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1. ⇒ عجن

عَجَنَهُ, aor. ـِ {يَعْجِنُ} and ـُ {يَعْجُنُ}, [inf. n. عَجْنٌ,] He kneaded it; i. e. he bore upon it with his fist, or clinched hand, pressing it; as alsoاعتجنهُ↓: (Ḳ:) or عَجَنَتْ, (Ṣ, TA,) or عَجَنَتْ عَجِينًا, (Mṣb,) aor. ـِ {يَعْجِنُ}, (Mṣb, TA, and so in copies of the Ṣ,) or ـُ, (so in a copy of the Ṣ,) inf. n. عَجْنٌ, she (a woman) made, or prepared, [or kneaded,] عَجِين [i. e. dough]; (Ṣ, Mṣb, TA;) as alsoاعتجنت↓, (Ṣ, TA,) orاعتجنت↓ عَجِينًا. (Mṣb.) إِنَّ فُلانًا لَيَعْجِنُ بِمِرْفَقَيْهِ حُمْقًا [Verily such a one kneads with his two elbows by reason of stupidity] is a saying mentioned by Lth. (TA.)

Root: عجن - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

And عَجَنَ, said of a man, He rose bearing upon the ground (IF, Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ, TA) with his fist, or clinched hand, (TA,) as though he were kneading (كَأَنَّهُ يَعْجِنُ), (IF, Mṣb,) by reason of age (IF, Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ, TA) or fatness. (TA.) It is said in a trad., of Ibn-ʼOmar, كَانَ يَعْجِنُ فِى الصَّلٰوةِ i. e. He used to bear upon his two hands when he rose in prayer, like as does he who kneads dough: and he said that he had seen the Apostle of God do so. (TA.) And one says of an old man, عَجَنَ وَخَبَزَ, which is expl. in the A as meaning † He became old, or aged; because such, when he desires to rise, bears upon the outer sides of the fingers of his two hands like the kneader, and upon his two palms like the maker of bread. (TA.) [See also 4, first sentence.]

Root: عجن - Entry: 1. Signification: A3

And عَجَنَ عَلَى العَصَا, aor. ـِ {يَعْجِنُ}, inf. n. عَجْنٌ, He (a man) bore, or stayed himself, upon the staff. (Mṣb.)

Root: عجن - Entry: 1. Signification: A4

And عَجَنَتْ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (TA,) She (a camel) beat the ground with her fore feet in her going along. (Ṣ, Ḳ.) And one says of a horse or other animal, يَعْجِنُ بِرِجْلَيْهِ [He beats the ground with his kind feet]. (Ṣ and Ḳ in art. قمص.)

Root: عجن - Entry: 1. Dissociation: B

عَجَنَهُ, (Ḳ,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) also signifies He struck his عِجَان, [q. v.]. (Ḳ.)

Root: عجن - Entry: 1. Dissociation: C

عَجِنَتْ, aor. ـَ {يَعْجَنُ}, (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA,) inf. n. عَجَنٌ, (Ṣ, TA,) said of a she-camel, (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA,) [app. signifies She was, or became, such as is termed عَجِنَةٌ or عَجْنَآءُ in any of the senses assigned to these epithets: or] she was, or became, fat: (Ṣ:) or she had much flesh in the udder, with little milk: (TA:) or she had in her vulva a tumour (Ḳ, TA) like a wart, and resembling what is termed عَفَلٌ, (TA,) preventing conception, (Ḳ, TA,) and sometimes reaching to the anus. (TA.) [See also the next paragraph {4}.]


4. ⇒ اعجن

اعجن He (A man) was, or became, advanced in age. (TA.) [See also عَجَنَ وَخَبَزَ, above.]

Root: عجن - Entry: 4. Dissociation: B

And He rode a fat she-camel. (Ḳ,* TA.)

Root: عجن - Entry: 4. Dissociation: C

And He had a tumour in his عِجَان [q. v.]. (Ḳ.) [See also 1, last signification.]

Root: عجن - Entry: 4. Dissociation: D

And He begot a stupid child, such as is termed عَجِينَة. (TA.)


[7. {انعجن}]

[انعجن It (dough) became kneaded: so accord. to Freytag; but he has not named any authority for this.]


8. ⇒ اعتجن

see 1, first sentence, in three places.


عَجَنٌ

عَجَنٌ A tumour incident to a she-camel, between her vulva and her anus, which sometimes in consequence thereof become conjoined. (Ṣ.) [See also عَجِنَتْ (of which it is the inf. n.), last signification.]


عَجِنٌ / عَجِنَةٌ

عَجِنٌ (Ṣ, Ḳ) andمُتَعَجِّنٌ↓ (Ḳ) A camel compact, or firm, by reason of fatness; (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA;) as though consisting of flesh without bone. (TA.)

Root: عجن - Entry: عَجِنٌ Signification: A2

For the fem. of the former, with ة {عَجِنَةٌ}, see أَعْجَنُ, in two places.


عِجَانٌ

عِجَانٌ [The perinæum; i. e.] what is between the anus and the scrotum: (Ṣ, Mṣb:) or the [protion of the] قَضِيب [or virga] that is extended from the scrotum to the anus; (Ḳ;) or the kinder portion of the penis, extended within the skin: and that of a woman is the وَتَرَة [or intervening part, perhaps so called as being likened to the partition between the nostrils,] that is between the vulva and the anus: (TA:) and the اِسْت [or anus itself]: (Ḳ:) [see also عَضْرَطٌ:] pl. [of pauc.] أَعْجِنًةٌ and [of mult.] عُجُنٌ. (TA.) اِبْنُ حَمْرَآءِ العِجَانِ is an appellation used in reviling, applied to one who is not an Arab; (TA in this art.;) or meaning Son of the female slave. (TA in art. حمر.)

Root: عجن - Entry: عِجَانٌ Signification: A2

Also The neck, (Ḳ, TA,) in the dial. of El-Yemen: or, as in the “Nawádir” of El-Ḳálee, the part beneath the chin. (Ḳ.)


عَجِينٌ

Kneaded; i. e. borne upon with the fist, or clinched hand, and so pressed; as alsoمَعْجُونٌ↓. (Ḳ.)

Root: عجن - Entry: عَجِينٌ Signification: A2

عَجِينٌ [Also, as a subst. mentioned in the Ṣ and Mṣb, &c. as well known,] Dough; flour kneaded with water. (MA, KL, &c.)

Root: عجن - Entry: عَجِينٌ Signification: A3

And A catamite; as alsoعَجِينَةٌ↓: (IAạr, Ḳ:*) pl. عُجُنٌ: or this means soft, or yielding, persons, of men and of women: (IAạr, Ḳ:) and عَجِينٌ andعَجِينَةٌ↓ are both applied to a man, but only the latter is applied to a woman: applied to a man, meaning weak in his body and in his intellect: (IAạr, TA:) andعَجِينَةٌ↓ as a masculine epithet signifies, (Ḳ, TA,) accord. to Lth, (TA,) stupid, or foolish; (Ḳ, TA;) as alsoعَجَّانٌ↓. (Lth, Ṣ, Ḳ.)


عَجِينَةٌ

عَجِينَةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph, in three places.

Root: عجن - Entry: عَجِينَةٌ Dissociation: B

Also A company, an assembly, or an assemblage; syn. جَمَاعَةٌ; as alsoمُتَعَجِّنَةٌ↓ [written by Freytag تَعْجِنَةٌ]: or such as is numerous. (Ḳ.)

Root: عجن - Entry: عَجِينَةٌ Dissociation: C

أُمُّ عَجِينَةَ is an appellation of The رَخَمَة, [or female of the vultur percnopterus]. (Ḳ, TA.)


عَاجِنٌ

عَاجِنٌ [act. part. n. of عَجَنَ: as such signifying Kneading.]

Root: عجن - Entry: عَاجِنٌ Signification: A2

[And hence, as such, signifying also] Bearing with his hands upon the ground when rising, by reason of age [or fatness: see 1]: (Ṣ, Mṣb:) pl. عُجُنٌ, with two dammehs: so in the T. (Mṣb.)

Root: عجن - Entry: عَاجِنٌ Signification: A3

And, [without ة,] applied to a she-camel, [and in a similar sense applied to a horse or other animal, (see 1,)] Beating the ground with her fore feet in her going along. (Ṣ, TA.)

Root: عجن - Entry: عَاجِنٌ Signification: A4

And also, applied to a she-camel, In whose womb the young will not rest, or remain. (Ḳ.)


عَاجِنَةٌ

عَاجِنَةٌ The middle of a place. (Ḳ.)


عَجَّانٌ

عَجَّانٌ: see عَجِينٌ.


أَعْجَنُ

أَعْجَنُ, applied to an udder, The most scant of udders in milk and the goodliest thereof in appearance. (TA.)

Root: عجن - Entry: أَعْجَنُ Signification: A2

And [the fem.] عَجْنَآءُ, applied to a she-camel, (Ṣ,) Fat; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) as alsoعَجِنَةٌ↓: (Ṣ:) and, so applied, that has attained the utmost degree in fatness; and soمُتَعَجِّنَةٌ↓: and one having little milk: (Ḳ, TA:) or having much flesh in the udder, with paucity of milk: and sometimes, one having much milk: (TA:) and one whose udder is pendulous, (Ḳ, TA,) by reason of the abundance of the flesh, (TA,) and whose teats cohere, and rise into the upper parts of the udder. (Ḳ, TA.)

Root: عجن - Entry: أَعْجَنُ Signification: A3

Also, i. e. عَجْنَآءُ,(Ṣ, Ḳ, TA,) andعَجِنَةٌ↓, (Ḳ, TA,) applied to a she-camel, (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA,) Having a tumour between her vulva and her anus, which sometimes in consequence thereof become conjoined: (Ṣ:) or having in her vulva a tumour, (Ḳ, TA,) like a wart, and resembling what is termed عَفَلٌ, (TA,) preventing conception, (Ḳ, TA,) and sometimes reaching to the anus: and likewise applied to a ewe and to a cow. (TA.)


مِعْجَنٌ

مِعْجَنٌ A [bowl of the kind called] جَفْنَة [probably used for kneading dough therein]. (Fr and IAạr, in TA, voce قَعْرٌ.)


مَعْجُونٌ

مَعْجُونٌ: see عَجِينٌ.

Root: عجن - Entry: مَعْجُونٌ Signification: A2

[Also, as a subst., An electuary; any drug, or drugs, mixed up with honey or inspissated juice or sirup; generally applied to such as contains opium, or some other intoxicating ingredient: pl. مَعَاجِينُ.]


مُتَعَجِّنٌ

مُتَعَجِّنٌ: see عَجِنٌ: and أَعْجَنُ:

Root: عجن - Entry: مُتَعَجِّنٌ Dissociation: B

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