رَجَحَ
1.
, aorist
رَجَحَ
and
رَجُحَ
(Msb, TA) and
رَجِحَ
, (TA,) verbal noun رُجُوحٌ (Msb, TA) and رَجَحَانٌ and رُجْحَانٌ, (TA,) or this last is a simple subst., (Msb,) It (a thing) exceeded another thing in weight; outweighed; preponderated. (Msb, TA. *) And رَجَحَ الميزَانُ, aorist
رَجَحَ
(S, A, Msb, K) and
رَجُحَ
(S, Msb, K, but omitted in some copies of the S) and
رَجِحَ
, (S, K,) verbal noun رُجْحَانٌ (S, A, K) and رُجُوحٌ, (K,) [but see what is said of the former above,] The balance inclined; (S, Msb, K;) i. e. the scale, of the balance, in which was the thing weighed was heavier than the other; (Msb;) as also
ترجّح. (MA.) And رَجَحَتْ إِحْدَى الكَفَّتَيْنِ
عَلَى الأُخُرِى [One of the two scales outweighed the other]. (A.)
2.
[Hence,] رَجَحَ أَحَدُ قَوْلَيْهِ عَلَى
الاخَرِ (tropical:) [One of his two sayings outweighed the other; surpassed, excelled, was preferable to, or of more force or validity than, the other]. (A.)
3.
And رَجَحَ الشَّىْءُ
The thing was, or became, heavy. (TA in article رجحن [q. v.].)
4.
[Hence,] رَجَحَ فِى مَجْلِسِهِ (tropical:) He was, or became, heavy, [i. e. dull, torpid, or drowsy,] not light, [i. e. not lively or sprightly,] in his sitting-place. (TA.)
5.
It is also used transitively: one says, رَجَحْتُهُ [I outweighed him]. (Msb.)
6.
[Hence,] رَجَحَهُ (assumed tropical:) He surpassed him in gravity, staidness, sedateness, and forbearance, or clemency; was, or became, more grave, staid, sedate, and forbearing, or clement, (أَرْزَن, S, K, TA, and أَحْلَم, TA,) than he. (S, K, TA.) So in the saying, نَاوَأْنَا قَوْمًا
فَرَجَحْنَاهُمْ (assumed tropical:) [We vied with a people, or party, and surpassed them in gravity, &c.]. (TA.) And فَرَجَحْتُهُ
رَاجَحْتُهُ (assumed tropical:) [I vied with him in gravity, &c., and surpassed him therein]. (S, K, TA.)
7.
You say also, رَجَحَ الشَّىْءَ بِيَدِهِ
He weighed the thing with his hand, trying what was its weight: (TA:) or so رَجَحَهُ alone. (A.)