ظَلَعَ

, aorist ظَلَعَ , verbal noun ظَلْعٌ, (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K,) said of a camel, (S, O, Msb, K,) and of a man also, (Msb, TA,) and, by Aboo-Dhu-eyb, of a horse, (S, TA,) [and likewise said of a dog, (see ظَالِعٌ,)] He limped, or halted, synonym غَمَزَ فِى مَشْيِهِ, (S, O, Msb, K, TA,) and عَرِجَ; (TA;) or was slightly lame: (Mgh:) what it signifies resembles عَرَجٌ [or natural lameness], and therefore it is said to be a slight عَرَج. (Msb.) One says, اِرْقَ عَلَى ظَلْعِكَ, (S, O, L, K,) a prov., (O, L,) meaning Ascend thou the mountain with knowledge [or because] of thy limping, or slight lameness, not jading thyself: (L:) or deal gently with thyself, and burden not thyself with more than thou art able to do: (S:) or impose upon thyself, of what is difficult, [only] what thou art able to do; for he who ascends a ladder or stair, or a mountain, when he is one who limps, or has a slight lameness, deals gently with himself; i. e. exceed not thy proper limit in thy threatening, but see thy deficiency, and thine impotence to execute it: (O, K: *) and some say اِرْقَأْ, with, meaning rectify thine affair first; (O, K;) or as meaning abstain, and restrain thyself; (O;) or, according to AZ, abstain thou, for I know thy vices, or faults: (TA:) or the meaning of both is, be silent, because, or in consideration, of the fault that is in thee. (Ks, O, K. *) One says also, اِرْقِ عَلَى ظَلْعِكَ, with kesr to the ق, [meaning Charm thou thy slight lameness, to cure it,] from الرُّقْيَةُ: and it is said in another prov.,

اِرْقِ عَلَى ظَلْعِكَ أَنْ يُهَاضَا

[apparently meaning Charm thou thy slight lameness, that it may become mitigated: see article هيض: the final ا in يهاضا being what is termed أَلِفُ الإِطْلَاقِ, not a radical]. (O, K.) And قِ عَلَى ظَلْعِكَ [Be cautious, because, or in consideration, of thy limping]: said when there is a vice, or fault, in a man, and you chide him in order that it may not be called to mind: (O, K: [for يَذْكُرَ in the CK, I read يُذْكَرَ, as in other copies of the K and in the O:]) and to this he replies, or may reply, وَقَيْتُ. (TA. [See also article وقى.]) And اِرْبَعْ عَلَى ظَلْعِكَ [Act gently, or with deliberation, or restrain thyself, because of thy limping]; meaning thou art weak; therefore refrain from that which thou art not able to do. (O, K. [See also article ربع.]) And لَا يَرْبَعُ عَلَى ظَلْعِكَ مَنْ لَيْسَ يَحْزُنُهُ أَمْرُكَ, meaning He will not mind thine affair (Hr, O, K) whom thy condition does not grieve: (Hr, O:) or, originally, he will not pause because of thy limping, when thou laggest behind thy companions on account of thy weakness, who does not care for thy case. (Hr, O, K. * [See, again, article ربع.])

Also, said of a man, (tropical:) He stopped short, and lagged behind. (TA.)

ظَلَعَتِ الأَرْضُ بِأَهْلِهَا (tropical:) The land became straitened with its inhabitants, by reason of their multitude; (A 'Obeyd, S, O, K;) it would not bear them, by reason of their multitude, like the beast that limps with its load because of its heaviness. (Z, TA.)

ظَلَعَت said of a bitch, (tropical:) She desired copulation. (As, O, K, TA.) And ظَلَعَ said of a dog, (assumed tropical:) He desired to copulate. (TA.)

-A2- ظَلَعَتْ عَيْنَهَا She (a woman) contracted and inclined her eye. (TA.)