رَعِشَ

, (S, A, K,) aorist رَعَشَ ; and رَعَشَ, aorist رَعَشَ ; (A, K;) verbal noun (of the former, S) رَعَشٌ; (S, K;) and [of the latter,] رَعْشٌ; (K;) He trembled, quivered, quaked, or shivered; (S;) as also ↓ ارتعش: (S, A, * K:) or he was taken with a tremour, quivering, quaking, or shivering: (A, K:) [or he was made to tremble, &c.; for] رَعِشَتْ يَدُهُ is like ↓ أُرْعِشَتْ [His hand, or arm, was made to tremble, &c.]. (Zj.) And رَعْشٌ, like مَنْعٌ [in form], signifies The shaking of the head in going along, and in sleep. (TA.) You say also, ↓ ارتعش رَأْسُهُ His head shook by reason of old age. (A, TA.) And يَدُهُ ↓ ارتعشت, (TA,) and أَنَامِلُهُ, (A, TA,) and مَفَاصِلُهُ, (TA,) His hand, or arm, and the ends, or end-joints, of his fingers, and his joints, trembled, or quivered. (TA.)