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عَجَمَهُ , (S, Msb, K,) aor.
عَجُمَ , (S, Msb,) inf. n.
عَجْمٌ (S, Msb, K) and عُجُومٌ, (K,) He bit it:
(Msb, K:) and he chewed it: (Msb:) or he
chewed it for the purpose of eating or of trial:
(K:) or he bit it with the lateral teeth, not with
the central incisors: (TA:) or he bit it, namely,
a piece of wood, or a stick, or rod, or the like, in
order to know whether it were hard or fragile:
(S:) or he tried it with his lateral teeth in order
that he might know, or prove, its hardness: and
he bit it, namely, a gaming-arrow known for
winning, between two lateral teeth, in order to
make upon it a mark by which he might know it.
(TA.) ―
2-b2- Hence, (TA,) (tropical:) He tried, tested, or
proved, him. (K, TA.) And عَجَمْتُ عُودَهُ (assumed tropical:) I
tried, tested, or proved his case, and knew his state,
or condition. (S, TA.) And عَجَمَتْهُ الأُمُورُ
(assumed tropical:) Affairs exercised him so as to render him
strong for them, and habituated, or inured, to
them. (TA.) And Kabeesah Ibn-Jábir says,
وَعَاجَمْتُ ↓ الأُمُورَ وَعَاجَمَتْنِى
كَأَنِّى كُنْتُ فِى الأُمَمِ الخَوَالِى
[(assumed tropical:) And I have tried affairs, and they have tried
me, as though I were of the generations that have
passed away]; meaning, as though I were one of
the long-lived, by reason of my many trials.
(Ham p. 340.) ―
2-b3- [Hence also,] one says, الثُّوْرُ
يَعْجُمُ قَرْنَهُ (assumed tropical:) The bull smites the tree with his horn
to try, or test, it. (S, K.) ―
2-b4- And عَجَمَ السَّيْفَ,
(S, K,) inf. n. عَجْمٌ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) He shook the sword
to try, or test, it. (S, K.) ―
2-b5- مَا عَجَمَتْكَ عَيْنِى
مُنْذُ كَذَا means (assumed tropical:) My eye has not seen thee since
such a time; (S, K, TA;) and is said by a man
to one with whom his [last] meeting was long
past. (TA.) An Arab of the desert is related to
have said, تَعْجُمُكَ عَيْنِى, meaning (assumed tropical:) [My eye
seems to know thee; or] it seems to me that I
have seen thee. (TA.) And one says, رَأَيْتُ فُلَانًا
فَجَعَلَتْ عَيْنِى تَعْجُمُهُ i. e. (assumed tropical:) [I saw such a one,]
and my eye seemed to know him, (Lh, S, K, TA,)
not knowing him perfectly, as though not certain
of him. (TA.) And عَجَمُونِى (assumed tropical:) They knew me.
(TA.) ―
2-b6- And [hence, app.,] one says, نَظَرْتُ فِى
الكِتَابِ فَعَجَمْتُ, meaning (assumed tropical:) [I looked into the
book, or writing, and] I did not know surely its
letters. (TA.) ―
2-b7- See also 4. ＝
1-A2- عَجُمَ, [aor.
عَجُمَ ,]
inf. n. عُجْمَةٌ, He had an impotence, or an impediment, or a difficulty, in his speech, or utterance;
and [a barbarousness, or vitiousness, therein, especially in speaking Arabic; (see عُجْمَةٌ below;)
i. e.] a want of clearness, perspicuousness, distinctness, chasteness, or correctness, therein. (Msb.)