عرص1 عَرِصَ, [aor. ـَ (Fr, Th, S, O,) inf. n. عَرَصٌ, (S, A, O, K,) He (a man, Fr, S, O, and a cat, Th,) was, or became, brisk, lively, or sprightly; (Fr, Th, S, A, O, K;) as also ↓ اعترص, (Fr, Th,) said of a man, (Fr,) and of a cat. (Th.) b2: He (a man) leaped, jumped, sprang, or bounded; as also ↓ اعترص. (Lh.) b3:  عَرِصَ القَوْمُ The company of men played, or sported, and advanced and retired, urging, or pushing, [one another] from behind: (TA:) and ↓ اعترص he (a child, T, Msb) played, or sported, and was very joyful, or glad, and very brisk, lively, or sprightly. (T, O, Msb, K.) b4:  عَرِصَ البَرْقُ, (IDrd, A, O, K,) aor. ـَ inf. n. عَرَصٌ and عَرْصٌ, (IDrd, O, TA,) The lightning gleamed, or glistened, much: (A:) or was, or became, in a state of commotion, or agitation; quivered; flickered; (IDrd, O, K;) as also ↓ اعترص: (TA:) and in like manner, عَرِصَ السَّيْفُ, inf. n. as above, The sword vibrated, or quivered: (TA:) and جِلْدُهُ ↓ اعترص His skin quivered, or quaked; (K, TA;) as also ارتعص. (TA.) b5:  Also عَرَصَ, aor. ـِ said of a camel, (O, K, TA,) or other [animal], (O, TA,) He struggled, or quivered, (اِضْطَرَبَ, O, K, TA,) with  his hind legs; (O, TA;) as also ↓ اعرص. (O, K.) b6:  And عَرَصَتِ السَّمَآءُ, (Az, S, O, K,) or السَّحَابَةُ, as in some copies of the S, (TA,) aor. ـِ (Az, S, O, K,) inf. n. عَرْصٌ, (Az, S, O, TA,) or عَرَصٌ, (as in one copy of the S,) The sky, or cloud, lightened continually. (Az, S, O, K.) A2:  عَرِصَ, (S, O,) inf. n. عَرَصٌ, (S, O, K,) said of a tent or house, (بَيْت, S, O, K,) and of a plant, (نَبْت, O, K,) Its odour became foul, (S, O,) and stinking, (TA,) or altered, (K,) from the dew (النَّدَا). (S, O, K.) 4 أَعْرَصَ see 1, last sentence but two.5 تعرّص He remained, stayed, dwelt, or abode. (K.) The imperative of the verb in this sense is mentioned by IAar. (O.) 8 إِعْتَرَصَ see 1, in five places.عَرْصٌ I. q. عَرْسٌ (O, K, TA) meaning as expl. in art. عرس: (TA:) or a piece of wood which is laid across a chamber when they desire to roof it: then they lay upon it the ends of the short pieces of wood: (A'Obeyd, O, TA:) occurring in a trad., mispronounced by the relaters عَرْض. (O, * K, TA.) A2:  See also عَرَّاصٌ, in two places.عَرِصٌ: see عَرَّاصٌ, in two places.عَرْصَةٌ The court, or open area, (سَاحَة,) of a house; (T, Msb;) i. e., a spacious vacant part, or portion, thereof, in which is no building; (Msb;) so called because the children play, or sport, &c., (يَعْتَرِصُونَ,) therein: (T, Msb:) or any spacious piece of ground between houses, in which is no building: (S, O, K:) or any distinct piece of ground in which is no building; accord. to EthTha'álibee, in his book entitled “ Fikh el-Loghah: ” (Msb:) or any open space in which is no building: (As, TA:) or the ground of a house, where it is built; and any chamber of a house, in which one sits, not in the upper part: (A:) pl. أَعْرَاصٌ (K) and عِرَاصٌ and عَرَصَاتٌ (S, A, O, Msb, K.) عَرُوصٌ A she-camel having a pleasant odour when she sweats. (IAar, O, K.) عَرَّاصٌ Clouds (سَحَابٌ) having thunder and lightning: (S, O, K:) or having thunder and lightning, without which they are not thus called, in which the lightning is in commotion, or flickering, and which overshadow and approach so as to become like a roof: (O, TA:) or of which the lightning does not cease: (Lh, TA:) and (K) that gleam, or glisten, much, (A, K,) with lightning: (A:) or that lighten at one time, and become concealed at another: (TA:) or which the wind carries to and fro. (O, TA.) b2:  Lightning in a state of commotion, or agitation; quivering; flickering; as also ↓ عَرِصٌ and ↓ عَرْصٌ: (K:) or vehemently so, (IDrd, O, TA,) and vehement in its thunder: (TA:) or that gleams, or glistens, much: or that lightens at one time, and becomes unapparent at another; as also ↓ عَرِصٌ and ↓ عَرْصٌ. (Ibn-'Abbád, O.) b3:  A pliant spear, (AA, S, O, K, TA,) that vibrates, or quivers, when shaken: (S, * O, * TA:) and so applied to a sword: (AA, S, O, K:) or, applied to a spear, it signifies of which, when it is shaken, the head glistens; from  عَرِصَ البَرْقُ. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, TA.) مُعَرَّصٌ Flesh-meat laid in the عَرْصَة [q. v.] to dry: (S, O, K:) or cut in pieces: (Fr, O, K:) or laid in, or upon, the live coals, so that it becomes mixed with the ashes and not well and thoroughly cooked: (Lth, O, K, TA:) Az says that this last explanation, the like of which has also been given on the authority of ISk, is more pleasing to him than that of Fr. (O, TA.) [See also مُعَرَّضٌ, with ض.]A2:  Also A camel whose back has become submissive, but not his head: (Ibn-Habeeb, O, K:) because they used [sometimes] to ride without bridling. (TA.) المِعْرَاصُ The هِلَال [or new moon, or moon when near the change]. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.)