مُعْرِضٌ
Root: عرض
Full Definition
مُعْرِضٌ
Anything showing its breadth, or width; [or its side; as also
عَارِضٌ .] [And hence, Appearing, as also the latter.] And i. q.
مُعْتَرِضٌ [app. as signifying Presenting itself; or occurring]. And Anything putting its breadth, or width, [or side, (as is shown by an explanation of أَعْرَضَ,)] in one's power. You say, الشَّىْءُ مُعْرِضٌ لَكَ, meaning The thing is in thy power; apparent to thee; not offering resistance to thee.
2 And طَأْ مُعْرِضًا حَيْثُ شِئْتَ [Tread thou or] put thy feet where thou wilt, fearing nothing, for it is in thy power to do so.
3 اِدَّانَ مُعْرِضًا (occurring in a saying of 'Omar, K, or, as some relate it, دَانَ مُعْرِضًا, K in art. دين,) means He bought upon credit, or borrowed, or sought or demanded a loan, [doing so ] of whomsoever he could, not caring what might be the consequence: or addressing himself to any one who came in his way: or turning away from such as said Thou shalt not buy on credit, or borrow: or avoiding payment: or from any quarter that was easy and practicable to him, without caring, and without being perplexed: or he incurred the debt without caring for not paying it, or for what might be the consequence: or he contracted a debt with every one who presented himself to him: (K in art. دين:) Sh says that the making معرضا to signify مُمْكِنًا is improbable; because it is in the accus. case as a denotative of state with respect to [the agent implied in the verb] ادّان; and if you explain it as meaning he took it from him who enabled him, then معرضا applies to him whom he accosts, for he is the ممكن; [he suggests also, that the meaning may be he bought upon credit, or borrowed, largely; for] he adds that معرضا may be from أَعْرَضَ ثَوْبُ المَلْبَسِ, signifying اِتَّسَعَ and عَرُضَ.
4 أَرْضٌ مُعْرِضَةٌ, or مُعْرَضَةٌ, means Land wherein is herbage which the camels, or the like, depasture [app. at random] when traversing it.
def.2 See also مُعَرِّضٌ, last sentence.
2 And طَأْ مُعْرِضًا حَيْثُ شِئْتَ [Tread thou or] put thy feet where thou wilt, fearing nothing, for it is in thy power to do so.
3 اِدَّانَ مُعْرِضًا (occurring in a saying of 'Omar, K, or, as some relate it, دَانَ مُعْرِضًا, K in art. دين,) means He bought upon credit, or borrowed, or sought or demanded a loan, [doing so ] of whomsoever he could, not caring what might be the consequence: or addressing himself to any one who came in his way: or turning away from such as said Thou shalt not buy on credit, or borrow: or avoiding payment: or from any quarter that was easy and practicable to him, without caring, and without being perplexed: or he incurred the debt without caring for not paying it, or for what might be the consequence: or he contracted a debt with every one who presented himself to him: (K in art. دين:) Sh says that the making معرضا to signify مُمْكِنًا is improbable; because it is in the accus. case as a denotative of state with respect to [the agent implied in the verb] ادّان; and if you explain it as meaning he took it from him who enabled him, then معرضا applies to him whom he accosts, for he is the ممكن; [he suggests also, that the meaning may be he bought upon credit, or borrowed, largely; for] he adds that معرضا may be from أَعْرَضَ ثَوْبُ المَلْبَسِ, signifying اِتَّسَعَ and عَرُضَ.
4 أَرْضٌ مُعْرِضَةٌ, or مُعْرَضَةٌ, means Land wherein is herbage which the camels, or the like, depasture [app. at random] when traversing it.
def.2 See also مُعَرِّضٌ, last sentence.
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