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عَاجِزٌ

Root: عجز

Full Definition

عَاجِزٌ Lacking strength, or power, or ability; powerless, unable, or impotent; as also عَجُوزٌ , and عَجِزٌ and عَجُزٌ : pl. of the first [عَاجِزُونَ, and] عَجَزٌ, [or rather this a quasi-pl. n.,] like as خَدَمٌ is of خَادِمٌ, and عَوَاجِزُ, but this is only in the dial. of Hudheyl, and, applied to men, is anomalous. You say also, اِمْرَأَةٌ عَاجِزٌ A woman lacking strength, or power, or ability, to do a thing; unable to do a thing. And it is said in a trad., respecting Paradise, لَا يَدْخُلُنِى إِلَّا سَقَطُ النَّاسِ وَعَجَزُهُمْ [There shall not enter me save the mean of mankind, and] those lacking in intelligence and in power with respect to worldly things.
2 ثَوْبٌ عَاجِزٌ A garment that is [too] short: or narrow, or scanty.
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