Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ر, رعن , رَعُنَ

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1 رَعُنَ ذ , (S, K,) and رَعِنَ, and رَعَنَ, (K,) [aor. of the first رَعُنَ , and of the second and third رَعَنَ ,] inf. n. [of the first] رُعُونَةٌ, and [of the second, or second and third,] رَعَنٌ, (S, * K,) He was, or became, foolish, stupid, unsound in intellect or understanding, or deficient therein, and lax, flaccid, slack, or languid: (S, K:) or رُعُونَةٌ and رَعَنٌ signify the being foolish, or stupid: and also the being soft, weak, relaxed, or languid. (KL.) ― -b2- And رَعَنٌ also signifies [simply] The being slack, or loose; or slackness, or looseness; as in the saying of a rájiz, (S, TA,) namely, Khitám El-Mujáshi'ee, (TA,) describing a she-camel, “ وَرَحَلُوهَا رِحْلَةً فِيهَا رَعَنْ
” [And they saddled her in a manner of saddling in which was a slackness, or looseness]; i. e. they did not bind her saddle firmly, by reason of fear and haste. (S, TA.) Also The being unsteady, or in a state of commotion or agitation: and quickly changing or altering. (Meyd, in explanation of a prov. cited below, voce أَرْعَنُ.) [And accord. to Freytag, as on the authority of Meyd, Haste of pace.] ― -b3- And رُعُونَةٌ signifies also The being beautified, and adorned: and رَعَنٌ, the displaying oneself adorned. (KL.) -A2- رَعَنَتْهُ الشَّمْسُ, (S, K,) inf. n. رَعْنٌ, (KL,) The sun rendered him relaxed, (S, KL,) or weak, or languid: (KL:) or pained his brain, so that he became relaxed thereby, and swooned. (K.) And رُعِنَ He (a man) became thus affected by the sun. (TA.) Pass. part. n. ↓ مَرْعُونٌ , signifying Thus affected by the sun; (S, TA;) applied to a man. (TA.)

An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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