poise, gravity, composure

, (S, K, &c.,) inf. n. رَزَانَةٌ (S, * MA, K, * TA) and رُزُونٌ, (TA,) [It (a thing) was, or became, heavy, or weighty: this is the primary signification: see رَزَانَةٌ below. ― -b2- And hence,] (tropical:) He (a man) was, or became, grave, staid, steady, sedate, or calm; (S, MA, K, TA;) and forbearing: and still, or motionless: (S, * K, * TA:) or firm, or sound, of judgment: (TA:) wise, or sensible. (MA.) -A2- رَزَنَ بِالمَكَانِ [thus in the K, with fet-h to the ز,] He remained, stayed, dwelt, or abode, in the place. (K.) -A3- رَزَنَهُ, (S, K,) aor. , inf. n. رَزْنٌ, (S,) He lifted it (namely, a thing, S) in order that he might see what was its weight. (S, K.) ― -b2- Hence, رَزَنَ الحَجَرَ He lifted the stone from the ground. (TA.)

[رزّنهُ, inf. n. تَرْزِينٌ, (assumed tropical:) He pronounced him, or held or reckoned him, to be grave, staid, steady, sedate, or calm:] the inf. n. تَرْزِينٌ is syn. with تَوْقِيرٌ [q. v.]. (S in art. وقر.)

i. q. تَوَقَّرَ (assumed tropical:) [He showed, exhibited, or manifested, gravity, staidness, steadiness, sedateness, or calmness; or he endeavoured, or constrained himself, to be grave, staid, steady, sedate, or calm]; (M, K;) فِى مَجْلِسِهِ [in his sittingplace], (M,) or فِى الشَّىْءِ [in the thing]. (K.)

, said of two mountains, They are opposite, or facing, each other. (K.)

A place that is elevated (S, K, TA) and hard, (TA,) having in it a depression that retains the water [of the rain]: pl. رُزُونٌ and رِزَانٌ: (S, K, TA:) the latter of which pls. is also pl. of رِزْنَةٌ [q. v.]. (K.) It is also sing. of أَرْزَانٌ signifying [Hollows, or cavities, such as are termed] نُقَرٌ [pl. of نُقْرَةٌ] in stone, or in rugged ground, that retain the water [of the rain]; and so is ↓ رِزْنٌ; or, accord. to Ibn-Hamzeh, this latter only; and thus says IB, because a noun of the measure فَعْلٌ has not a pl. of the measure أَفْعَالٌ, except in a few instances. (TA.) [The pl.] رُزَونٌ also signifies The remains of a torrent in places which it has partially worn away. (TA.)

: see the next preceding paragraph. ― -b2- Also i. q. نَاحِيَةٌ [A side, region, quarter, or tract, &c.]. (K.)

A place where water remains and collects; or where it collects and stagnates; or where it remains long, and becomes altered: pl. رِزَانٌ [mentioned above as a pl. of رَزْنٌ, q. v.]: (S, K:) so says AO. (S.)

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Heavy, or weighty; (S, K;) applied to a thing (S, TA) of any kind. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] (tropical:) Grave, staid, steady, sedate, or calm; (S, MA, K, TA;) and forbearing: and still, or motionless: (S, * K, * TA:) or firm, or sound, of judgment: (TA:) wise, or sensible: (MA:) or a man having much gravity, staidness, &c.: (Har p. 227:) and ↓ رَزَانٌ signifies the same, applied to a woman; (MA, K;) or, thus applied, grave, staid, &c., in her sitting-place: (S:) the epithet رَزِينَةٌ is not applied to her unless she be firm, or constant; and grave, staid, &c.; and continent, chaste, or modest; grave, staid, &c., in her sitting-place. (TA.) ― -b3- أَبُو رَزِينٍ is a name given to The [kind of sweet food commonly called] خَبِيص [q. v.]; because of its excellence among eatables, and its high estimation, and its surpassing cost, and its being put the last thing to be eaten. (Har p. 227.)

inf. n. of رَزُنَ [q. v.]. (MA, TA.) Heaviness, or weight: this is the primary signification. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] (tropical:) Gravity, staidness, steadiness, sedateness, or calmness; (S, MA, K, TA;) and forbearance: and stillness, or motionlessness: (S, * K, * TA:) or firmness, or soundness, of judgment: (TA:) wisdom, or sensibleness: (MA:) and firmness, or constancy. (Har p. 423.)

, (T, Mgh,) or ↓ رَوْزَنَةٌ, (ISk, S, M, K,) A hole, a perforation, an aperture, or a window, (ISk, T, S, M, Mgh, K,) syn. كُوَّةٌ, (ISk, S, Mgh, K,) or كُوَّةٌ نَافِذَةٌ, (T,) [in a wall, or chamber, i. e. a mural aperture,] or in the upper part of a roof: (M, TA:) an arabicized word [from the Pers. رَوْزَنْ, or رَوْزَنَهْ]: (ISk, S:) thought by the author of the T to be arabicized, used by the Arabs: (TA:) pl. رَوَازِنُ. (T, Mgh.)

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