أَعِيجُ
Root: عيج
Form: 1
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أَعِيجُI
, Verbal.Noun عَيْجٌ and عُيُوجٌ and عُوُوجٌ [app. عُؤُوجٌ], I do not regard it; do not care for it. One says, مَا عَاجَ بِقَوْلِهِ, Verbal.Noun عَيْجٌ and عَيْجُوجَةٌ, He did not regard his saying: or he did not believe it. And مَا أَعِيجُ مِنْ كَلَامِهِ بِشَىْءٍ
I care not for anything of his speech, or of what he says: and the Benoo-Asad say, مَا أَعُوجُ بِكَلَامِهِ [expl. in art. عوج]; taking it from عُجْتُ النَّاقَةَ.
2 مَا عِجْتُ بِهِ I was not pleased, well pleased, content, or satisfied, with it; or did not approve it.
3 مَا عِجْتُ بِخَبَرِ فُلَانٍ I was not satisfied in my mind by the information of such a one, and did not deem it certain.
4 مَا عِجْتُ بِالمَآءِ I did not satisfy my thirst with the water: said by one who has drunk salt water: or I did not profit by it: and sometimes the verb is used in this sense in an affirmative phrase. And مَا عِجْتُ بِالدَّوَآءِ I did not profit by the medicine. And عاج, Present.T يَعِيجُ, [thus used affirmatively,] He profited by speech, &c.
5 مَا يَعِيجُ بِقَلْبِى شَئٌ مِنْ كَلَامِكَ [app. meaning Nothing of thy speech remains in my heart, or mind, (compare عُجْتُ بِالمَكَانِ, in art. عوج,)] is a saying mentioned by IAar.
6 [And it seems that عاج عَلَى الشَّئِْ signifies He took to, set about, or commenced, the thing: for Sgh says that] العَيْجُ signifies الإِقْبَالُ عَلَى الشَّئِْ.
2 مَا عِجْتُ بِهِ I was not pleased, well pleased, content, or satisfied, with it; or did not approve it.
3 مَا عِجْتُ بِخَبَرِ فُلَانٍ I was not satisfied in my mind by the information of such a one, and did not deem it certain.
4 مَا عِجْتُ بِالمَآءِ I did not satisfy my thirst with the water: said by one who has drunk salt water: or I did not profit by it: and sometimes the verb is used in this sense in an affirmative phrase. And مَا عِجْتُ بِالدَّوَآءِ I did not profit by the medicine. And عاج, Present.T يَعِيجُ, [thus used affirmatively,] He profited by speech, &c.
5 مَا يَعِيجُ بِقَلْبِى شَئٌ مِنْ كَلَامِكَ [app. meaning Nothing of thy speech remains in my heart, or mind, (compare عُجْتُ بِالمَكَانِ, in art. عوج,)] is a saying mentioned by IAar.
6 [And it seems that عاج عَلَى الشَّئِْ signifies He took to, set about, or commenced, the thing: for Sgh says that] العَيْجُ signifies الإِقْبَالُ عَلَى الشَّئِْ.
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