rein of a camel; or the part of it which falls upon the camel's nose; plural of paucity أَرْجِعَةٌ, of multitude رُجُعٌ; from رَجَعَ in the phrase رَجَعَ فُلَانٌ عَلَى أَنْفِ بَعِيرِهِ.

1.1

It is also a maṣdar: see 1, in the middle of the paragraph.

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The nose-rein of a camel: (IDrd, K:) or the part thereof which falls upon the nose of the camel: pl. [of pauc.] أَرْجِعَةٌ and [of mult.] رُجُعٌ : (K:) from رَجَعَ in the phrase رَجَعَ فُلَانٌ عَلَى أَنْفِ بَعِيرِهِ [q. v.]. (IDrd.) It is also an inf. n.: see 1, in the middle of the paragraph.
Nounرَجِيعٌ11 senses · 1 main

Core sense — sent back, returned; repeated; dung, excrement; the cudgenerated

1figurative · مجازavoid the saying that is repeated, or rebutted, or disapproved—إِيَّاكَ وَالرَّجِيعَ مِنَ القَوْلِ

Made, or caused, to return, go back, or revert; sent back, turned back, or returned; repeated; rebutted, rejected, or repudiated in reply: like مَرْجُوعٌ, and used in all these senses, as will be seen from what follows; and also, like مُرَجَّعٌ, made to return again and again, or time after time, made to go repeatedly to and fro, so to go and come, to reciprocate; reiterated; reproduced; renewed; the same as مُرَدَّدٌ [in the CK مَرْدُودٌ], applied to anything, or to anything that is said or done, because it means مَرْجُوعٌ, that is, مَرْدُودٌ.

Or, applied to speech: returned to its author, repeated to him, or rebutted, rejected, or repudiated in reply to him; the same as مَرْدُودٌ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ. Er-Rāghib: or, so applied, repeated; or, so applied, reiterated; or, so applied, disapproved, or disliked.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredmade to return repeatedly, or several times, in journeying; applied to a she-camel—رَجِيعُ سَفَرٍ

Applied to a beast, and particularly to a camel: made to return from journey to journey; and also fatigued, or jaded, by journeying; feminine with رُجُعٌ.

Er-Rāghib: or lean, or emaciated.

In the K there is added here: or which you have made to return from a journey, meaning from journey to journey; but this is the same as the first explanation of the word applied to a beast. Plural رُجُعٌ, or [apparently of the feminine, as analogy requires and as J seems to indicate] رَجَائِعُ.

Also رِجْعُ سَفَرٍ.

The first of these, applied to a beast, and particularly to a camel, means a he-camel which one makes to return again and again, or to come and go repeatedly, in journeying, and drags along; both also mean lean, or emaciated, and are applied in the same way to a man. Er-Rāghib.

Also رَجْعِىٌّ and مَرْجَعَانِىٌّ, but the latter is vulgar: lean, or emaciated, by journeying; applied to a beast.

travellers returning from a journey—سَفْرٌ رَجِيعٌ
a journey in which there are repeated returnings—سَفَرٌ رَجِيعٌ
1.2

Any food returned to the fire to be heated again, having become cold; and particularly roasted meat heated a second time.

1.3

A rope, or cord, undone and then twisted a second time; and, as some say, anything done a second time.

1.4figurative · مجاز — inferred

Writing retraced with the pen, so that it may become more plain.

مَرْجُوعٌ [means the same, and also] tattooing repeated and renewed; tattooing whose blackness has been restored; plural of the latter مَرَاجِيعُ.

1.5figurative · مجاز

Dung, ordure, or excrement, of a solid-hoofed animal; also رَجْعٌ; and of a man, likewise the latter word; and of a beast of prey, likewise the latter.

Because it returns from its first state, after having been food or fodder. Er-Rāghib: it has the meaning of an ism fāʿil, or it may be of an ism mafʿūl.

1.6figurative · مجاز

The cud which is ruminated by camels and the like; because it returns to be eaten.

So in the saying of El-Aashà:

shāhid
وَفَلَاةٍ كَأَنَّهَا ظَهْرُ تُرْسٍلَيْسَ إِلَّا الرَّجِيعَ فِيهَا عَلَاقُ

that is, [many a desert, or waterless desert, as though it were the back of a shield,] in which the camels find nothing to serve for the support of life except the cud.

1.7figurative · مجاز — inferred

Sweat; because, having been water, it returns as sweat.

1.8

See also رَجْعٌ, in three places.

1.9figurative · مجاز — inferred

Ibn-'Abbád: also the part of a bit called فَأْس. [Because of its returning motion.]

1.10figurative · مجاز — inferred

Ibn-'Abbád: and niggardly, tenacious, or avaricious; the same as بَخِيلٌ [in the CK and a manuscript copy of the K, نَخِيل].

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. [Made, or caused, to return, go back, come back, or revert; sent back, turned back, or returned: repeated: rebutted, rejected, or repudiated, in reply, or replication: like مَرْجُوعٌ : and used in all these senses; as will be seen from what follows: and also, like مُرَجَّعٌ ,] made, or caused, to return, go back, come back, or revert, again and again, or time after time; sent back, turned back, or returned, again and again, or time after time; made, or caused, to go, or move, repeatedly to and fro; so to go and come; to reciprocate: reiterated: reproduced: renewed: syn. مُرَدَّدٌ : [in the CK مَرْدُودٌ :] applied to anything: (S, K:) or to anything that is said or done: (Msb, TA:) because meaning مَرْجُوعٌ , i. e. مَرْدُودٌ : (S, Msb, TA:) or, applied to speech, returned to its author; or repeated to him; or rebutted, rejected, or repudiated, in reply to him; syn. مَرْدُودٌ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ : (Lth, K:) or, so applied, repeated: (A, TA:) or, so applied, reiterated: (Er-Rághib, TA:) or, so applied, disapproved, or disliked. (TA.) You say, إِيَّاكَ وَالرَّجِيعَ مِنَ القَوْلِ Avoid thou the saying that is repeated; (A, TA;) [or rebutted, &c.;] or disapproved. (TA.) Applied to a beast, (S, TA,) and [particularly] to a camel, (K,) it signifies Made to return from journey to journey: (S, TA:) and also means fatigued, or jaded, (S, K,) by journeying: (K:) fem. with رُجُعٌ (S, K:) or lean, or emaciated: (Er-Rághib, K:) in the K is here added, or which thou hast made to return from a journey, meaning from journey to journey; but this is identical with the first explanation of the word applied to a beast: (TA:) pl. رُجُعٌ ; (K;) or [app. of the fem., agreeably with analogy, and as seems to be indicated by J,] رَجَائِعُ . (S.) رَجِيعُ سَفَرٍ and رِجْعُ سَفَرٍ [in like manner] signify Made to return repeatedly, or several times, in journeying; applied to a she-camel: (K:) and the former signifies, applied to a beast, and [particularly] to a camel, a he-camel, ( بَعِير ,) which one makes to return again and again, or time after time, or to come and go repeatedly, in journeying, and drags along: (TA:) both also mean lean, or emaciated: and are in like manner applied to a man: (Er-Rághib, TA:) and رَجْعِىٌّ and مَرْجَعَانِىٌّ , also, but the latter is vulgar, lean, or emaciated, by journeying; applied to a beast. (TA.) You say also سَفْرٌ رَجِيعٌ Travellers returning from a journey. (TA.) And سَفَرٌ رَجِيعٌ A journey in which are repeated returnings. (IAar.) Any food returned to the fire [to be heated again], having became cold: (K:) [and particularly] roasted meat heated a second time. (As.) A rope, or cord, undone, and then twisted a second time: (L, K:) and, as some say, anything done a second time. (L.) Writing retraced with the pen, in order that it may became more plain: (KL:) and مَرْجُوعٌ [signifies the same: and also] tattooing repeated and renewed; (EM p. 108;) tattooing of which the blackness has been restored: (TA:) pl. of the latter مَرَاجِيعُ . (TA, and EM ubi suprà.) Dung, ordure, or excrement, of a solid-hoofed animal; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) as also رَجْعٌ ; (K;) and of a man; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) as also ↓ the latter word; (TA;) and of a beast of prey; as also ↓ the latter: (S, TA:) because it returns from its first state, (Mgh, Msb, TA,) after having been food or fodder &c.; (TA;) having the meaning of an act. part. n., (Er-Rághib, Msb,) or, it may be, of a pass. part. n. (Er-Rághib.) The cud which is ruminated by camels and the like: (S, * K:) because it returns to be eaten. (TA.) So in the saying of El-Aashà, 1 i. e. [Many a desert, or waterless desert, as though it were the back of a shield,] in which there is not found by the camels anything to serve for the support of life except the cud. (S.) وَفَلَاةٍ كَأَنَّهَا ظَهْرُ تُرْسٍ | لَيْسَ إِلَّا الرَّجِيعَ فِيهَا عَلَاقُ Sweat: (K:) because, having been water, it returns as sweat. (TA.) See also رَجْعٌ , in three places. Also The [part called] فَأْس of a bit: (Ibn-' Abbád, K:) [because of its returning motion.] And Niggardly, tenacious, or avaricious; syn. بَخِيلٌ [in the CK and a MS. copy of the K, نَخِيل ]. (Ibn-' Abbád, K, TA.)
Nounرَجُوعَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the reply, or answer, to a lettergenerated

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See رَجْعَةٌ, in the latter half of the paragraph.

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Nounرَجِيعَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a she-camel purchased with the price of another camelgenerated

1

A she-camel that is purchased with the price of another she-camel; also رَاجِعَةٌ.

'Alee Ibn-Hamzeh: or a female that is purchased with the price of a male.

[See also رِجْعَةٌ, and see رَجِيعٌ, of which it is originally the feminine.]

According to ISk, رَجْعِيَّةٌ means a camel which one has purchased from men who have brought him from another place for sale, and which is not of the district he is in; [but this appears to be a mistranscription for رَجِيعَةٌ, for he adds that] the plural is رَجَائِعُ.

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A she-camel that is purchased with the price of another she-camel; as also رَاجِعَةٌ : (S:) or a female that is purchased with the price of a male. (' Alee Ibn-Hamzeh.) [See also رِجْعَةٌ : and see رَجِيعٌ , of which it is originally the fem.] Accord. to ISk, رَجْعِيَّةٌ signifies A camel which one has purchased from men who have brought him from another place for sale; which is not of the district in which he is: [but this appears to be a mistranscription, for رَجِيعَةٌ ; for he adds,] the pl. is رَجَائِعُ . (TA.)
Nounرَجَّاعٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who returns much, or often, to Godgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred

One who returns much, or often, to God.

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One who returns much, or often, unto God. (TA.)
Nounرَاجِعٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — returning; a woman who returns to her family on her husband's death or divorcegenerated

1

[Ism fāʿil of 1. Hence the saying إِنَّا لِلّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ, explained above: see 10.]

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

[Also, without ة:] a woman who returns to her family because her husband has died or because she has been divorced; also مُرَاجِعٌ; or, according to some, one who is divorced [and sent back to her family] is called مَرْدُودَةٌ.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferred

[In like manner without ة:] applied to a she-camel, and to a she-ass: that raises her tail, compresses her two sides, and discharges her urine repeatedly, so that she is imagined to be pregnant, and then fails of fulfilling her [apparent] promise.

Or that conceives and then fails of fulfilling her promise, because she goes back from what is hoped of her; or, applied to a she-camel, that has appeared to have conceived and is then found not to be pregnant. Plural رَوَاجِعُ. [See also رَجَعَتْ.]

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferred

A sick man whose health has returned to him after he has been weakened by disease; and a man whose health has returned to him after severe and constant illness.

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[act. part. n. of 1. Hence the saying, إِنَّا لِلّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ , explained above: see 10. Also, without ة ,] A woman who returns to her family in consequence of the death of her husband (Az, S, Msb, K) or in consequence of divorcement; (Az, Msb;) as also مُرَاجِعٌ : (Az, K:) or, accord. to some, (Msb,) she who is divorced [and sent back to her family] is termed مَرْدُودَةٌ . (S, Msb.) [In like manner without ة ,] applied to a she-camel, and to a she-ass, it signifies That raises her tail, and compresses her two sides ( قُطْرَيْهَا ), and casts forth her urine in repeated discharges, so that she is imagined to be pregnant, (S, K,) and then fails of fulfilling her [apparent] promise: (S:) or that conceives, and then fails of fulfilling her promise; because she goes back from what is hoped of her: (TA:) or, applied to a she-camel, that has appeared to have conceived, and is then found to be not pregnant: (As:) pl. رَوَاجِعُ . (S, TA.) [See also رَجَعَتْ .] A sick man whose soul [or health] has returned to him after his being debilitated by disease: and a man whose soul [or health] has returned to him after severe and constant illness. (TA.)
Nounرَاجِعَةٌ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a water-course of a valley; varying windsgenerated

1

[Originally the feminine of رَاجِعٌ.] See رَجِيعَةٌ.

1.1

And see رَجْعٌ.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferred

Also, [apparently from the returning of its water time after time,] a water-course of a valley.

1.3

رَوَاجِعُ [is its plural, and] means varying winds; because of their coming and going.

1.4[the leaves of doors]—رَوَاجِعُ الأَبْوَابِ

Hence also this.

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[originally fem. of رَاجِعٌ , q. v.]: see رَجِيعَةٌ : and see رَجْعٌ . Also, [app. from the returning of its water time after time,] A water-course of a valley. (ISh, TA.) رَوَاجِعُ [is its pl., and] signifies Varying winds; because of their coming and going. (TA.) Hence also, رَوَاجِعُ الأَبْوَابِ [The leaves of doors]. (TA.)
Nounأَرْجَعُ1 sense

Core sense — more, or most, productive of return, or profitablegenerated

1figurative · مجازthis is more productive of return, or more profitable, in my hand than this—هٰذَا أَرْجَعُ فِى يَدى مِنْ هٰذَا

More, or most, productive of return, or profitable.

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More [and most] productive of return, or profitable. (TA.) You say, هٰذَا أَرْجَعُ فِى يَدى مِنْ هٰذَا This is more productive of return, or profitable, in my hand than this. (TA.)
Nounمَرْجِعٌ8 senses · 3 main

Core sense — a place or state to which one returns; the lower part of the shoulder-bladegenerated

1

A maṣdar of the intransitive verb رَجَعَ.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

[Hence it sometimes means recourse. See مَنَابٌ in art. نوب.]

2

[A place to which a person, or thing, returns after going or moving from it, as analogy requires. See an example under مَحْضَرٌ.]

2.1figurative · مجازthe lower part of the shoulder-blade, next the arm-pit—مَرْجِعُ الكَتِفِ

[That on the left side being] in the region where the heart beats.

Also رَجْعُ الكَتِفِ and مَرْجِعُ المِرْفَقِ [the place to which the elbow returns when, after being moved from its usual place, it is brought back to it; in a beast this place is next the arm-pit: see فَرِيصٌ, in three places]. Plural مَرَاجِعُ.

2.2figurative · مجاز — inferred

[مَرْجِعٌ also means the place, or thing, to which a person, or thing, is referred as his, or its, source: see مَنْصِبٌ.]

2.3figurative · مجاز — inferred

Also a state, or condition, to which a person, or thing, returns.

2.4figurative · مجاز — inferred

And the place, and the state, condition, or result, to which a person, or thing, ultimately, or eventually, comes; a goal.

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It is also a maṣdar of رَجَعَهُ.

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an inf. n. of the intrans. verb رَجَعَ [q. v.]. (S, Msb, K, &c.) [Hence it signifies sometimes Recourse. See مَنَابٌ , in art. نوب .] [A place to which a person, or thing, returns after going or moving therefrom; agreeably with analogy. See an ex. voce مَحْضَرٌ .] [Hence,] مَرْجِعُ الكَتِفِ The lower part of the shoulderblade, (S, K, TA,) next the arm-pit, [that on the left side being] in the region where the heart beats; (TA;) as also رَجْعُ الكَتِفِ : (S, K:) and مَرْجِعُ المِرْفَقِ [the place to which the elbow returns when, after it has been removed from its usual place, it is brought back thereto; which place in a beast is next the arm-pit: see فَرِيصٌ , in three places]: (TA:) pl. مَرَاجِعُ . (TA.) [ مَرْجِعٌ also signifies The place, or thing, to which a person, or thing, is referred, as his, or its, source: see مَنْصِبٌ . Also, A state, or condition, to which a person, or thing, returns. And The place, and the state, or condition, or result, to which a person, or thing, ultimately, or eventually, comes. A goal.] It is also an inf. n. of رَجَعَهُ . (K.)
Nounمُرْجِعٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — becoming in good condition again; yielding a return, or profitgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferred

[Without ة,] applied to a she-camel: becoming in good condition after leanness. [See 4, of which it is the ism fāʿil.]

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthis is a commodity for which there will be a return, or profit, or gain—هٰذَا مَتَاعٌ مُرْجِعٌ
1.2figurative · مجازa journey having a recompense, or reward, and a good issue, or result—سَفْرَةٌ مُرْجِعَةٌ
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, [without ة ,] applied to a she-camel, Becoming in good condition after leanness. (Ks, TA.) [See 4, of which it is the act. part. n.] هٰذَا مَتَاعٌ مُرْجِعٌ This is a commodity for which there will be a return, or profit, or gain. (S, * TA.) سَفْرَةٌ مُرْجِعَةٌ A journey having a recompense, or reward, and a good issue or result. (K, TA.)
Nounمُرَجَّعٌ1 sense

Core sense — made to return again and again; repeatedgenerated

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See رَجِيعٌ, first sentence.

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: see رَجِيعٌ ; first sentence.
Nounمَرْجَعَانِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — the reply, or answer, to a lettergenerated

1

See رَجِيعٌ, in the latter half of the paragraph.

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: see رَجِيعٌ , in the latter half of the paragraph.
Nounمَرْجُوعٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — returned, sent back; the reply, or answer, to a lettergenerated

1

[Ism mafʿūl of رَجَعَهُ:] see رَجِيعٌ, in three places.

1.1

And see رَجْعَةٌ, in the latter half of the paragraph, in three places.

1.2

And see رِجْعَةٌ, near the end of the paragraph, in four places.

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[pass. part. n. of رَجَعَهُ ]: see رَجِيعٌ , in three places: and رَجْعَةٌ , in the latter half of the paragraph, in three places: and رِجْعَةٌ , near the end of the paragraph, in four places.
Nounمَرْجُوعَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the reply, or answer, to a lettergenerated

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See رَجْعَةٌ, in the latter half of the paragraph.

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: see رَجْعَةٌ , in the latter half of the paragraph.
Nounمُرَاجِعٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who returns to something, or takes it backgenerated

1

See رَاجِعٌ.

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: see رَاجِعٌ .