عَارِضَةٌ
Root: عرض
Full Definition
2 A want; an object of need: and [in like manner] عَرُوضٌ a want, or an object of need, that has occurred to one: pl. of the former عَوَارِضُ. has the signification above assigned to it in the saying, فُلَانٌ رَكُوضٌ بِلَا عَرُوضٍ [Such a one is running without any want that has occurred to him]. (S, O. [In the K, in the place of ركوض, we find رَبُوضٌ, which I think a mistake.]) [In Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 555, we find رَكُوضٌ فِى كُلِّ , which is expl. as meaning Running swiftly in every region; and said to be applied to him who disseminates evil, or mischief, among men.]
def.2 A she-camel having a fracture or a disease, for which reason it is slaughtered; as also عَارِضٌ : and in like manner, a sheep or goat: pl. عَوَارِضُ. It is opposed to عَبِيطٌ, which is one that is slaughtered without its having any malady. One says, بَنُو فُلَانٍ لَا يَأْكُلُونَ إِلَّا العَوَارِضَ [The sons of such a one do not eat any but camels such as are slaughtered on account of disease]; reproaching them for not slaughtering camels except on account of disease befalling them.
2 عَوَارِضُ, applied to camels, also signifies That eat the [trees called] عِضَاه, wherever they find them.
def.3 [A thing lying, or extending, across, or athwart; any cross piece of wood &c.: so in the present day.]
2 The [lintel, or] piece of wood which holds the عِضَادَتَانِ [or two side-posts], above, of a door; corresponding to the أُسْكُفَّة [or threshold]; the upper piece of wood in which the door turns. (O, K. [In some copies of the latter, this signification is erroneously given to عَارِضٌ.]) The عَارِضَتَانِ of a door are also [said to be] the same as the عِضَادَتَانِ. (TA, voce عَتَبَةٌ.)
3 A [rafter, or] single one of the عَوَارِض of a roof: (S, O, K: [but in some copies of the last, and in the TA, this signification is erroneously given to عَارِضٌ:]) the عوارض of a house are the pieces of wood of its roof, which are laid across; one of which is called عَارِضَةٌ: and عَارِضٌ [a mistranscription for عَوَارِضُ] also signifies the سَقَائِف [or pieces of wood which form the roof] of a [vehicle of the kind called] مَحْمِل.
def.4 Also, or عَارِضٌ , or both, Hardiness: and this is what is meant by its being said, in [some copies of] the K, that عَارِضٌ is also syn. with عَارِضَةٌ; [for in some copies of the K, after several explanations of العَارِضُ, we find وَالعَارِضَةُ وَالسِّنُّ الَّتِى فِى عُرْضِ الفَمِ; whereas, in other copies, the و before السِّنُّ is omitted:] courage; or courage and energy: power of speech: perspicuity, or chasteness, of speech; and eloquence: or the former signifies intuitive knowledge (بَدِيهَةٌ): or determination, resolution, or decision: and the trimming of speech or language, and the removal of its faults: and good judgment. You say, فُلَانٌ ذُو عَارِضَةٍ Such a one is possessed of hardiness; as also ذو ; and of courage, or courage and energy; and of power of speech: or of eloquence,
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