ع و ج

عَوَّجْتُهُ , (T, S, O, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَعْوِيجٌ ; (T, S, O, Msb;) I crooked it, curved it, bent it, contorted it, distorted it, or rendered it uneven; (T, S, * O, * Msb, K, * TA;) namely, a thing; (T, S, O, Msb, TA;) as also ↓ عُجْتُهُ , inf. n. عَوْجٌ and عِيَاجٌ . (TA.) ― -b2- See also 1, latter half, in two places. ― -b3- تَعْوِيجٌ [as an inf. n. of which the verb, if it have one in the following sense, is عُوِّجَ ], in a horse, is syn. with تَجْنِيبٌ [app. as meaning A bending, or curving, and tension of the sinews, in the kind leg] which is a quality approved. (TA.) -A2- See also 1, near the middle. [Hence] one says, مَا لَهُ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ تَعْوِيجٌ , meaning [There is not for him any] remaining, or staying, [at the abode of his companions;] as also تَعْرِيجٌ . (TA.) -A3- عوّجهُ , inf. n. as above, also signifies He set it, or inlaid it, with عَاج [which means ivory, and tortoise-shell]; (O, K, TA;) namely, a thing, (O,) or a vessel. (TA.)

تَعَوَّجَ see 1, former half, in four places.

اـِنْعَوَجَ see 1, former half, in five places.

اـِعْوَجَّ see 1, first sentence, in two places.

عَاجٌ , as an epithet applied to a she-camel, Pliable; syn. لَيِّنَةٌ الأَعْطَافِ , or لَيِّنَةُ الاِنْعِطَافِ , accord. to different copies of the K; and by the latter words is expl. (but not in the K) ↓ عَايءِجَةٌ , as so applied: in the L, عَاجٌ is expl. as meaning tractable, submissive, or manageable; syn. مِذْعَانٌ : (TA:) or مِذْعَانُ السَّيْرِ لَيِّنَةُ الاِنْعِطَافِ (thus in the O:) and it is said to be without a parallel in respect of the dropping of the [fem. termination] ة , whether its original measure be فَعِلٌ or فَاعِلٌ [?]. (TA.) -A2- Also [Ivory;] elephant's bone; (S, O, K;) or [rather] only elephant's tusk; (Lth, Msb, TA;) thus say ISd and Kz: (TA:) n. un. with ة [signifying a piece of ivory]: (S, O:) of its properties are these: that if seed-produce or trees be fumigated with it, worms will not approach them; and the woman who drinks of it every day two drachms with water and honey, if compressed after seven days, conceives. (K.) ― -b2- And Tortoise-shell; syn. ذَبْلٌ [q. v.]; (O, K;) i. e. (O) the back [or shell] of the sea-tortoise [or turtle]: (O, Msb:) i. q. مَسَكٌ : (Sh, L:) or a thing that is made from the back of the sea-tortoise: (L:) and it is said that the Arabs called any [sort of] bone by this name: n. un. with ة . (TA.) The Prophet is related to have had a comb of عاج , i. e. ذَبْل : (L:) and he is said to have ordered to purchase for Fátimeh a pair of bracelets of عاج , by which he meant not what is turned of elephants' tusks, for their tusks are مَيْتَة , [i. e. they are taken from an animal of which the flesh is unlawful food,] but ذبل : (O, * L, Msb: *) the عاج of the elephant is impure accord. to EshSháfi'ee, but pure accord. to Aboo-Haneefeh. (L.) ― -b3- Also Bracelets of عاج , as distinguished from ذَبْل , [i. e. of ivory: and probably of tortoise-shell also:] (ISh:) n. un. with ة . (TA in art. جوج .) -A3- عَاجِ , (S, O, L, K,) indecl., with kesr for its termination, (L, K,) as a determinate noun; and عَاجٍ , with tenween, as an indeterminate noun; (L;) A cry by which a she-camel is chidden: (S, O, L, K:) Az says, in chiding a she-camel, one says عَاجِ , without tenween; and if he please, عَاجْ , with jezm, as though a pause were imagined to be made after it: or, accord. to A'Obeyd, one says to her عَاجٍ , and جَاهٍ , with tenween: [but see art. جوه :] accord. to AHeyth, a word of this kind is originally mejzoom; but in the case of a rhyme, [and in any case of poetical necessity,] it may be makhfood. (TA.) [See also art. عج .]

عَوَجٌ and ↓ عِوَجٌ [are inf. ns. of عَوِجَ , q. v., or the latter is a simple subst.; and both, used as simple substs.,] signify Crookedness, curvity, a bending, a winding, wryness, contortion, distortion, or unevenness: (L:) or the former is peculiar to objects of the sight, as bodies; and the latter, to what are not seen, as opinion, and a saying, and religion: or, as some say, the latter is used in both of these cases; but the distinction is more common: (IAth, TA:) AZ makes the same distinction; but adds that some of the Arabs used the latter word in relation to a road: (Msb:) accord. to ISk, (S, O,) the former is in anything erect, (S, O, K,) or in anything that was erect and has inclined, (TA,) as a wall, (S, O, K, TA,) and a stick, (S, O, Msb,) or a staff, (K, TA,) and a spear; (TA;) and the latter, in land, or ground, and in religion, (S, O, Msb, K, TA,) and in means of subsistence: (S, O:) in land, or ground, the latter means unevenness; thus in the Kur xx. 106: in a road, deflection; as also عَوَجٌ : in religion, and in natural disposition, corruptness, or deviation from rectitude: (TA:) and عَوَجٌ , (S, O, TA, [thus accord. to both of my copies of the S,]) or عِوَجٌ , (accord. to a copy of the A, [which I incline to regard as the right, in consideration of its consistency with explanations here preceding, notwithstanding the apparent preponderance of authority in favour of عَوَجٌ ,]) in a man, signifies evilness of natural disposition: (S, A, O: [and so, app., هَوَجٌ :]) or عَوَجٌ , with fet-h to the ع , as an inf. n., signifies the being evil in natural disposition. (KL.)

عِوَجٌ : see the next preceding paragraph.

العُوَيْجَا=ءُ [dim. of العَوْجَا=ءُ fem. of الأَعْوَجُ ] A species of ذُرَة [or millet]. (TA.)

عَوَّاجٌ A possessor of عَاج [i. e. ivory, and app. tortoise-shell also]; (S, O, K;) accord. to Sb: (S, O:) and (O, K) accord. to another or others (O) a seller thereof. (O, K.)

عَايءِجٌ : for its fem. (with ة ) as an epithet applied to a she-camel, see عَاجٌ , first sentence. ― -b2- See also أَعْوَجُ , near the end. ― -b3- Also Stopping, or pausing. (S, O.)

أَعْوَجُ Crooked, curved, bent, or bending, winding, wry, contorted, distorted, or uneven: (S, * O, * L, Msb:) and ↓ مُعْوَجٌّ , [or this and the former also,] crooked, curved, &c., of itself: fem. of the former عَوْجَا=ءُ : (L, Msb:) and pl. عُوجٌ . (L.) One says ↓ عَصًا مُعْوَجَّةٌ [A crooked, or crooking, staff or stick]; but not مِعْوَجَّةٌ , with kesr to the م : (S, O:) or, accord. to ISk, one says the former; but not ↓ مُعَوَّجَةٌ , with fet-h to the ع and teshdeed to the و ; though analogy does not forbid this, as it is allowable to say عَوَّجَهَا : accord. to As, one should not say ↓ مُعَوَّجٌ , with teshdeed to the و , except in applying it to a stick, or in another sense expl. below: Az says that this word is allowable as signifying rendered crooked or curved &c. (Msb.) ― -b2- [Hence,] العَوْجَا=ءُ signifies The bow. (S, A, K.) ― -b3- And عَوْجَا=ءُ applied to a woman, Inclining, or bending, towards her child, to suckle it. (TA.) And, so applied, That has become crooked by reason of leanness and hunger. (Ham p. 744.) And, applied to a she-camel, Lean, lank, light of flesh, slender, or lank in the belly: (S, A, K:) or emaciated so that her back has become crooked, or curved. (TA.) ― -b4- [And أَعْوَجُ applied to a هِلَال (or new moon), Oblique: see أَدْفَقُ .] ― -b5- نَخِيلٌ عُوجٌ signifies Palm-trees inclining, or leaning, and therefore crooked, or curved: and accord. to some, the saying of Lebeed, describing a [wild] he-ass and his she-asses, وَأَوْرَدَهَا عَلَى عُوجٍ طِوَالِ [the latter hemistich of a verse cited in the first paragraph of art. حوذ ] means, And he brought them to the watering-place at [tall] palm-trees growing over the water, inclining and curving by reason of the abundance of their fruit: but others say that the meaning of على عوج is, upon their crooked legs. (TA.) ― -b6- Hence, عُوجٌ signifies The legs of a horse or similar beast; (O, TA;) as ISd says, thus used as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. predominates [app. implying their having that bending, or curving, and tension of the sinews, termed تَجْنِيب , agreeably with what here follows]. (TA.) ― -b7- And hence also, (TA,) خَيْلٌ عُوجٌ meaning Horses that have, in their hind legs, the quality termed تَجْنِيب . (A, TA. *) ― -b8- أَعْوَجُ applied to a man means [Crooked in temper, or] evil in natural disposition. (S, A, O, K.) ― -b9- المِلَّةُ العَوْجَا=ءُ [The crooked, or perverted, or corrupted, religion] is a phrase occurring in a trad., applied to the religion of Abraham as changed by the Arabs from its state of rectitude. (TA.) And one says خُطَّةٌ عَوْجَا=ءُ , and رَأْىٌ أَعْوَجُ , meaning [An affair, and an opinion,] not of a right kind. (A.) ― -b10- الأَيَّامُ عُوجٌ رَوَاجِعُ [The days are apt to decline from the right course, apt to return,] is a prov., (Meyd, O, TA,) meaning fortune at one time declines from thee, and at another time returns to thee; (Meyd;) said by him at whose affliction one rejoices, or said on his part, and sometimes on an occasion of threatening: Az says that عُوجٌ , here, may be pl. of أَعْوَجُ , or of عَوْجَا=ءُ ; or it may be pl. of ↓ عَايءِجٌ , and originally عُوُجٌ . (O, TA.) [Hence,] العُوجُ is used as signifying The days [in allusion to their variableness with respect to good and evil]. (TA.) ― -b11- And أَعْوَجُ is a [proper] name of A watering-trough. (Th, TA.) ― -b12- See also the next paragraph, in four places.

أَعْوَجِىٌّ the rel. n. of أَعْوَجُ : (Msb, TA:) and applied to A [single] horse of those termed الأَعْوَجِيَّاتُ , (TA,) an appellation of certain horse so called in relation to one named أَعْوَجُ , belonging to the Benoo-Hilál, (S, O, K,) a stallion than which there was none more celebrated among the Arabs, nor any that had a more numerous progeny: (S, O:) they were also called الخَيْلُ الأَعْوَجِيَّةُ , (L,) and ↓ بَنَاتُ أَعْوَجَ , (S, O,) and بَنَاتُ ↓ عُوجٍ ; and a poet says, وَقَاحُ الحَافِرِ ↓ أَحْوَى مِنَ العُوجِ [Brown, or a blackish bay, of the progeny of Aawaj, hard in the hoof]; meaning مِنْ وَلَدِ ↓ أَعْوَجَ ; using that form of pl. because أَعْوَجُ is originally an epithet. (TA.)

مَعَاجٌ A place to which one turns; or in which one remains, stays, dwells, or abides. (Har p. 325.) -A2- Also an inf. n. of عَاجَ signifying “ he remained ” &c.: (K:) and of the verb in the phrase عُجْتُ البَعِيرَ . (S, O.)

مُعْوَجٌّ : see أَعْوَجُ , first and second sentences.

مُعَوَّجٌ : see أَعْوَجُ , second sentence, in two places. -A2- Also A thing set, or inlaid, with عَاج [which means ivory, and tortoise-shell]: (As, Msb:) applied in this sense to a vessel. (TA.)