رَجَاحٌ

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رَجَاحٌ and , applied to a woman, Heavy in the posteriors; large therein: pl. [of the former accord. to rule, and perhaps of the latter also,] رُجُحٌ, [and of the latter accord. to rule, and perhaps of the former also, رُجَّحٌ, and of the latter also رَوَاجِحُ, for] you say نِسَآءٌ رَوَاجِحُ الأَكْفَالِ and رُجَّحُهَا [women heavy, or large, in the posteriors].
2 كَتَائِبُ رُجُحٌ, or رُجَّحٌ, Armies, or troops, marching heavily by reason of numbers, or dragging along the apparatus of war, heavily laden.
3 جِفَانٌ رُجُحٌ, or رُجَّحٌ, [Large bowls] filled with ثَرِيد [or crumbled bread moistened with broth] and with flesh-meat: or correctly, as in the T, filled with fresh butter and flesh-meat.
4 قَوْمٌ رُجَّحٌ and رُجْحٌ, [the latter, thus in the TA, perhaps a pl. of رَاجِحٌ, like as بُزْلٌ is of بَازِلٌ, but more probably, I think, a mistranscription for رُجُحٌ,] A people, or party, forbearing, or clement; or grave, sedate, or calm; as also مَرَاجِيحُ and مَرَاجِحُ ; of which latter two pls., the sings. are مِرْجَاحٌ and مِرْجَحٌ ; or, accord. to some, these pls. have no proper sings.: حِلْمٌ [“ forbearance ” &c.] is described by the term ثِقَلٌ, like as its contr. [سَفَهٌ] is described by the terms خِفَّةٌ and عَجَلُ. You say also قَوْمٌ مَرَاجِيحُ فِى الحِلْمِ or مَرَاجِيحُ الحِلْمِ [A people, or party, grave in forbearance or clemency, or of much gravity, or sedateness, or calmness, so as not to be excited to lightness of deportment: see حِلْمٌ رَاجَحٌ, below.]

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