عَارِضٌ
Root: عرض
Full Definition
عَارِضٌ
[Showing its breadth, or width; (see عَرَضَ, first signification;) or] having its side apparent: and [in like manner]
مُعْرِضٌ , q. v., anything showing its breadth, or width: [or its side:] [and hence, both signify appearing. (See again عَرَضَ.)]
2 A collection of clouds appearing, or presenting itself, or extending sideways, (
3 See also عَرْضٌ, in the sentence commencing with “ A mountain, ” in two places:
4 and again, shortly after.
5 A gift appearing from a person. [See an ex. voce عَائِضٌ.]
6 [Happening; befalling; occurring: an occurrence; as a fever, and the like. (See عَرَضَ لَهُ.)] A bane, or cause of mischief, that occurs in a thing; as also عَرَضٌ, q. v. And شُبْهَةٌ عَارِضَةٌ A doubt, or dubiousness, occurring, or intervening, in the mind. In the saying of 'Alee, يَقْدَحُ الشَّكُّ فِى قَلْبِهِ بِأَوَّلِ مِنْ شُبْهَةٍ, the word عارضة may perhaps be an Verbal.Noun, [or a quasi-Verbal.Noun,] like عَاقِبَةٌ and عَافِيَةٌ: [so that the meaning may be Doubt makes an impression upon his heart at the first occurrence of dubiousness.]
7 Whatever faces one, of a thing: (TA, and so in some copies of the K: in other copies of the K, this signification is given to عَارِضَةٌ :) or anything facing one.
8 Intervening; preventing: an intervening, or a preventing, thing; an obstacle: a thing that prevents one's going on; such as a mountain and the like. [Its application to a cloud, and some other applications to which reference has been made above, may be derived from this signification, or from that next preceding, or from the first.]
9 I. q. عُرْضٌ, in the first of the senses assigned to this latter above; as also عَارِضَةٌ .
10 What appears, of the face, or of the mouth, accord. to the L, when one laughs. (L, K, TA: but in some copies of the K, and in the O, this signification is given to عَارِضَةٌ .)
11 The side of the cheek of a man; as also عَارِضَةٌ ; the two sides of the two cheeks of a man being called the عَارِضَانِ, or the : the two sides of the face: or the side of the face; as also عَرُوضٌ ; the two together being called the عَارِضَانِ: or this last signifies the two sides of the mouth: or the two sides of the beard: pl. عَوَارِضُ. خَفِيفُ العَارِضَيْنِ means Light, or scanty, in the hair of the two sides of the cheeks, and of the beard; being elliptical. But in a certain trad., in which a happy quality of a man is said to be خِفَّةُ عَارِضَيْهِ, the meaning is said to be
12 The side of the neck; the two sides thereof being called the عَارِضَانِ: pl. as above. [See also عُرْضٌ, near the beginning.]
13 The tooth that is in the side of the mouth: (TA; and K, as in some copies of the latter; but in other copies, this signification is given to عَارِضَةٌ :) pl. as above: or the side of the mouth; and so, as some say, عَوَارِضُ; [meaning the teeth in the side of the mouth; for] you say اِمْرَأَةٌ نَقِيَّةُ العَارِضِ, and العَوَارِضِ, a woman clean in the side of the mouth: and Jereer describes a woman as polishing her عَارِضَانِ with a branch of a beshámeh, [a tree of which the twigs are used for cleaning the teeth,] meaning, as Aboo-Nasr says, the teeth that are after the central incisors, which latter are not of the عوارض: or, accord. to ISk, عَارِضٌ signifies the canine tooth and the ضِرْس [or bicuspid] next thereto: or, as some say, what are between the central incisor and the [first] ضرس [which is a bicuspid]: some say that the عوارض are the central incisors, as being [each] in the side of the mouth: others, that they are the teeth next to the sides of the mouth: others, that they are four teeth next to the canine teeth, and followed by the أَضْرَاس: Lh says that they are of the اضراس: others, that they are the teeth that are between the central incisors and the اضراس: and others, that they are eight teeth in each side; four above, and four below.
def.2 عَارِضٌ as applied to a she-camel, or a sheep or goat: see the paragraph next following.
def.3 Giving a thing, or the giver of a thing, in exchange, for (مِنْ) another thing.
2 A reviewer of an army, or of a body of soldiers, who makes them to pass by him, and examines their state.
def.4 See also the next paragraph; last three sentences.
2 A collection of clouds appearing, or presenting itself, or extending sideways, (
3 See also عَرْضٌ, in the sentence commencing with “ A mountain, ” in two places:
4 and again, shortly after.
5 A gift appearing from a person. [See an ex. voce عَائِضٌ.]
6 [Happening; befalling; occurring: an occurrence; as a fever, and the like. (See عَرَضَ لَهُ.)] A bane, or cause of mischief, that occurs in a thing; as also عَرَضٌ, q. v. And شُبْهَةٌ عَارِضَةٌ A doubt, or dubiousness, occurring, or intervening, in the mind. In the saying of 'Alee, يَقْدَحُ الشَّكُّ فِى قَلْبِهِ بِأَوَّلِ مِنْ شُبْهَةٍ, the word عارضة may perhaps be an Verbal.Noun, [or a quasi-Verbal.Noun,] like عَاقِبَةٌ and عَافِيَةٌ: [so that the meaning may be Doubt makes an impression upon his heart at the first occurrence of dubiousness.]
7 Whatever faces one, of a thing: (TA, and so in some copies of the K: in other copies of the K, this signification is given to عَارِضَةٌ :) or anything facing one.
8 Intervening; preventing: an intervening, or a preventing, thing; an obstacle: a thing that prevents one's going on; such as a mountain and the like. [Its application to a cloud, and some other applications to which reference has been made above, may be derived from this signification, or from that next preceding, or from the first.]
9 I. q. عُرْضٌ, in the first of the senses assigned to this latter above; as also عَارِضَةٌ .
10 What appears, of the face, or of the mouth, accord. to the L, when one laughs. (L, K, TA: but in some copies of the K, and in the O, this signification is given to عَارِضَةٌ .)
11 The side of the cheek of a man; as also عَارِضَةٌ ; the two sides of the two cheeks of a man being called the عَارِضَانِ, or the : the two sides of the face: or the side of the face; as also عَرُوضٌ ; the two together being called the عَارِضَانِ: or this last signifies the two sides of the mouth: or the two sides of the beard: pl. عَوَارِضُ. خَفِيفُ العَارِضَيْنِ means Light, or scanty, in the hair of the two sides of the cheeks, and of the beard; being elliptical. But in a certain trad., in which a happy quality of a man is said to be خِفَّةُ عَارِضَيْهِ, the meaning is said to be
12 The side of the neck; the two sides thereof being called the عَارِضَانِ: pl. as above. [See also عُرْضٌ, near the beginning.]
13 The tooth that is in the side of the mouth: (TA; and K, as in some copies of the latter; but in other copies, this signification is given to عَارِضَةٌ :) pl. as above: or the side of the mouth; and so, as some say, عَوَارِضُ; [meaning the teeth in the side of the mouth; for] you say اِمْرَأَةٌ نَقِيَّةُ العَارِضِ, and العَوَارِضِ, a woman clean in the side of the mouth: and Jereer describes a woman as polishing her عَارِضَانِ with a branch of a beshámeh, [a tree of which the twigs are used for cleaning the teeth,] meaning, as Aboo-Nasr says, the teeth that are after the central incisors, which latter are not of the عوارض: or, accord. to ISk, عَارِضٌ signifies the canine tooth and the ضِرْس [or bicuspid] next thereto: or, as some say, what are between the central incisor and the [first] ضرس [which is a bicuspid]: some say that the عوارض are the central incisors, as being [each] in the side of the mouth: others, that they are the teeth next to the sides of the mouth: others, that they are four teeth next to the canine teeth, and followed by the أَضْرَاس: Lh says that they are of the اضراس: others, that they are the teeth that are between the central incisors and the اضراس: and others, that they are eight teeth in each side; four above, and four below.
def.2 عَارِضٌ as applied to a she-camel, or a sheep or goat: see the paragraph next following.
def.3 Giving a thing, or the giver of a thing, in exchange, for (مِنْ) another thing.
2 A reviewer of an army, or of a body of soldiers, who makes them to pass by him, and examines their state.
def.4 See also the next paragraph; last three sentences.
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