swing, seesaw

, aor. and (Msb, TA) and , (TA,) inf. n. رُجُوحٌ (Msb, TA) and رَجَحَانٌ and رُجْحَانٌ, (TA,) or this last is a simple subst., (Msb,) It (a thing) exceeded another thing in weight; outweighed; preponderated. (Msb, TA. *) And رَجَحَ الميزَانُ, aor. (S, A, Msb, K) and (S, Msb, K, but omitted in some copies of the S) and , (S, K,) inf. n. رُجْحَانٌ (S, A, K) and رُجُوحٌ, (K,) [but see what is said of the former above,] The balance inclined; (S, Msb, K;) i. e. the scale, of the balance, in which was the thing weighed was heavier than the other; (Msb;) as also ↓ ترجّح. (MA.) And رَجَحَتْ إِحْدَى الكَفَّتَيْنِ عَلَى الأُخُرِى [One of the two scales outweighed the other]. (A.) ― -b2- [Hence,] رَجَحَ أَحَدُ قَوْلَيْهِ عَلَى الآخَرِ (tropical:) [One of his two sayings outweighed the other; surpassed, excelled, was preferable to, or of more force or validity than, the other]. (A.) ― -b3- And رَجَحَ الشَّىْءُ The thing was, or became, heavy. (TA in art. رجحن [q. v.].) ― -b4- [Hence,] رَجَحَ فِى مَجْلِسِهِ (tropical:) He was, or became, heavy, [i. e. dull, torpid, or drowsy,] not light, [i. e. not lively or sprightly,] in his sitting-place. (TA.) -A2- It is also used transitively: one says, رَجَحْتُهُ [I outweighed him]. (Msb.) ― -b2- [Hence,] رَجَحَهُ (assumed tropical:) He surpassed him in gravity, staidness, sedateness, and forbearance, or clemency; was, or became, more grave, staid, sedate, and forbearing, or clement, (أَرْزَن, S, K, TA, and أَحْلَم, TA,) than he. (S, K, TA.) So in the saying, نَاوَأْنَا قَوْمًا فَرَجَحْنَاهُمْ (assumed tropical:) [We vied with a people, or party, and surpassed them in gravity, &c.]. (TA.) And فَرَجَحْتُهُ ↓ رَاجَحْتُهُ (assumed tropical:) [I vied with him in gravity, &c., and surpassed him therein]. (S, K, TA.) ― -b3- You say also, رَجَحَ الشَّىْءَ بِيَدِهِ He weighed the thing with his hand, trying what was its weight: (TA:) or so رَجَحَهُ alone. (A.)

He made this to outweigh that. (MA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] رجّح الشَّىْءَ (assumed tropical:) He held, or pronounced, [and it made,] the thing [to outweigh, as meaning] to be more, or most, excel-lent or preferable, and of more, or most, force or validity. (Msb.) ― -b3- See also 4. -A2- And see 5.

: see 1.

He made the balance to incline, the scale in which was the thing weighed being heavier than the other. (Msb, TA.) ― -b2- And ارجحهُ, (Msb.) or ارجح لَهُ, (S, A, * K,) He gave him preponderating weight; (S, A, * Msb, K;) as also له ↓ رجّح, (S, A, * K,) inf. n. تَرْجِيحٌ. (S.) One says, إِذَا وَزَنْتَ فَأَرْجِحْ [When thou weighest, give preponderating weight]. (A.)

: see 1, second sentence. ― -b2- Also i. q. تَذَبْذَبَ [It moved to and fro; dangled; was, or became, in a state of motion or commotion; said of a thing hanging in the air, &c.; and so ↓ ارتجح]. (K.) You say, ↓ ترجّحت الأُرْجُوحَةُ The seesaw inclined, [or moved up and down,] (S, K,) بِهِ (K,) i. e., (TA,) بِالغُلَامِ [with the boy], (S, TA,) or بِالغُلَامَيْنِ [with the two boys]. (A. [There mentioned as tropical; but why, I see not.]) And ↓ ارتجح He (a boy, TA) inclined, [or moved up and down,] upon a seesaw, (K, TA,) and [moved to and fro] upon a rope, or swing. (TA.) And رَوَادَفُهَا ↓ ارتجحت Her posteriors moved to and fro: (K:) and عَلَيْهَا ↓ رَوَادِفُهَا تَرْتَجِحُ Her posteriors move to and fro upon her; said of a girl whose posteriors are heavy. (Az, TA.) And الإِبِلُ ↓ ارتجحت and ترجّحت The camels had a quivering [or vacillating] motion in going along with short steps. (K.) And فَلَوَاتٌ كَأَنَّهَا تَتَرَجَّحُ بِمَنْ سَارَفِيهَا (assumed tropical:) [Deserts, or waterless deserts, seeming] as though they bandied him who journeyed therein to the right and left. (TA.) ― -b3- [Hence,] ترجّح بَيْنَ شَيْيأَيْنِ (assumed tropical:) He wavered, or vacillated, between two things; (A in art. رنح, and TA;) [and so ↓ رجّح, for] التَّرْجِيحُ بَيْنَ شَيْيأَيْنِ is like التَّمْيِيلُ بَيْنهُمَا. (TA in art. ميل.) And ترجّح فِى القَوْلِ i. q. تَمَيَّلَ بِهِ (tropical:) [app. meaning He inclined, in the saying, now this way and now that]. (A, TA.)

see the next preceding paragraph, in five places.

(assumed tropical:) He held the benefit, or favour, &c., to be a thing of weight, or importance; contr. of اِسْتَخَفَّهَا. (A in art. بطر.)

an inf. n. of 1: (S, A, K, TA:) or a simple subst., signifying Excess in weight; preponderance. (Msb.)

(S, A, K) and ↓ رَاجَحٌ, (K,) applied to a woman, (S, A, K,) (tropical:) Heavy in the posteriors; (TA;) large therein: (S, K:) pl. [of the former accord. to rule, and perhaps of the latter also,] رُجُحٌ, (S, K,) [and of the latter accord. to rule, and perhaps of the former also, رُجَّحٌ, and of the latter also رَوَاجِحُ, for] you say نِسَآءٌ رَوَاجِحُ الأَكْفَالِ and رُجَّحُهَا (tropical:) [women heavy, or large, in the posteriors]. (A.) ― -b2- كَتَايأِبُ رُجُحٌ, (K,) or رُجَّحٌ, (A,) (tropical:) Armies, or troops, marching heavily by reason of numbers, or dragging along the apparatus of war, heavily laden. (K.) ― -b3- جِفَانٌ رُجُحٌ, (K,) or رُجَّحٌ, (A,) (tropical:) [Large bowls] filled with ثَرِيد [or crumbled bread moistened with broth] and with flesh-meat: (K:) or correctly, as in the T, filled with fresh butter and flesh-meat. (TA.) ― -b4- قَوْمٌ رُجَّحٌ and رُجْحٌ, [the latter, thus in the TA, perhaps a pl. of رَاجِحٌ, like as بُزْلٌ is of بَازِلٌ, but more probably, I think, a mistranscription for رُجُحٌ,] (tropical:) A people, or party, forbearing, or clement; or grave, sedate, or calm; (TA;) as also ↓ مَرَاجِيحُ (K, TA) and ↓ مَرَاجِحُ; of which latter two pls., the sings. are ↓ مِرْجَاحٌ and ↓ مِرْجَحٌ; or, accord. to some, these pls. have no proper sings.: حِلْمٌ [“ forbearance ” &c.] is described by the term ثِقَلٌ, like as its contr. [سَفَهٌ] is described by the terms خِفَّةٌ and عَجَلُ. (TA.) You say also فِى الحِلْمِ ↓ قَوْمٌ مَرَاجِيحُ (S) or مَرَاجِيحُ الحِلْمِ (A) (tropical:) [A people, or party, grave in forbearance or clemency, or of much gravity, or sedateness, or calmness, so as not to be excited to lightness of deportment: see حِلْمٌ رَاجَحٌ, below.]

(tropical:) Forbearance, or clemency; or gravity, sedateness, or calmness. (TA.) One says, فِى عَقْلِهِ رَجَاحَةٌ وَفِى خُلُقِهِ سَجَاحَةٌ (tropical:) [In his intellect is gravity, and in his natural disposition is gentleness]. (A.)

: see what next follows.

(K) and ↓ رُجَاحَةٌ, (TA, as from the K, but omitted in some copies of the latter,) the latter word without teshdeed, mentioned by IDrst., (TA,) A swing of rope; a rope suspended, (K, TA,) in, or upon, which one goes to and fro; (TA;) it is ridden by a boy: (K:) thought by MF to be what is called أُرْجُوحَةٌ; he holding this last also to mean the rope [above mentioned]; but no other says this except IDrst. (TA.)