zigzag, swerve

, (S, A, O, K,) aor. , (S,) inf. n. عُرُوجٌ (S, O, K) and مَعْرَجٌ, (O, K,) He ascended, or mounted. (S, A, O, K.) So in the saying عَرَجَ فِى الدَّرَجَةِ and فى السُّلَّمِ [He ascended, or mounted, the stair, or the series of steps, and the ladder]. (S, O.) And عَرَجَ فِى الشَّىْءٍ, and عَلَيْهِ, aor. and , inf. n. عُرُوجٌ, He ascended, or mounted, upon the thing (TA.) And عُرِجَ بِهِ means He was taken up to a high place; as, for instance, إِلَى عَنَانِ السَّمَآءِ [to the clouds of Heaven]. (Ham p. 87.) ― -b2- And عَرَجَ الشَّىْءُ The thing became high, or elevated. (TA.) -A2- عَرَجَ, (S, O, Msb, K,) with fet-h to the ر, (O,) aor. , inf. n. عَرْجٌ; (Msb; [accord. to the O عَرَجٌ;]) or عَرَجَ and عَرِجَ and عَرُجَ; (K;) He limped, or had a slight lameness, (S, O, Msb, K,) and walked like the lame, (S, O,) by reason of some accident that had befallen him (S, O, Msb, K) in his leg or foot, (S, O, K.) not naturally, (S, K,) or not by reason of a chronic ailment: (Msb:) or عَرَجَ, aor. ; and عَرِجَ and عَرُجَ; inf. n. عَرَجَانٌ; he walked like the lame, with a limping gait, by reason of some accident. (L.) ― -b2- And عَرِجَ, (S, O, Msb, K,) aor. , (Msb, K,) inf. n. عَرَجٌ (S, * O, * Msb, K, * TA) and عُرْجَةٌ, (TA,) He was lame, walked lamely, or limped, (S, O, Msb, K,) naturally, (S, O, K,) or by reason of a chronic ailment: (Msb:) or he became lame. (TA.) [See also عَرَجٌ below.] ― -b3- عَرَجٌ also signifies The setting of the sun: or its inclining towards the place of setting: (S, O, K:) inf. n. of عَرِجَتْ. (TK.) ― -b4- And عَرِجَ, inf. n. عَرَجٌ, He (a camel) emitted his urine indirectly: said of the male only, when the hind girth is bound upon him [so as to press upon his sheath]: like حقِبَ. (TA.)

, inf. n. تَعْرِيجٌ, He made (a building, or structure, S, O, and a river, or rivulet, TA) to incline. (S, O, K, TA.) -A2- عَرَّجْتُ عَنْهُ I turned from it, and left it, or forsook it; as also عنه ↓ انعرجت. (Msb.) ― -b2- And عرّج عَلَيْهِ He bent, or inclined, to, or towards, him, or it. (TA.) You say, مَرَّ بِهِ فَمَا عَرَّجَ عَلَيْهِ [He passed by him, or it,] and did not bend, or incline, to him, or it. (A.) [But this may be otherwise rendered, as is shown by what follows.] ― -b3- عرّج also signifies He remained, stayed, abode, or dwelt; (K, TA;) as also ↓ تعرّج. (T, TA.) You say, عرّج بِالمَكَانِ He remained, stayed, &c., in the place. (TA.) And عرّج عَلَى الشَّىْءِ, (O,) inf. n. as above, (S, A,) He remained, stayed, or abode, intent upon the thing; (S, A, O;) as also عليه ↓ تعرّج. (O.) See also عُرْجَةٌ, in two places: and see 2 in art. عوج. And مَا عَرَّجْتُ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ means I did not pause, or stop, at the thing: (Msb: [and the like is said in the Mgh:]) or I did not care for it, or regard it. (TA in art. وبر.) And عرّج عَلَى المَنْزِلِ, (S, O, K,) and ↓ تعرّج, (S, K,) He confined his camel that he rode at the place of alighting or abode, (S, O, K,) and remained, or stayed: (S, O:) or تَعْرِيجٌ signifies the confining the camel that one rides, remaining, or staying, for one's travelling-companions or for some object of want: and عرُج النَّاقَةَ means he confined the she-camel. (TA.) -A3- See also 4.

He (God) rendered him lame. (S, O, * K.) -A2- And He gave him a herd of camels such as is termed عَرْج. (S, K.) -A3- And اعرج He had, or possessed, a herd of camels such as is termed عَرْج: (O, TA:) thus in the L and other lexicons: in the K, إِبِلُ عُرْجٌ is erroneously put for عَرْجٌ مِنَ الإِبِلِ. (TA.) [This signification is erroneously assigned by Freytag to 2: and so is that next preceding it by him and by Golius.] -A4- Also He entered upon the time of the setting of the sun; and so ↓ عرّج, (O, K,) inf. n. تَعْرِيجٌ. (O.)

It (a building, or structure,) inclined. (S, O.) ― -b2- See also 2, in three places: and see عُرْجَةٌ, in two places.

[He pretended to be lame;] he imitated the gait of a lame person. (TA.)

It (a thing, S, Msb) bent or inclined; (S, O, Msb, TA;) and so a road: (TA:) and it was, or became, curved, or crooked. (Mgh.) You say, انعرج بِنَا الطَّرِيقُ [The road bent, or inclined, with us]. (A.) And انعرج عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ He declined from the road: (Mgh:) and انعرج الرَّكْبُ عَنْ طَرِيقِهِمْ [The company of riders declined from their road]. (A.) See also 2, second sentence.

He strove, or exerted himself, in his affair. (O, K. *)

and ↓ عِرْجٌ A herd of camels consisting of about eighty: (S, O, K:) or from seventy to eighty: (TA:) or from eighty to ninety: (K:) or a hundred and fifty and a little above that number: (AO, S, O, K:) or from five hundred to a thousand: (As, S, O, K:) or more than two hundred, and near a thousand: (AHát, TA:) or a thousand: (TA:) or many camels: (AZ, TA:) pl. أَعْرَاجٌ [a pl. of pauc.] (S, O, K) and عُرُوجٌ. (K.)

: see أَعْرَجُ, in two places.

: see عَرْجٌ.

inf. n. of عَرِجَ: (Msb, TA:) [as a simple subst.,] Natural lameness; (S, O, K;) as also ↓ عُرْجَةٌ, which is likewise an inf. n. of عَرِجَ. (TA.) One says, مَا أَشَدَّ عَرَجَهُ [How great is his natural lameness!]: not مَا أَعْرَجَهُ; for from that which signifies a colour, or a quality in the body, one does not derive the form مَا أَفْعَلَهُ. (S, O.) -A2- Also A river, or rivulet: and a valley: because of their bending, or inclining. (TA.)

A camel that emits his urine indirectly: (O, K, TA:) an epithet applied to the male only. (TA. [See 1, last sentence.])