مَعَجَ

, aorist مَعَجَ , verbal noun مَعْجٌ, He, or it, (a horse, and the wind, S, and a torrent, TA,) went quickly, or swiftly. (S, K.) See article عمج.

مَرَّ يَمْعَجُ He (a horse) went at an easy pace: (S:) and in like manner مَعَجَتْ she (a camel) went at an easy pace. (Th.)

مَعَجَتِ الرِّيحُ, aorist مَعَجَ , verbal noun مَعْجٌ, The wind blew gently. (IAth.)

الرِّيحُ تَمْعَجُ فِى النَّبَاتِ The wind turns over the herbage to the right and left. (IAth.)

مَعَجَ فى سَيْرِهِ He inclined, in his course in every direction, by reason of his sprightliness. (TA.)

مَعَجَ, aorist مَعَجَ , verbal noun مَعْجٌ, He affected various modes in running: he (a horse) pressed against one of the branches of the bit, and then against the other, now on the right and now on the left; [inclining in his run now to the right and now to the left, by reason of his sprightliness: see مَعَّاجٌ]. (TA.)

مَعَجَ الفَصِيلُ ضَرْعَ أُمِّهِ, (aorist مَعَجَ , verbal noun مَعْجٌ, TA,) The young weaned camel struck its head against its mother's udder, and inverted (as in the S, or opened, as in the K) its mouth around it, in order to suck: (S, K,) as also مَغَجَ. (TA, arts. معج and مغج.)