ارتجن
Root: رجن
Form: 8
Full Definition
ارتجنVIII
: see 1, first sentence.
2 Also It was, or became, heaped, or piled, up, or together, or accumulated, one part upon another; syn. اِرْتَكَمَ, and اِرْتَجَمَ. (Aboo-Sa'eed, TA in art. رجم.)
3 And, said of fresh butter, It was cooked [for the purpose of clarifying it] without its becoming clear, and became bad, or spoiled: or it turned in the skin containing the churned milk: or it became bad, or spoiled, in the churning: (TA in art. خلط:) from اِرْتِجَانُ الإِذْوَابَةِ meaning the fresh butter's coming forth from the skin mixed with the thick milk, and being in that state put upon the fire, so that, when it boils, the thick milk appears mixed with the clarified butter. اِرْتَجَنَتِ الزُّبْدَةُ, meaning The piece of fresh butter became mixed up with the milk, is a prov., alluding to a difficult affair which one cannot find the way to adjust. (L in art. زبد.)
4 Hence, ارتجن عَلَى القَوْمِ أَمْرُهُمْ
2 Also It was, or became, heaped, or piled, up, or together, or accumulated, one part upon another; syn. اِرْتَكَمَ, and اِرْتَجَمَ. (Aboo-Sa'eed, TA in art. رجم.)
3 And, said of fresh butter, It was cooked [for the purpose of clarifying it] without its becoming clear, and became bad, or spoiled: or it turned in the skin containing the churned milk: or it became bad, or spoiled, in the churning: (TA in art. خلط:) from اِرْتِجَانُ الإِذْوَابَةِ meaning the fresh butter's coming forth from the skin mixed with the thick milk, and being in that state put upon the fire, so that, when it boils, the thick milk appears mixed with the clarified butter. اِرْتَجَنَتِ الزُّبْدَةُ, meaning The piece of fresh butter became mixed up with the milk, is a prov., alluding to a difficult affair which one cannot find the way to adjust. (L in art. زبد.)
4 Hence, ارتجن عَلَى القَوْمِ أَمْرُهُمْ
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