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1 عَرَجَ ذ , (S, A, O, K,) aor. عَرُجَ , (S,) inf. n. عُرُوجٌ (S, O, K) and مَعْرَجٌ, (O, K,) He ascended, or mounted. (S, A, O, K.) So in the saying عَرَجَ فِى الدَّرَجَةِ and فى السُّلَّمِ [He ascended, or mounted, the stair, or the series of steps, and the ladder]. (S, O.) And عَرَجَ فِى الشَّىْءٍ, and عَلَيْهِ, aor. عَرُجَ and عَرِجَ , inf. n. عُرُوجٌ, He ascended, or mounted, upon the thing (TA.) And عُرِجَ بِهِ means He was taken up to a high place; as, for instance, إِِلَى عَنَانِ السَّمَآءِ [to the clouds of Heaven]. (Ham p. 87.) ― -b2- And عَرَجَ الشَّىْءُ The thing became high, or elevated. (TA.) -A2- عَرَجَ, (S, O, Msb, K,) with fet-h to the ر, (O,) aor. عَرُجَ , inf. n. عَرْجٌ; (Msb; [accord. to the O عَرَجٌ;]) or عَرَجَ and عَرِجَ and عَرُجَ; (K;) He limped, or had a slight lameness, (S, O, Msb, K,) and walked like the lame, (S, O,) by reason of some accident that had befallen him (S, O, Msb, K) in his leg or foot, (S, O, K.) not naturally, (S, K,) or not by reason of a chronic ailment: (Msb:) or عَرَجَ, aor. عَرُجَ ; and عَرِجَ and عَرُجَ; inf. n. عَرَجَانٌ; he walked like the lame, with a limping gait, by reason of some accident. (L.) ― -b2- And عَرِجَ, (S, O, Msb, K,) aor. عَرَجَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. عَرَجٌ (S, * O, * Msb, K, * TA) and عُرْجَةٌ, (TA,) He was lame, walked lamely, or limped, (S, O, Msb, K,) naturally, (S, O, K,) or by reason of a chronic ailment: (Msb:) or he became lame. (TA.) [See also عَرَجٌ below.] ― -b3- عَرَجٌ also signifies The setting of the sun: or its inclining towards the place of setting: (S, O, K:) inf. n. of عَرِجَتْ. (TK.) ― -b4- And عَرِجَ, inf. n. عَرَجٌ, He (a camel) emitted his urine indirectly: said of the male only, when the hind girth is bound upon him [so as to press upon his sheath]: like حقِبَ. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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