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1 تَعَسَ عس عسا تعس وعس , aor. تَعَسَ , inf. n. تَعْسٌ; (S, A, Msb, K, &c.;) and تَعسَ, aor. تَعَسَ ; (Sh, AHeyth, A, IAth, K;) but the latter is not chaste; (A, TA;) or the former is used in addressing a person, saying تَعَسْتَ; and the latter, in narration; (K;) accord. to Sh; but ISd says that this is strange; (TA;) He fell, having stumbled; contr. of اِنْتَعَشَ: this is the primary signification: (S:) or he stumbled and fell (AHeyth, A, IAth, K) upon his hands and mouth, (AHeyth, TA,) or upon his face: (IAth, TA:) or he fell upon his face: (Er-Rustamee, Msb, TA:) [and this may also be meant by one of the explanations of the inf. n. in the TA, which is نُكْسٌ فِى سَفَالٍ:] or he fell in any manner. (TA.) You say, by way of imprecation, تَعَسَ وَا@نْتَكَسَ, meaning May he fall upon his face, and not rise after his fall until he fall a second time. (Msb.) And تَعَسَ فَمَا ا@نْتَعَشَ وَشِيكَ فَلَا ا@نْتَقَشَ [May he fall, having stumbled, or stumble and fall, &c., and not rise again; and may he be pricked with a thorn, and not extract the thorn]. (TA.) And accord. to certain of the Kilábees, تَعَسَ signifies He missed his proof in litigation, and the object of his search in seeking. (TA.) ― -b2- He perished. (Aboo-'Amr Ibn-El-'Alà, S, K.) You say, تَعَسْتَ, as though meaning Mayest thou perish. (ISh, TA.) ― -b3- He became far removed. (A, K.) ― -b4- He became lowered, or degraded. (A, K.) You say also, تَعَسَ جَدُّهُ [His fortune, or good fortune, fell: or may his fortune, or good fortune, fall]. (K in art. عثر.) -A2- تَعَسَهُ ا@للّٰهُ, [aor. تَعَسَ , inf. n. تَعْسٌ;] (A'Obeyd, A, Msb, K;) and ↓ اتعسهُ ; (AHeyth, S, A, Msb, K;) the former unknown to Sb; (Az, TA;) God made him to fall, having stumbled: (S:) or to stumble and fall (AHeyth, A, K) upon his hands and mouth, (AHeyth, TA,) or upon his face: (TA:) or to fall upon his face: (Msb:) or to fall in any manner. (TA.) ― -b2- God destroyed him; or made him to perish. (A'Obeyd, S, K.) ― -b3- God made him to become far removed. (A, K.) ― -b4- God lowered, or degraded, him. (A, K.) ― -b5- You say, by way of imprecation, تَعْسًا لَهُ May he [fall, having stumbled: or, stumble and fall: or, stumble and fall upon his hands and mouth: or, upon his face: or] fall upon his face: (Msb:) or may God make destruction to cleave to him: (S, TA:) [or may God destroy him.] Aboo-Is-hák says, in explanation of the phrase فَتَعْسًا لَهُمْ, in the Kur xlvii. 9, that it may be in the accus. case as meaning ا@للّٰهُ ↓ أَتْعَسَهُمُ . (TA.) A man also says, by way of imprecation, to his swift and excellent camel, when it stumbles, تَعْسًا, meaning May God throw thee down upon thy nostrils: expressing his disapproval of the stumbling of a beast of such age and strength: but if it be not a swift and excellent beast, and stumble, he says to it لَعًا. (TA.) You say also, ا@للّٰهُ ↓ أَتْعَسَ جَدَّهُ [May God make his fortune, or good fortune, to sink!] (A.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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