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رَاجِحٌ

Root: رجح

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رَاجِحٌ Outweighing, or preponderating; or heavy; or of full weight; syn. وَازِنٌ. You say, أَعْطَاهُ رَجِحًا [He gave him preponderating, or full, weight].
2 See also رَجَاحٌ.
3 [ Outweighing, preponderating, or preponderant, as meaning surpassing, excelling, or preferable, or of more force or validity; applied to a saying and the like: of frequent occurrence in this sense.]
4 One says also, حِلْمٌ رَاجِحٌ, meaning Forbearance, or clemency, or gravity, sedateness, or calmness, that weighs down the person in whom it exists so that nothing renders him light [in deportment]. And رَجُلٌ رَاجَحُ العَقْلِ [A man grave in respect of intellect].
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