مُرْجَحِنٌّ
Root: رجحن
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مُرْجَحِنٌّ
[part. n. of the verb above]. You say, أَنَا فِى هٰذَا الأَمْرِ مُرْجَحِنٌّ
I am wavering, or vacillating, and inclining, in this affair. And اِمْرَأَةٌ مُرْجَحِنَّةٌ
A fat woman, who, when she walks, bends in her gait. And جَيْشٌ
مُرْجَحِنُّ
A heavy army. And رحًى
مُرْجَحِنَّةٌ
A heavy round cloud. (S, * K, * and A in art. رجح. [In the S and K, only the latter word is explained; though the meaning of the former (i. e. سَحَابَةٌ مُسْتَدِيرَةٌ, as in the A,) is plainly indicated in the S by a verse there cited.]) And فُلَانٌ فِى دُنْيَا مُرْجَحِنَّةٍ
Such a one is in an ample, abundant, state of worldly prosperity. And لَيْلٌ مُرْجَحِنٌّ
Heavy, wide-spreading, night. The author of the K follows ISd and J and Az in regarding the ن in this case as radical: but IAth says that some hold it to be augmentative; and the derivation to be from رَجَحَ الشَّىْءُ, meaning “ the thing was, or became, heavy. ”
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