مَرِيضٌ

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مَرِيضٌ [Diseased; disordered; distempered; sick; or ill;] in the state termed مَرَضٌ denoting that change of the constitution or temperament which is described in the explanation of the latter word above; as also مَرِضٌ and مَارِضٌ , the first [and second] being from the verb of which the Verbal.Noun is مَرَضٌ, and the third from that of which the Verbal.Noun is مَرْضٌ, and مَمْرُوضٌ , and مُتَمَرِّضٌ : or, applied to a body, it signifies deficient in strength: pl. مِرَاضٌ and مَرْضَى and مَرَاضَى and مُرَضَآءُ; or مِرَاضٌ may be pl. of مَارِضٌ [or of مَرِضٌ]. Accord. to Lh, you say, عُدْ فُلَانٌ فَإِنَّهُ مَرِيضٌ [Visit thou such a one, for he is sick]: and لَا تَأْكُلْ هٰذَا الطَّعَامَ فَإِنَّكَ مَارِضٌ إِنْ أَكَلْتَهُ meaning تَمْرَضُ [i. e. Eat not thou this food, for thou wilt be sick if thou eat it]. [مَرِيضٌ has also several tropical significations.] You say also, عَيْنٌ مَرِيضَةٌ An eye in which is languor, or languidness, or weakness: pl. أَعْيَنٌ مِرَاضٌ, and مَرْضَى. And إِمْرَأَةٌ مَرِيضَةُ الأَلْحَاظِ and مريضةُ النَّظَرِ A woman weak in sight. And قَلْبٌ مَرِيضٌ A heart deficient in religion. [IAar.) And شَمْسٌ مَرِيضَةٌ A sun having a feeble light; not clear, and not beautiful. And أَرْضٌ مَرِيضَةٌ A land in which are frequent seditions, or factions, or conflicts, or dissensions, and wars, and slaughters: or in a weak condition: or straitened with its inhabitants: or in which the wind is still, and the heat intense: or that causes disease; meaning corrupt in its air. And رِيحٌ مَرِيضَةٌ A weak wind: or a still wind: or a wind intensely hot, and blowing feebly. And لَيْلَةٌ مَرِيضَةٌ A night in which no star shines; in which the sky is clouded, so that there is no light. And رَأْىٌ مَرِيضٌ An opinion deviating from what is right.

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