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عاجزهُ

Root: عجز

Form: 3

Full Definition

عاجزهُIII : see أَعْجَزَهُ.

def.2 عَاجَزْتُهُ , Present.T of the latter ـُ I contended with him in a race, and I outstripped him.
2 And عاجز (Verbal.Noun مُعَاجِزَةٌ, TA) He outstripped, and was not reached; as also : or he went away, and was not reached: or he fled, and could not be caught.

def.3 عاجز إِلَى ثِقَةٍ He inclined to a trusty person, and had recourse to him for refuge. [Hence,] فُلَانٌ يُعَاجِزُ عَنِ الحَقِّ إِلَى البَاطِلِ Such a one declines from the truth to falsehood, and has recourse to the latter for protection.
2 And عاجز القَوْمُ The people, or company of men, left a thing and began another.
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