Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

اعرض

Root: عرض

Form: 4

Full Definition

اعرضIV : see 1, first sentence; and in thirteen places after that, as far as the break after the words “ grant thou access. ”
2 Also He went wide and long; فِى الشَّىْءِ [in the thing]; and فِى المَكَارِمِ [in generous actions].
3 اعرض عَنْهُ, Verbal.Noun إِعْرَاضٌ, He turned away from, avoided, shunned, and left, it; lit. he took a side (عُرْضًا i. e. جَانِبًا) other than the side in which it was: or he turned his back upon it: and [in like manner] he turned aside, or away, from him; avoided him; shunned him; lit. he became aside with respect to him.

def.2 اعرضهُ: see 2, first signification.
2 أَعْرَضَتْ بِوُلْدِهَا She brought forth her children broad [in make]; expl. by the words وَلَدَتْهُمْ عِرَاضًا; [not meaning عَنْ عِرَاضٍ, as Freytag, deviating from Golius, has understood it; unless SM be in error; for he says that] the last word in this explanation is pl. of عَرِيضٌ.
3 اعرض المَسْأَلَةَ He put, or expressed, the question broadly; widely; largely.
4 اعرض النَّاقَةَ عَلَى الحَوْضِ: see عَرَضَ, latter half.
5 اعرض العِرْضَانَ He put for sale the عرضان [pl. of عَرِيضٌ, q. v.].
6 And He castrated the عرضان.
7 [And app. He circumcized a boy: or so عرّض : see مُعَرِّضٌ.]


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