عَرِصَ
Root: عرص
Form: 1
Full Definition
2 He leaped, jumped, sprang, or bounded; as also .
3 عَرِصَ القَوْمُ The company of men played, or sported, and advanced and retired, urging, or pushing, [one another] from behind: and he played, or sported, and was very joyful, or glad, and very brisk, lively, or sprightly.
4 عَرِصَ البَرْقُ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun عَرَصٌ and عَرْصٌ, The lightning gleamed, or glistened, much: or was, or became, in a state of commotion, or agitation; quivered; flickered; as also : and in like manner, عَرِصَ السَّيْفُ, Verbal.Noun as above, The sword vibrated, or quivered: and جِلْدُهُ His skin quivered, or quaked; as also ارتعص.
5 Also عَرَصَ, Present.T ـِ said of a camel, or other [animal], He struggled, or quivered, (اِضْطَرَبَ, O, K, TA,) with his hind legs; as also .
6 And عَرَصَتِ السَّمَآءُ, or السَّحَابَةُ, as in some copies of the S, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun عَرْصٌ, or عَرَصٌ, The sky, or cloud, lightened continually.
def.2 عَرِصَ, Verbal.Noun عَرَصٌ, said of a tent or house, (بَيْت, S, O, K,) and of a plant, (نَبْت, O, K,) Its odour became foul, and stinking, or altered, from the dew (النَّدَا).
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