تقاعس

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تقاعسVI He made his [meaning his own] breast, or chest, to stick out.
2 He drew back, and became refractory, and made himself like him who has a hollow, or receding, back, and a protruding, or protuberant, breast, or chest.
3 He drew back; held back; or hung back. You say, تقاعس عَنِ الأَمْرِ He drew back, held back, or hung back, from the thing, or affair, and would not go forward in it; as also قَعِسَ , Verbal.Noun قَعَسٌ; and : in some copies of the S, instead of تقاعس, in this phrase, we find تَقَعْوَسَ . And [in like manner,] He drew back; he receded, or went backwards. When a man draws water without a pulley, pulling the rope at the head of the well, his back pains him, and it is said to him, وَٱجْذِبِ الدَّلْوَ [Go thou backwards, and pull the bucket]. This verb is without idghám because it is quasi-coördinate to اِحْرَنْجَمَ.
4 He drew back, or held back, and would not go forward: or would not submit to his leader; [as also ; as appears from an explanation of its part. n., below.] You say also, الدَّابَّةُ, meaning The beast of carriage stood still, and would not move from its place.
5 [He and] it was, or became, firm, or steady, and resisted; [as also ; as appears from an explanation of its part. n., below:] and he was, or became, firm, and did not bow his head: and قَعِسَ, Verbal.Noun قَعَسٌ, he was, or became, inaccessible, or unapproachable, and mighty, or strong, and firm, or steady.
6 It was, or became, long, or protracted; as though it did not quit its place; like بَرَكَ. See أَقْعَسُ.

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