عجز

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Form 1عَجڤزَ8 senses · 4 main

muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُ·ـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarعَجْزٌ عَجَزٌ عُجُوزٌ

Core sense — he lacked strength, was unable; she became aged; she grew large in the hinder partsgenerated

1.1being, or becoming, behind, or backward, with respect to a thing—عَجْزٌ

It also means holding back, hanging back, or abstaining from a thing; and the happening of something at the last part, or the end, of an affair.

Er-Rāghib and others: from this, in common usage, it has the meaning given next below.

A maṣdar of عَجَزَ.

1.1.1figurative · مجازhe lacked strength, or power, or ability; he became powerless, or unable—عَجَزَ

maṣdar عَجْزٌ, مَعْجَزَةٌ, مَعْجِزَةٌ, and مَعْجَزٌ, which follows rule, and مَعْجِزٌ, which is irregular, and عَجَزَانٌ and عُجُوزٌ.

Also عَجِزَ: IKtt says Fr mentions it as of the dialect of some of the tribe of Keys; others, among them Sgh, call it a bad form; or AZ mentions it as of the dialect of some of Keys-'Eylán, though they did not know it; and IF says IAar disallowed it in the meaning that follows here.

he lacked the strength to do, or accomplish, such a thing; he was unable to do it—عَجَزَ عَنْ كَذَا

Or: he was too old to do it.

According to some, as noted above, also عَجِزَ عَنْهُ.

do not stay in a country, district, or town where you are unable to gain your livelihood—لَا تُلِثُّوا بِدَارِ مَعْجَزَةٍ

Said in a tradition of 'Omar.

[apparently: a thing will not suffice me when it cannot suffice you]—لَا يَسَعُنِى شَىْءٌ وَيَعْجِزُ عَنْكَ

[they came with an army that the earth had not strength to bear, or could scarcely contain]—جَاؤُوا بِجَيْشٍ تَعْجِزُ الأَرْضُ عَنْهُ

1.1.2he, or it, lacked such a thing—عَجَزَ عَنْ كَذَا

See an example under عَرْفٌ.

1.1.3she (a woman) became aged—عَجَزَتْ

she (a woman) became aged—عَجُزَتْ

[Because one who is aged lacks strength.]

Muḍāriʿ عَجُزَ and عَجَّزَتْ; maṣdar تَعْجِيزٌ.

1.2she (a woman) became large in the hinder parts—عَجِزَتْ

maṣdar عَجَزٌ and عُجْزٌ [or the latter is a simple substantive], or عَجْزٌ and عُجْزَانٌ.

she became large in the hinder parts—عُجِّزَتْ

Maṣdar تَعْجِيزٌ. So Yoo.

he (a man) became large in the hinder parts—عَجِزَ

IAar, as related by Th: one does not say this of a man except in this sense.

1.2.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe piece of sand became high—عَجِزَتِ الرَّمْلَةُ

1.3he (a man) was importuned for his property—عُجِزَ

Ism mafʿūl مَعْجُوزٌ.

1.4

عَاجَزْتُهُ فَعَجَزْتُهُ: see form 3.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1

5:31

فَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ غُرَابًا يَبْحَثُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيُرِيَهُۥ كَيْفَ يُوَٰرِى سَوْءَةَ أَخِيهِ ۚ قَالَ يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓ أَعَجَزْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِثْلَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْغُرَابِ فَأُوَٰرِىَ سَوْءَةَ أَخِى ۖ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ ٱلنَّـٰدِمِينَ

Then Allah sent a raven, who scratched the ground, to show him how to hide the shame of his brother. "Woe is me!" said he; "Was I not even able to be as this raven, and to hide the shame of my brother?" then he became full of regrets-

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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The primary signification of عَجْزٌ [an inf. n. of عَجَزَ ] is The being, or becoming, behind, or behindhand, or backward, with respect to a thing; or holding back, hanging back, or abstaining, from it: and its happening at the latter, or last, part, or at the end, of an affair: and hence, in common conventional language, it has the signification shown by the explanation here next following. (Er-Rághib, B, &c., and TA.) عَجَزَ , aor. عَجِزَ , inf. n. عَجْزٌ and مَعْجَزَةٌ and مَعْجِزَةٌ (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K) and مَعْجَزٌ , (S, O, Msb, K,) which is agreeable with rule, (S,) and مَعْجِزٌ , (S, O, Msb, K,) which is extr., (Sb, TA,) and عَجَزَانٌ and عُجُوزٌ ; (O, K;) and عَجِزَ , aor. عَجَزَ , (O, Msb, K,) inf. n. عَجَزٌ , (Msb,) said by IKtt to be mentioned by Fr, as of the dial. of some of the tribe of Keys, but by others [and among them Sgh in the O] said to be a bad form, (TA,) or mentioned by AZ, as of the dial. of some of the tribe of Keys- 'Eylán, but not known to them, and said by IF to be disallowed by IAar in the sense here immediately following; (Msb;) He lacked strength, or power, or ability; he was, or became, powerless, impotent, or unable. (S, * Msb, * K, TA.) You say, عَجَزَ عَنْ كَذَا , (S, A, O, Msb, TA,) and accord. to some, as shown above, عَجِزَ عَنْهُ , (Msb, TA,) He lacked strength, or power, or ability, for, or to do, effect, accomplish, achieve, attain, or compass, such a thing; he was unable to do it: (S, * O, * Msb, * TA:) or he was too old to do it. (A, TA.) And it is said in a trad., (S, * Mgh,) of 'Omar, (TA,) لَا تُلِثُّوا بِدَارِ مَعْجَزَةٍ , meaning Remain ye not in a country, or district, or town, where ye are unable to gain your livelihood. (S, A, Mgh, * TA.) You say also, لَا يَسَعُنِى شَىْءٌ وَيَعْجِزُ عَنْكَ [app. A thing will not suffice me when it cannot thee]. (A, TA.) And جَاؤُوا بِجَيْشٍ تَعْجِزُ الأَرْضُ عَنْهُ [They came with an army which the earth had not strength to bear, or scarce sufficed to contain]. (A, TA.) [And عَجَزَ عَنْ كَذَا also signifies He, or it, lacked such a thing: see an ex. voce عَرْفٌ .] [Hence,] عَجَزَتْ , (S, O, Msb, K,) aor. عَجُزَ , (S, O, K,) or عَجِزَ , (Msb,) inf. n. عُجُوزٌ (S, O, K) and عَجْزٌ , (TA,) She (a woman, S, O, Msb) became aged; (S, O, Msb, K;) [because the aged lacks strength;] as also عَجُزَتْ , aor. عَجُزَ ; (O, K;) and عَجَّزَتْ , inf. n. تَعْجِيزٌ . (S, O, K.) عَجِزَتْ , aor. عَجَزَ , (S, O, K,) inf. n. عَجَزٌ and عُجْزٌ , (S, K,) [or the latter is a simple subst.,] or عَجْزٌ and عُجْزَانٌ , (O,) She (a woman, S) became large in the hinder parts, or posteriors; (S, O, K;) as also عُجِّزَتْ , inf. n. تَعْجِيزٌ : (Yoo, O, K:) and عَجِزَ , inf. n. عَجَزٌ , he (a man) became large therein: (Msb:) accord. to IAar, as related by Th, one does not say thus of a man except in this sense. (S, O.) [Hence,] عَجِزَتِ الرَّمْلَةُ The piece of sand became high. (IKtt, TA.) عُجِزَ He (a man) was importuned for his property: part. n. مَعْجُوزٌ . (O.) عَاجَزْتُهُ فَعَجَزْتُهُ : see 3.

Form 2عجّزهُ6 senses · 3 main

maṣdarتَعْجِيزٌ

Core sense — he attributed inability to him, he called him unable; he kept him backgenerated

2.1such a one attributed another's opinion to little good judgment, or little prudence—عَجَّزَ فُلَانٌ رَأْىَ فُلَانٍ

. He attributed to him lack of strength, power, or ability, that is, inability; he asserted him to be, or called him, or made him unable. [Compare form 4, in a sense given below.]

As though he attributed the opinion to inability.

2.1.1

Also: he withheld him, or kept him back, or diverted him, from a person or thing. [As though he made him unable to attain his object: compare form 4.]

2.2

عَجَّزَتْ, said of a woman: see form 1, near the end.

2.3

عُجِّزَتْ, said of a woman: see form 1, near the end.

2.3.1he put the حَقِيبَة [q. v.] upon his beast—عجّز دَابَّتَهُ

2.3.2the poet uttered, or wrote, the عَجُز, the last foot of the verse—عجّز الشَّاعِرُ

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, (Msb,) inf. n. تَعْجِيزٌ , (S, O, Msb, K,) He attributed, or imputed, to him lack of strength or power or ability; i. e., inability, or impotence: (S, * O, * K, * TA:) he asserted him to be, or called him, or made him, ( جَعَلَهُ ,) unable, or impotent. (Msb.) [Compare 4, in a sense given below from the B.] You say also, عَجَّزَ فُلَانٌ رَأْىَ فُلَانٍ Such a one attributed, or imputed, the opinion of such a one to littleness of good judgment, or of prudence; as though he attributed it to inability. (TA.) Also He withheld him, or kept him back, or diverted him, (S, K,) from ( عَنْ ) a person or thing: (TA:) [as though he made him unable to attain his object: compare 4.] عَجَّزَتْ , said of a woman: see 1, latter part. عُجِّزَتْ , said of a woman: see 1, latter part. عجّز دَابَّتَهُ He put the حَقِيبَة [q. v.] upon his beast. (Sgh, TA.) عجّز الشَّاعِرُ The poet uttered, or wrote, the عَجُز , or last foot, of the verse. (TA.)

Form 3عاجزهُ5 senses · 3 main

maṣdarمُعَاجِزَةٌ

Core sense — he contended with him in a race and outstripped him; he escaped, and was not reachedgenerated

3.1

See أَعْجَزَهُ.

3.2I contended with him in a race, and I outstripped him—عَاجَزْتُهُ فَعَجَزْتُهُ

Muḍāriʿ of the latter عَجُزَ.

3.2.1he outstripped, and was not reached—عاجز

he outstripped, and was not reached; or he went away, and was not reached; or he fled, and could not be caught—اعجز

3.3he inclined to a trusty person, and turned to him for refuge—عاجز إِلَى ثِقَةٍ

such a one turns aside from the truth to falsehood, and takes refuge in it—فُلَانٌ يُعَاجِزُ عَنِ الحَقِّ إِلَى البَاطِلِ

3.3.1the people, or company of men, left one thing and began another—عاجز القَوْمُ

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: see أَعْجَزَهُ . عَاجَزْتُهُ فَعَجَزْتُهُ , (A, K,) aor. of the latter عَجُزَ , (TA,) I contended with him in a race, and I outstripped him. (A, O, K.) And عاجز (inf. n. مُعَاجِزَةٌ , TA) He outstripped, and was not reached; as also اعجز : (A:) or he went away, and was not reached: (S, O, K:) or he fled, and could not be caught. (Msb.) عاجز إِلَى ثِقَةٍ He inclined to a trusty person, (S, A, O, K,) and had recourse to him for refuge. (A.) [Hence,] فُلَانٌ يُعَاجِزُ عَنِ الحَقِّ إِلَى البَاطِلِ Such a one declines from the truth to falsehood, and has recourse to the latter for protection. (A, TA.) And عاجز القَوْمُ The people, or company of men, left a thing and began another. (TA.)

Form 4اعجزهُ7 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he disabled him; he found him unable; it escaped himgenerated

4.1

He found him to be without strength, power, or ability; to be unable.

4.1.1he, or it, rendered him unable to do, or accomplish, the affair—اعجزهُ عَنِ الأَمْرِ

He, or it, made him to be without strength, power, or ability; he disabled him, or incapacitated him; and so also عاجزهُ.

[For an illustration of the latter verb, see its ism fāʿil, below; and compare form 2, in a sense given above.]

4.1.2

He, or it, rendered him unable to attain, or overtake, him.

4.1.3

And, by an inversion, it also means: he was unable to reach, or overtake, him.

4.1.4

[It frustrated his power or ability, or his skill or his efforts.]

4.1.5

It escaped him, so that he was unable to attain it, or to do it, or to accomplish it; and simply, he was unable to attain it, or to do it, or to accomplish it.

4.1.6

Derived nouns 24

Nounعَجْزٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the hinder part; a disease in the hinder part of a horsegenerated

See عَجُزٌ.

1.1

Also a disease in the hinder part of a horse or the like, making it heavy.

Sgh is said to write it عَجَز, but it is written عَجْز in the O, and so according to the K.

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: see عَجُزٌ . Also, [said in the TA to be written by Sgh عَجَز , but it is written عَجْز in the O, and is thus accord. to the K,] A disease in the hinder part of a horse or the like, rendering him heavy. (O, K.)

Nounعُجْزٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — old age of a womangenerated

1fear God in your youth and in your old age, when you become an old woman—اِتَّقِى ٱللّٰهَ فِى شَبِيبَتِكِ وَعُجْزِكِ

Old age of a woman: a simple substantive.

[But اتّق is there put for اِتَّقِى, and in the explanation تَصِيرُ for تَصِيرِينَ. See عَجَزَتْ.]

See also عَاجِزٌ.

أَيَّامُ العَجُزِ: see عَجُوزٌ.

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(S, A, O, L, Msb, K) and عَجْزٌ (O, L, Msb, K) and عُجُزٌ (L, Msb) and عُجْزٌ (O, L, Msb, K) and عَجِزٌ (O, L, K) and عِجْزٌ , (K,) but the first form is the most chaste, (Msb,) fem. and masc., (S, O, Msb, K,) in the first of the following senses, i. e., in the general application; and in the second, or restricted application, fem., but made masc. by the Benoo- Temeem, (Msb,) or, accord. to El-Heythemee, fem. only, (TA,) The hinder part of a thing; (S, A, O, L, Msb, K;) i. e., of anything: (Msb:) and particularly the hinder parts, posteriors, buttock, or buttocks, rump, or croup, (S, * O, *) or what is between the two hips, (Mgh, Msb,) or what is after the back, (TA,) of a man, and of a woman; (S, Mgh, O, Msb, TA;) [and of a camel, &c.;] and عَجِيزَةٌ signifies the same, but of a woman only, (S, O, Msb, K,) in its proper application, though sometimes of a man also by way of comparison: (IAth, Mgh, TA:) pl. of عَجُزٌ , (S, Msb, K,) and of its variants, (Msb, K,) أَعْجَازٌ , (S, Msb, K,) the only pl. form: (TA:) and of عَجِيزَةٌ عَجِيزَاتٌ : they do not say عَجَائِزُ , [the regular form of pl. of عجيزة ,] for fear of confusion [as it is pl. of عَجُوزٌ or of عَجُوزَةٌ ]. (TA.) One says also, إِنَّهَا لَعَظيِمَةُ الأَعْجَازِ Verily she is large in the hinder parts: as though the term عَجُزٌ were applicable to every portion thereof. (Lh, TA.) And رَكِبَ فِى الطَّلَبِ أَعْجَازَ الإِبِلِ He exposed himself, in seeking [a thing], to abasement and difficulty and patient endurance, and exerted unsparingly his power or ability, (K, TA,) not caring for undergoing long night-journeying. (TA.) Thus expl. in a saying of 'Alee: لَنَا حَقٌّ إِنْ نُعْطَهُ نَأْخُذْهُ وَإِنْ نُمْنَعْهُ نَرْكَبْ أَعْجَازَ الإِبِلِ وَإِنْ طَالَ السُّرَى [There is a right belonging to us: if we be given it, we take it: and if we be refused it, we expose ourselves to abasement, &c., though the night-journeying be long]: (O, * TA:) or, accord. to Az, he does not mean this, but alludes to others' having precedence in respect of his right, and his being himself kept back from it. (TA.) One also says, بَنُو فُلَانٍ يَرْكَبُونَ أَعْجَازَ الإِبِلِ The sons of such a one are in a state of abasement, dependents of others: or experience difficulties; because the rump, or croup, of the camel is a difficult place to ride upon. (A.) And it is said by one of the wise, (Aktham Ibn-Seyfee, T, in TA, art. دبر ,) لَا تَدَبَّرُوا أَعْجَازَ أُمُورٍ قَدْ وَلَّتْ صُدُورُهَا , (TA, in this art., and O,) or لَا تَتَدَبَّرُوا , (T, in TA, art. دبر ,) [Think ye not upon the ends of things whereof the beginnings have passed:] meaning, when a thing has passed, make not your minds, or desires, to follow after it, regretting what has passed, but be consoled for it, placing your reliance upon God: (O, TA:) and, as IAth says, it is intended to incite to the consideration of the results, or issues, of affairs before the entering upon them. (TA.) [See also دَبَّرَ .] أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ The trunks of palm-trees. (S, O, K.) [See Kur liv. 20 and lxix. 7.) And أَعْجَازُ الصِّلِّيَانِ [The stems of the صِلِّيَان ]. (AHn, M in art. صل .) عَجُزٌ also signifies The last foot of a verse; contr. of صَدْرٌ . (TA.) And The latter hemistich of a verse: the former hemistich is termed صَدْرٌ . (O.) [And The last word of a clause of rhyming prose. And the latter part of a word.] See also عَاجِزٌ . أَيَّامُ العَجُزِ : see عَجُوزٌ .

Nounعَجِزٌ2 senses

Core sense — the hinder part, the buttocks; lacking strength, unablegenerated

See عَجُزٌ.

And see also عَاجِزٌ.

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: see عَجُزٌ : and see also عَاجِزٌ .

Nounعُجُزٌ1 sense

Core sense — the hinder part, the buttocksgenerated

See عَجُزٌ.

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: see عَجُزٌ .

Nounعُجْزَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the last of the children of a mangenerated

See the next paragraph.

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: see the next paragraph.

Nounعِجْزَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the last of the children of a man; a child born after his parents had grown oldgenerated

1such a one is the last of the children of his parents—فُلَانٌ عِجْزَةُ وَلَدِ أَبَوَيْهِ

The last of the children of a man; and so also عُجْزَةٌ.

The same is said of a female and of a plural number; and so also, according to some, كِبْرَةُ وَلَدِ أَبَوَيْهِ.

he was born after his parents had become old—وُلِدَ لِعِجْزَةٍ

Such a person is termed اِبْنُ العِجْزَةِ.

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The last of the children of a man; (S, O, K;) as also عُجْزَةٌ . (IAar, O, K.) You say, فُلَانٌ عِجْزَةُ وَلَدِ أَبَوَيْهِ Such a one is the last of the children of his parents; and in like manner you say of a female, and of a plural number: (S, O, TA:) and so, [accord. to some,] كِبْرَةُ وَلَدِ أَبَوَيْهِ . (TA.) You say also, وُلِدَ لِعِجْزَةٍ He was born after his parents had become old: and such you term اِبْنُ العِجْزَةِ . (O, TA.)

Nounعَجُوزٌ10 senses · 4 main

Core sense — an old woman; an old man; a man's wife; wine, or old winegenerated

The same as عَاجِزٌ, q. v.

1.1

An old, or aged, woman; a woman extremely old, or old and weak: so called because of her inability to do many things. This is the most common meaning of the word.

ISk: you should not say عَجُوزَةٌ; or it is a bad form, used by the vulgar; but IAar authorizes it, and IAmb allows it in order to show that the word is feminine, and Yoo is related to have heard it from the Arabs.

Plural عَجَائِزُ, or this is the plural of عَجُوزَةٌ; and عُجُزٌ; and عُجْزٌ, a contraction of عُجُزٌ, occurs in traditions.

1.2

A man's wife, whether old or young; and in the same way the husband, though young, is called شَيْخٌ.

1.3

An old, or aged, man; a man extremely old, or old and weak.

2figurative · مجاز

Wine, because of its age; or old wine.

A certain nail in the hilt of a sword, with which is another nail called الكَلْبُ. Az approves of this explanation.

3.1

A sword-blade.

3.2

A sword.

3.3

[It has a great variety of other meanings, but these occur very rarely, and are therefore to be mentioned in Book 2.]

4the days of the old woman: cold days at the end of winter—أَيَّامُ العَجُوزِ

Also called أَيَّامُ العَجُزِ, because they come in the latter part of winter; but the former is the correct name.

According to the usage of the Arabs, five days, whose names are صِنٌّ, صِنَّبْرٌ, وَبْرٌ, مُطْفِئُ الجَمْرِ, and مُكْفِئُ الظَّعْنِ.

Ibn-Kunáseh says they belong to the نَوْء of الصَّرْفَة. [By this is meant the auroral setting of the Twelfth Mansion of the Moon, which, in Central Arabia, about the beginning of the era of the Flight, fell on the 9th of March O. S.; in the modern Egyptian almanacs the ايّام العجوز are said to begin now on the 9th of March N. S., which is now the 26th of February O. S.]

Or, according to Abu-l-Ghowth, they are seven days, named صِنٌّ, صِنَّبْرٌ, وَبْرٌ, الآمِرُ, المُؤْتَمِرُ, المُعَلِّلُ, and مُطْفِئُ الجَمْرِ or مُكْفِئُ الظَّعْنِ; and some reckon مكفئ الظعن an eighth: but most authors hold these names to be post-classical.

According to Esh-Shereeshee, they are seven days: four of the last days of February and three of the first days of March. During these days blew the wind by which the tribe of 'Ád was destroyed.

They are so called because they fall in the latter part of winter; or because an old woman of 'Ád hid herself in a subterranean excavation, from which the wind dragged her out on the eighth day and destroyed her.

Or آمِرٌ and مُؤْتَمِرٌ are the names of the last two days, the former being the sixth and the latter the seventh.

Ibn-Ahmar says — or, according to IB, not Ibn-Ahmar but Aboo-Shibl 'Ásim Ibn-el-Aarábee, as Th says on the authority of IAar, or Aboo-Shibl 'Osm Ibn-Wahb Et-Temeemee —

shāhid

كُسِعَ الشِّتَآءُ بِسَبْعَةٍ غُبْرِأَيَّامِ شَهْلَتِنَا مِنَ الشَّهْرِفَإِذَا ٱنْقَضَتْ أَيَّامُهَا وَمَضَتْصِنٌّ وَصِنَّبْرٌ مَعَ الوَبْرِوَبِآمِرٍ وَأُخَيِّهِ مُؤْتِمَرْوَمُعَلِّلٍ وَبِمُطْفِئِ الجَمْرِذَهَبَ الشِّتَآءُ مُوَلِّيًا عَجِلًاوَأَتَتْكَ وَاقِدَةٌ مِنَ النَّحْرِ

[The winter is driven away, or closed, by seven dusty days, our old woman's days of the month; and when her days come to an end, and Sinn and Sinnabr, with El-Webr, and with Ámir and his little brother Mu-temir, and Mo'allil, and with Mutfi-el-Jemr, pass by, the winter goes away, retiring quickly, and a burning wind ( رِيحٌ being understood) comes to you from the first day of the following month, or, according to a reading found in one copy, from the sea, مِنَ البَحْرِ ].

Lane cites “Bd in lxix. 7” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given

Qur’ānic occurrences عَجُوز

11:72

قَالَتْ يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓ ءَأَلِدُ وَأَنَا۠ عَجُوزٌ وَهَـٰذَا بَعْلِى شَيْخًا ۖ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ

She said: "Alas for me! shall I bear a child, seeing I am an old woman, and my husband here is an old man? That would indeed be a wonderful thing!"

26:171

إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ

Except an old woman who lingered behind.

37:135

إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَـٰبِرِينَ

Except an old woman who was among those who lagged behind:

51:29

فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ

But his wife came forward (laughing) aloud: she smote her forehead and said: "A barren old woman!"

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i. q. عَاجِزٌ , q. v. (K.) An old, or aged, woman: (S, O, Msb, K:) a woman extremely old; or old and weak: so called because of her inability to do many things: (TA:) [this is the most common signification of the word:] accord. to ISk, (S, O, Msb,) you should not say عَجُوزَةٌ ; (S, O, Msb, K;) or this is bad; (K;) and is said by the vulgar; (S, O;) but IAar authorizes it; (O;) and IAmb allows it, to demonstrate its being fem.; and Yoo is related to have heard it from the Arabs: (Msb:) pl. عَجَائِزُ , (S, O, Msb, K,) or this is pl. of عَجُوزَةٌ ; (R, TA;) and عُجُزٌ , (S, O, Msb, K,) and عُجْزٌ , a contraction of عُجُزٌ , occurring in traditions. (TA.) A man's wife, whether old or young: (Az, O, K, * TA:) and in like manner, the husband, though young, is called شَيْخٌ . (Az, O, TA.) An old, or aged, man: (O, TA:) a man extremely old; or old and weak. (TA.) Wine; (S, O, K;) because of its oldness: (S, O:) or old wine. (A, TA.) A certain nail in the hilt of a sword, (IAar, O, K,) with which is another nail called الكَلْبُ . (IAar, O, TA.) Az approves of this explanation. (O.) A sword-blade. (Lth, S, O, K.) A sword. (O, TA.) [It has a great variety of other significations; but these are of very rare occurrence, and are therefore to be mentioned ( ان شآء اللّٰه ) in Book II.] أَيَّامُ العَجُوزِ ; (S, O, K;) also called أَيَّامُ العَجُزِ , because they come in the latter part ( عَجُز ) of winter; but the former is the correct appellation; (MF;) accord. to the usage of the Arabs, Five days, the names of which are صِنٌّ and صِنَّبْرٌ and وَبْرٌ and مُطْفِئُ الجَمْرِ and مُكْفِئُ الظَّعْنِ ; said by Ibn-Kunáseh to be of the نَوْء of الصَّرْفَة [by which is meant the auroral setting of the Twelfth Mansion of the Moon, which, in Central Arabia, about the commencement of the era of the Flight, happened on the 9th of March O. S.: in the modern Egyptian Almanacs, the ايّام العجوز are said to commence now on the 9th of March N. S., which is now the 26th of February O. S.]: (S, O, TA:) or, accord. to Abu-l-Ghowth, (S,) they are seven days, (S, K,) named صِنٌّ and صِنَّبْرٌ and وَبْرٌ and الآمِرُ and المُؤْتَمِرُ and المُعَلِّلُ and مُطْفِئُ الجَمْرِ , or مُكْفِئُ الظَّعْنِ : (K:) and some reckon مكفئ الظعن an eighth: but most authors hold these names to be post-classical: (MF:) accord. to Esh-Shereeshee, they are seven days; four of the last [days] of February, and three of the first [days] of March: (Har p. 295:) during these days blew the wind by which the tribe of 'Ád was destroyed: and they are thus called because they are [in] the latter part ( عَجْز ) of winter; or because an old woman ( عَجُوز ) of 'Ád concealed herself in a subterranean excavation, from which the wind dragged her forth on the eighth day, and destroyed her: (Bd in lxix. 7:) or آمِرٌ and مُؤْتَمِرٌ are the names of the last two days; (K in art. امر ;) the former being the sixth, and the latter the seventh. (M in that art.) Ibn-Ahmar says, (S,) or, accord. to IB, not Ibn-Ahmar, but Aboo-Shibl 'Ásim Ibn-el-Aarábee, as Th says, on the authority of IAar, (TA,) or Aboo-Shibl 'Osm Ibn-Wahb Et-Temeemee, (O,) 1 [The winter is driven away, or is closed, by seven dusty (days), our old woman's days of the month; and when her days come to an end, and Sinn and Sinnabr, with El-Webr, and with Ámir and his little brother Mu-temir, and Mo'allil, and with Mutfi-el-Jemr, pass, the winter goes away, retiring quickly, and a burning wind ( رِيحٌ being understood) comes to thee from the first day of the ensuing month, or, accord. to a reading which I find in one copy of the S, from the sea, مِنَ البَحْرِ ]. (S, O, TA.) كُسِعَ الشِّتَآءُ بِسَبْعَةٍ غُبْرِ | أَيَّامِ شَهْلَتِنَا مِنَ الشَّهْرِ | فَإِذَا ٱنْقَضَتْ أَيَّامُهَا وَمَضَتْ | صِنٌّ وَصِنَّبْرٌ مَعَ الوَبْرِ | وَبِآمِرٍ وَأُخَيِّهِ مُؤْتِمَرْ | وَمُعَلِّلٍ وَبِمُطْفِئِ الجَمْرِ | ذَهَبَ الشِّتَآءُ مُوَلِّيًا عَجِلًا | وَأَتَتْكَ وَاقِدَةٌ مِنَ النَّحْرِ

Nounعَجِيزٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who does not come to women, from impotence; a stallion unable to covergenerated

One who does not come to women [by reason of impotence]; and so also عَجِيرٌ and عَجِيسٌ.

Also a stallion unable to cover; and so also عَجِيسٌ.

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One who does not come to women [by reason of impotence]: (S, K:) and so عَجِيرٌ , (S, TA,) and عَجِيسٌ . (TA.) And A stallion impotent to cover: as also عَجِيسٌ . (IDrd, O, TA.)

Nounعِجَازَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a pad enlarging a woman's hinder part; the back-toe of a birdgenerated

See إِعْجَازَةٌ.

1.1

Also the دَابِرَة [in the CK, wrongly, دائِرَة], that is, the back-toe, of a bird.

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: see إِعْجَازَةٌ . Also The دَابِرَة [in the CK (erroneously) دائِرَة ], (O, K, TA,) i. e. backtoe, (O, TA,) of a bird. (O, K, TA.)

Nounعَجُوزَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — an old, or aged, womangenerated

See عَجُوزٌ.

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: see عَجُوزٌ .

Nounعَجِيزَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the hinder parts of a womangenerated

See عَجُزٌ, in two places.

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: see عَجُزٌ , in two places.

Nounعَاجِزٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — lacking strength, or power; powerless, unablegenerated

1a woman lacking strength, or power, or ability, to do a thing; unable to do a thing—اِمْرَأَةٌ عَاجِزٌ

Lacking strength, or power, or ability; powerless, or unable; and so also عَجُوزٌ, عَجِزٌ, and عَجُزٌ.

Plural of the first: [عَاجِزُونَ and] عَجَزٌ [or rather this is an ism jamʿ], as خَدَمٌ is of خَادِمٌ and عَوَاجِزُ; but this is only in the dialect of Hudheyl, and, applied to men, is irregular.

[none shall enter me but the lowly of mankind, and] those lacking in intelligence and in power with respect to worldly things—لَا يَدْخُلُنِى إِلَّا سَقَطُ النَّاسِ وَعَجَزُهُمْ

Said in a tradition about Paradise.

1.1figurative · مجازa garment that is too short, or narrow and scanty—ثَوْبٌ عَاجِزٌ

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Lacking strength, or power, or ability; powerless, unable, or impotent; (K, * TA;) as also عَجُوزٌ , (K,) and عَجِزٌ and عَجُزٌ : (TA:) pl. of the first [ عَاجِزُونَ , and] عَجَزٌ , [or rather this a quasi-pl. n.,] like as خَدَمٌ is of خَادِمٌ , (TA,) and عَوَاجِزُ , (O, K,) but this is only in the dial. of Hudheyl, and, applied to men, is anomalous. (O, TA.) You say also, اِمْرَأَةٌ عَاجِزٌ A woman lacking strength, or power, or ability, to do a thing; unable to do a thing. (IAar, TA.) And it is said in a trad., respecting Paradise, لَا يَدْخُلُنِى إِلَّا سَقَطُ النَّاسِ وَعَجَزُهُمْ [There shall not enter me save the mean of mankind, and] those lacking in intelligence and in power with respect to worldly things. (TA.) ثَوْبٌ عَاجِزٌ A garment that is [too] short: (A, O, TA:) or narrow, or scanty. (O.)

Nounأَعْجَزُ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — large in the hinder parts; short in the tail; a high piece of sandgenerated

Feminine عَجْزَآءُ.

1.1

The feminine means a woman large in the hinder parts; and so also مُعْجِزَةٌ [unless this is a mistake for مُعَجَّزَةٌ, from عُجِّزَتْ]; or wide in the belly, heavy in the flesh upon the hips, and so large in the hinder parts.

1.2

And each of them: having the disease termed عَجْزٌ [q. v.].

1.3

And the feminine: an eagle short in the tail, and deficient in it; or, some say, having a white feather, or two white feathers, in its tail; or having a whiteness, or a colour differing from the rest, in its hinder part.

Or, some say, strong in the دَابِرَة (in the CK, wrongly, دائِرَة) of the كَفّ, that is, in the back-toe: so says IDrd.

1.4figurative · مجاز — inferreda high piece of sand—رَمْلَةٌ عَجْزَآءُ

Or an oblong piece of sand producing plants or herbage; or a high oblong piece of sand, as though it were hard ground, not sand heaped up, but fertile.

Plural عُجْزٌ, because it is an adjective.

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: fem. عَجْزَآءُ . The latter signifies A woman large in the hinder parts, or posteriors; (S, O, Msb, K;) as also مُعْجِزَةٌ ; (TA;) [unless this be a mistake for مُعَجَّزَةٌ , from عُجِّزَتْ :] or wide in the belly, heavy in the flesh upon the hips, and consequently large in the hinder parts. (TA.) And each, Having the disease termed عَجْزٌ [q. v.]. (O, TA.) And the fem., An eagle ( عُقَابٌ ) short in the tail, (S, O, K, TA,) and deficient therein: (TA:) and (some say, O) having in its tail a white feather, (O, K,) or two [white] feathers: (O:) or having a whiteness, or a colour differing [from the rest], in its hinder part: (TA:) and (some say, O) strong in the دَابِرَة (O, K, TA, in the CK [erroneously] دائِرَة ,) of the كَفّ , (K, TA,) i. e. in the back-toe: (TA:) so says IDrd. (O.) رَمْلَةٌ عَجْزَآءُ A high piece of sand: (S, O, K:) or an oblong piece of sand producing plants or herbage: (M, TA:) or a high oblong piece of sand, as though it were hard ground, not sand heaped up, but fertile: pl. عُجْزٌ , because it is an epithet. (T, TA.)

Nounإِعْجَازَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a pad a woman binds on to make her hinder part look largegenerated

A thing resembling a pillow, with which a woman enlarges her hinder part in appearance, binding it upon that part so that she may be thought large there when she is not; and so also عِجَازَةٌ.

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A thing (S, O, K, TA) resembling a pillow, (O, TA,) with which a woman enlarges [in appearance] her hinder part, (S, O, K, TA,) binding it upon that part, (O, TA,) in order that she may be thought to be large in her hinder part, (O, K, TA,) when she is not so; (TA;) as also عِجَازَةٌ . (O, K.)

Nounمُعْجِزٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — disabling, incapacitating; a miracle performed by a prophetgenerated

[Ism fāʿil of form 4, q. v.]

1.1and you shall not escape in the earth, nor shall those in the heaven escape—وَمَا أَنْتُمْ بِمُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ

The words of the Qur'ān 29:21; this explanation is Fr's.

Or, according to Aboo-Is-hák: and you shall not escape in the earth, nor would you escape if you were in the heaven.

Or, according to Akh: and you shall not escape by fleeing, in the earth or in the heaven.

But Az says that Fr's explanation is the best known.

1.2a miracle performed by a prophet—مُعْجِزَةٌ

[Distinguished from كَرَامَةٌ, which is one performed by a saint, or righteous man, who does not claim to be a prophet.]

That by which a prophet disables his opponent in a contest; the ة implying intensiveness.

As defined by the Muslim theologians: an event at variance with the usual course of nature, produced by one who lays claim to the office of a prophet, in contending with those who reject his claim, in such a way that they are unable to produce the like of it; or an event breaking through the usual course of nature, inviting to good and happiness, coupled with a claim to the prophetic office, and intended to show the truthfulness of one who claims to be an apostle of God.

Plural مُعْجِزَاتٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences مُعْجِز 3 shown of 12

6:134

إِنَّ مَا تُوعَدُونَ لَـَٔاتٍ ۖ وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ

All that hath been promised unto you will come to pass: nor can ye frustrate it (in the least bit).

11:33

قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَأْتِيكُم بِهِ ٱللَّهُ إِن شَآءَ وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ

He said: "Truly, Allah will bring it on you if He wills,- and then, ye will not be able to frustrate it!

16:46

أَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ فِى تَقَلُّبِهِمْ فَمَا هُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ

Or that He may not call them to account in the midst of their goings to and fro, without a chance of their frustrating Him?-

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[act. part. n. of 4, q. v.]. The words of the Kur [xxix. 21] وَمَا أَنْتُمْ بِمُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ signify, accord. to Fr, And ye shall not escape in the earth, nor shall those in the heaven escape: or, accord. to Aboo-Is-hák, and ye shall not escape in the earth, nor should ye if ye were in the heaven: or, accord. to Akh, and ye shall not escape by fleeing in the earth nor in the heaven: but Az says that the explanation of Fr is the best known. (L.) مُعْجِزَةٌ [A miracle performed by a prophet; distinguished from كَرَامَةٌ , which signifies one performed by a saint, or righteous man, not claiming to be a prophet;] that by which a prophet disables the opponent in a contest; the ة implying intensiveness; (K;) as defined by the Muslim theologians, an event at variance with the usual course [of nature], produced by means of one who lays claim to the office of a prophet, in contending with those who disacknowledge [his claim], in such a manner as renders them unable to produce the like thereof; (O;) or an event breaking through, or infringing, the usual course [of nature] ( أَمْرٌ خَارِقٌ لِلْعَادَةِ ), inviting to good and happiness, coupled with a claim to the prophetic office, and intended to manifest the veracity of him who claims to be an apostle of God: (KT:) pl. مُعْجِزَاتٌ . (S, O, TA.)

Nounمُعْجِزَةٌ2 senses

Core sense — a miracle performed by a prophetgenerated

See مُعْجِزٌ.

And see also أَعْجَزٌ.

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: see مُعْجِزٌ : and see also أَعْجَزٌ .

Nounمِعْجَزَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a waist-belt, worn next to the hinder partgenerated

A zone, or waist-belt, such as is termed مِنْطَقَة, so called because it is next to the عَجُز of the person wearing it.

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A [zone, or waist-belt, such as is termed] مِنْطَقَة : so called because it is next to the عَجُز of the person wearing it. (TA.)

Nounمِعْجَازٌ2 senses

Core sense — always lacking strength, always unable; a roadgenerated

Always lacking strength, or power, or ability; always unable.

Also a road. [المعاجز كمحارب is wrongly put for المِعْجَاز كَمِحْرَاب.]

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Always lacking strength, or power, or ability; always unable, or impotent. (TA.) Also A road. (O, K. [In the TA, المعاجز كمحارب is erroneously put for المِعْجَاز كَمِحْرَاب .])

Nounمَعْجُوزٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — outstripped; importuned by begginggenerated

Outstripped.

1.1

And importuned by begging. See also form 1, near the end.

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Outstripped. (Z, TA.) And Importuned by begging. (IAar, K, TA.) See also 1, last sentence but one.

Nounمُعَجَّزَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a pad a woman binds on to enlarge her hinder partgenerated

See أَعْجَزُ.

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: see أَعْجَزُ .

Nounمُعَجِّزٌ2 senses

Core sense — one who attributes inability to another; a woman becoming agedgenerated

[Ism fāʿil of form 2]: see مُعَاجِزٌ.

Also, or مُعَجِّزَةٌ: a woman becoming aged, or become aged. So Yoo.

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[act. part. n. of 2]: see مُعَاجِزٌ . Also, (TA,) or مُعَجِّزَةٌ , (Yoo, TA,) A woman becoming aged: (TA:) or become aged. (Yoo, TA.)

Nounمُعَاجِزٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — one contending with another so as to disable him; one who opposesgenerated

Ism fāʿil of form 3 [q. v.].

1.1fighting and contending with the prophets and their friends, to render them unable to carry out the command of God—مُعَاجِزِينَ

In the Qur'ān 22:50 and 34:5. This explanation is Ibn-'Arafeh's.

Or: opposing; or striving to outstrip, or to gain precedence; or opposing and striving to outstrip or gain precedence; or imagining that they will render us unable to reach them, or that they will escape us — for they imagined that they were not to be raised from the dead, and that there was neither Paradise nor Hell.

But some read مُعَجِّزِينَ, meaning withholding, or keeping back, or diverting, the followers of the Prophet from him and from belief in the signs, or miracles; or attributing impotence to the followers of the Prophet.

Qur’ān 22:49 approximate — somewhere between 22:36 and 22:78 Lane cites “Kur xxii. 50”

Qur’ān 22:51 located by this root inside the range Lane’s citation allows

وَٱلَّذِينَ سَعَوْا۟ فِىٓ ءَايَـٰتِنَا مُعَـٰجِزِينَ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

"But those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them,- they will be Companions of the Fire."Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

Qur’ānic occurrences مُعَٰجِزِين 2 shown of 3

22:51

وَٱلَّذِينَ سَعَوْا۟ فِىٓ ءَايَـٰتِنَا مُعَـٰجِزِينَ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

"But those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them,- they will be Companions of the Fire."

34:38

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَسْعَوْنَ فِىٓ ءَايَـٰتِنَا مُعَـٰجِزِينَ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُحْضَرُونَ

Those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them, will be given over into Punishment.

Show Lane's original text

act. part. n. of 3 [q. v.]. In the Kur xxii. 50 and xxxiv. 5, مُعَاجِزِينَ signifies Fighting and contesting with the prophets and their friends, to render them unable to perform the command of God: (Ibn-'Arafeh, O, K:) or opposing: or striving to outstrip, or gain precedence: (TA:) or opposing, (K,) [and] striving to outstrip or gain precedence: (O, K:) or imagining that they will render us unable to attain them, or that they will escape us; (Zj, K;) for they imagined that they were not to be raised from the dead, and that there was no Paradise nor Hell: (Zj, O, TA:) but some read مُعَجِّزِينَ , meaning, withholding, or keeping back, or diverting, the followers of the Prophet from him and from belief in the signs or miracles: or attributing impotence to the followers of the Prophet. (TA.)