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جمع جمل جمن


1. ⇒ جمل

جَمَلَ, (Ḳ,) aor. ـُ {يَجْمُلُ}, inf. n. جَمْلٌ, (TA,) He collected [a thing, or things]. (Ḳ.) [See also 4.]

Root: جمل - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

Also, (Ṣ, Mgh, Ḳ,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (Ṣ, Mgh,) He melted fat; (Ṣ, Mgh, Ḳ;) and soاجتمل↓, andاجمل↓: (AʼObeyd, Ṣ, Ḳ:) this last was sometimes used: (Ṣ:) the best form is جَمَلَ: (Fr, TA:) accord. to Z, اجتمل↓ signifies he made the melted grease of fat to drip upon bread, putting it again over the fire. (TA. [See جَمِيلٌ.]) جَمَلَكَ ٱللّٰهُ, meaning May God melt thee like as fat is melted, is a form of imprecation mentioned in a trad., as used by a woman. (TA.)

Root: جمل - Entry: 1. Dissociation: B

جَمَلَ الجَمَلَ He put the he-camel apart from the she-camel that was fit to be covered. (TA.)

Root: جمل - Entry: 1. Dissociation: C

جَمُلَ, aor. ـُ {يَجْمُلُ}; (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ;) and جَمِلَ, aor. ـَ {يَجْمَلُ}; (Mṣb;) inf. n. جَمَالٌ, (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ,*) originally جَمَالَةٌ; (Mṣb;) He was, or became, beautiful, goodly, comely, or pleasing, (Ṣ, M, Mgh, Ḳ,) in person, (M, Ḳ,) and good in action, or actions, or behaviour, (M, TA,) or also in moral character: (Ḳ:) or elegant, or pretty; i. e., delicately, or minutely, beautiful: (Sb, Mṣb:) or characterized by much goodness, beauty, goodliness, comeliness, or pleasingness, in his mind, or in his person, or in his actions or behaviour; and also, characterized by much goodness communicated from him to others. (Er-Rághib, TA.) [See جَمَالٌ, below; and see also جَمِيلٌ.]


2. ⇒ جمّل

جمّل, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) inf. n. تَجْمِيلٌ, (Ḳ,) He, or it, embellished, or adorned, another. (Ṣ, Ḳ.) Hence the saying, إِذَا لَمْ يُجَمِّلْكَ مَالُكَ لَمْ يُجْدِ عَلَيْكَ جَمَالُكَ [If thy wealth do not embellish thee, thy beauty of person, or of moral character, will not suffice thee]. (TA.) And you say, جَمَّلَ ٱللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ, inf. n. as above, meaning, May God render him beautiful. (TA.)

Root: جمل - Entry: 2. Dissociation: B

He gave a camel to be eaten. (Ḳ in art. برقش.)

Root: جمل - Entry: 2. Dissociation: C

He detained an army long [on the frontier of the enemy]; (Ḳ, TA;) like جَمَّرَ [q. v.]. (TA.)


3. ⇒ جامل

جاملهُ, (Ḳ,) inf. n. مُجَامَلَةٌ, (Ṣ, TA,) He coaxed him, or wheedled him, with comely behaviour or speech (بِالجَمِيلِ), not rendering him pure, or sincere, brotherly affection: (ISd, Ḳ:) or he associated with him in a good manner: (Ḳ:) or he treated him with comely behaviour. (Ṣ, TA.) One says, عَلَيْكَ بِالمُدَارَاةِ وَالمُجَامَلَةِ [Keep thou to blandishment and coaxing,, &c.]. (TA.)


4. ⇒ اجمل

اجمل He collected a thing (Mṣb, Ḳ) without discrimination, or distinction, (Mṣb,) or from a state of separation, or dispersion. (Ḳ.) [See also 1.] And أُجْمِلَ It was collected into an aggregate. (TA.)

Root: جمل - Entry: 4. Signification: A2

He reduced a calculation to its sum; summed it up: (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA:) and in like manner, he summed up a speech, or discourse, and then analyzed and explained it. (TA.)

Root: جمل - Entry: 4. Signification: A3
Root: جمل - Entry: 4. Dissociation: B

He made good and large [or liberal]: so in the phrase, اجمل الصَّنِيعَةَ (Ṣ, Ḳ) He made the benefit good and large [or liberal] (Ḳ) عِنْدَ فُلَانٍ [to such a one]. (Ṣ.)

Root: جمل - Entry: 4. Dissociation: C

[He acted with goodness, or was good and liberal: and he acted with moderation, or was moderate. You say,] اجمل فِى صَنِيعِهِ [He was good and liberal, or, perhaps, moderate, in his benefit]. (Ṣ.) And اجمل فِى الطَّلَبِ He was moderate, not extravagant, in demanding, or desire. (Mṣb,* Ḳ, TA.) It is said in a trad., أَجْمِلُوا فِى طَلَبِ الرِّزْقِ فَإِنَّ كُلًّا مُيَسَّرٌ لِمَا خُلِقَ لَهُ [Be ye moderate in demanding, or desiring, the means of subsistence, for every one is accommodated to that which is created for him]. (TA.)

Root: جمل - Entry: 4. Dissociation: D

اجمل القَوْمُ The people, or company of men, had many camels; or their camels became many. (Ṣ.)


5. ⇒ تجمّل

تجمّل He beautified, embellished, or adorned, himself. (Ḳ.)

Root: جمل - Entry: 5. Signification: A2

He affected what is جَمِيل [or beautiful, goodly, comely, or pleasing, in person, or in action or actions or behaviour, or in moral character,, &c.]. (Ṣ.) You say, تجمّل بِأَكْثَرَ مِمَّا عِنْدَهُ [He affected beautiful, goodly, comely, or pleasing, qualities, more than he possessed]. (TA in art. شبع.)

Root: جمل - Entry: 5. Signification: A3

He was, or became, patient; or restrained himself from impatience; or constrained himself to be patient: (Mgh, TA:) from جَمَالٌ meaning “patience.” (Mgh.) Hence the saying,

* وَإِذَا تُصِبْكَ خَصَاصَةٌ فَتَجَمَّلِ *

And when poverty, or straitness, befalls thee, then be patient, or restrain thyself, &c. (Mgh in art. خص.)

Root: جمل - Entry: 5. Dissociation: B

He ate what is termed جَمِيل, i. e., melted fat. (Ṣ, Ḳ.*)


8. ⇒ اجتمل

اجتمل: see 1, in two places.

Root: جمل - Entry: 8. Dissociation: B

Also He anointed himself with fat. (TA.)

Root: جمل - Entry: 8. Dissociation: C

And He ate of a camel. (Ḳ in art. برقش.)


10. ⇒ استجمل

استجمل He (a camel) became a جَمَل, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) i. e., such as is termed رَبَاعٍ [or one in his seventh year], (Ṣ,) or such as is termed بَازِلٌ [or one in his ninth year], or, accord. to Z, one that had covered. (TA.)


جَمْلٌ

جَمْلٌ: see جَمَلٌ.


جُمْلٌ

جُمْلٌ: see جُمْلَةٌ and جُمَّلٌ; the latter in two places.


جَمَلٌ

جَمَلٌ (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ, &c.) andجَمْلٌ↓, (Ḳ,) which latter is so rare that it is said by some to be used only in poetry, in cases of necessity, (MF,) but it is a correct dial. var., (TA,) a word of well-known meaning; (Ḳ;) i. e., [A he-camel; but commonly applied to the camel as a generic term; in like manner as جَامِلٌ is applied to the males and the females; but properly,] the male of the إِبِل; (TA;) the mate of the نَاقَة; (Fr, Ṣ, Mgh;) among camels, corresponding to رَجُلٌ among us; (Sh, Mṣb;) نَاقَةٌ corresponding to مَرْأَةٌ, and بَكْرٌ to غُلَامٌ, and بَكْرَةٌ to جَارِيَةٌ; (Sh, TA;) [in general] peculiarly applied to the male; (Mṣb;) exceptionally to the female, as in the saying شَرِبْتُ لَبَنَ جَمَلِى, (Ḳ,) i. e., I drank the milk of my she-camel; but ISd doubts the correctness of this: (TA:) [as corresponding to رَجُلٌ among us, it signifies a full-grown he-camel:] or it signifies such as is termed رَبَاعٍ [or one in his seventh year]: (Ṣ, ISd, Ḳ:) or such as is termed جَذَعٌ [or one in his fifth year]: (ISd, Ḳ:) or such as is termed بَازِلٌ [or one in his ninth year]: (ISd, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ:) or such as is termed ثَنِىٌّ [or one in his sixth year]: (ISd, Ḳ:) or, accord. to Z, one that has covered: (TA:) [see also بَعِيرٌ, and بَكْرٌ, and قَعُودٌ:] pl. [of pauc.] أَجْمَالٌ, (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ,) which may be pl. of جَمْلٌ, (TA,) and أَجْمُلٌ (Mṣb) and [of mult.] جِمَالٌ (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ) and جُمْلٌ (Ḳ) and جِمَالَةٌ (Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ) and [quasi-pl. n.] جُمَالَةٌ and جَمَالَةٌ and جَامِلٌ, (Ḳ,) which last is disallowed by some, as will be seen below, (TA,) and [pl. pl.] جِمَالَاتٌ, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) which is pl. of جِمَالٌ, (Mṣb, TA,) or it may be pl. of جِمَالَةٌ, (TA,) and جُمَالَاتٌ [which see also voce جُمَّلٌ] and جَمَالَاتٌ (Ḳ) and جَمَائِلُ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) pl. of جمالة and جِمال, (Ḥam p. 527,) and أَجَامِلُ. (Ḳ.) One says of camels, when they are males, without any female among them, هٰذِهِ جِمَالَةُ بَنِى فُلَانٍ [These are the he-camels of the sons of such a one]. (ISk, Ṣ. [See also جُمَالَةٌ.]) And they said also جِمَالَانِ [meaning Two herds of camels, thus forming a dual from the pl. جِمَالٌ], like as they said لِقَاحَانِ. (ISd, in TA voce خَيْلٌ.) It is said in a prov., مَاٱسْتَتَرَ مَنْ قَادَ الجَمَلَ [He does not conceal himself who leads the he-camel]. (TA.) And in another prov., اِتَّخَذَ اللَّيْلَ جَمَلًاHe journeyed all the night. (Ḳ, TA. [See also Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 230.])

Root: جمل - Entry: جَمَلٌ Signification: A2

الجَمَلُ also signifies A certain fish (IAạr, Ḳ) of the sea, (IAạr, TA,) thirty cubits in length: (Ḳ:) or, as some say, جَمَلُ البَحْرِ is the name of a very great fish, also called the بَال, [i. e., the whale,] thirty cubits in length: accord. to some, this, (TA,) or جَمَلُ المَآءِ, (Mgh,) is what is called the كَوْسَج and كُبَع (Mgh, TA) and لُخْم, [i. e., xiphias, or sword-fish,] which passes by nothing without cutting it. (TA.) [In the present day, جَمَلُ البَحْرِ is an appellation of The pelican.]

Root: جمل - Entry: جَمَلٌ Signification: A3

عَيْنُ الجَمَلِ, in the dial. of Egypt, i. q. الشَّاه بَلُّوط [The chestnut]. (TA.)

Root: جمل - Entry: جَمَلٌ Signification: A4

جَمَلٌ signifies also † A woman's husband. (L in arts. اخذ and قيد. See 2 in each of those arts.)

Root: جمل - Entry: جَمَلٌ Signification: A5

Also ‡ Palm-trees; (Ḳ;) as being likened to the he-camel in respect of their tallness and their bigness and their produce: in some of the copies of the Ḳ, النَّحْلُ is erroneously put for النَّخْلُ. (TA.)

Root: جمل - Entry: جَمَلٌ Signification: A6

جُمَلٌ

جُمَلٌ: see جُمَّلٌ, in three places.


جُمُلٌ

جُمُلٌ A company, or congregated body, of men. (ISd, Ḳ.)

Root: جمل - Entry: جُمُلٌ Signification: A2

جُمْلَةٌ

جُمْلَةٌ A strand of a thick rope: pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] جُمْلٌ↓: or many strands of a rope, put together [to compose a cable: see جُمَّلٌ]. (TA, in two places in this art.)

Root: جمل - Entry: جُمْلَةٌ Signification: A2

Hence, app., (TA,) The aggregate of a thing; (Ḳ;) the sum, whole, or total; (KL, PṢ;) it implies muchness, or numerousness, and means any aggregate unseparated: (Er-Rághib, TA:) pl. جُمَلٌ. (Ṣ.) [جُمْلَةٌ مِنْ مَالٍ generally means A large sum of money; and in a similar sense جُمْلَةٌ is often used in relation to various things.] It is said in the Ḳur [xxv. 34], وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ لَا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقُرْآنُ جُمْلَةً وَاحِدَةً, i. e., [And those who disbelieved said, Wherefore was not the Ḳur-án sent down, or revealed, to him] aggregated? (TA:) [or in one aggregate?] or at once? (Bḍ.) [Hence, بِالجُمْلَةِ as meaning Upon the whole; to sum up.]

Root: جمل - Entry: جُمْلَةٌ Signification: A3

And hence, in grammar, (TA,) [A proposition; a clause; a phrase; sometimes, a sentence;] a phrase composed of a subject and an attribute, [i. e., composed of an inchoative and an enunciative, (in which case it is termed جُمْلَةٌ ٱسْمِيَّةٌ,) or of a verb and its agent, (in which case it is termed جُمْلَةٌ فِعْلِيَّةٌ,)] (KT, TA,) [&c.,] whether affording a complete sense, as زَيْدٌ قَائِمٌ [Zeyd is standing], or not, as إِنْ يُكْرِمْنِى [If he treat me with honour]. (KT.)


جَمْلَآءُ

جَمْلَآءُ: see جَمِيلٌ.


جَمَلُونَ

جَمَلُونَ A building, or structure, in the form of a camel's hump: (TA:) [a ridged roof: so in the present day: pl. جَمَالِينُ.]


جَمَالٌ

جَمَالٌ inf. n. of جَمُلَ: (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb:) [when used as a simple subst., meaning] Beauty, goodliness, comeliness, or pleasingness, syn. حُسْنٌ, (Ṣ, M, Mgh,* Ḳ,) in person, (M, Ḳ,) and goodness in action, or actions, or behaviour, (M, TA,) or also, in moral character: (Ḳ:) or elegance, or prettiness; i. e., delicacy, or minuteness, of beauty: (Sb, Mṣb:) or much goodness, or beauty or goodliness or comeliness, in the mind, or in the person, or in the actions or behaviour; and also, much goodness that is communicated from its possessor to another: (Er-Rághib, TA:) accord. to Aṣ, [when relating to the person,] حُسْنٌ is in the eyes; and جَمَالٌ, in the nose. (TA in art. حسن.) [See also جَمِيلٌ.] One says, جَمَالَكَ أَنْ لَا تَفْعَلَ كَذَا, (ISd, Ḳ,) or أَنْ تَفْعَلَ كَذَا, (IDrd, TA,) meaning, Keep to that which is most comely for thee to do, and do not thus. (IDrd, ISd, Ḳ. [But see what follows.])

Root: جمل - Entry: جَمَالٌ Signification: A2

Also Patience. (Mgh in art. خص.) Aboo-Dhu-eyb says,

* جَمَالَكَ أَيُّهَا القَلْبُ القَرِيحُ *
* سَتَلْقَى مَنْ تُحِبُّ فَتَسْتَرِيحُ *

(Ṣ,* TA, the former of which cites only the first hemistich, and the latter substitutes الجَرِيحُ for its syn. القَرِيحُ,) meaning, [Keep thy patience, O thou wounded heart: thou wilt find whom thou lovest, and be at rest: or] keep to thy patience, or thy constraint of thyself to be patient, and thy shrinking from what is foul, and be not impatient in an evil manner. (Ṣ, TA.)


جُمَالٌ

جُمَالٌ: see جَمِيلٌ:

Root: جمل - Entry: جُمَالٌ Dissociation: B

جَمُولٌ

جَمُولٌ A piece of fat melted. (IAạr, TA.) [See also جَمِيلٌ.]

Root: جمل - Entry: جَمُولٌ Signification: A2

A fat woman. (IAạr, Ḳ.)

Root: جمل - Entry: جَمُولٌ Signification: A3

A person, (Ḳ,) or woman, (M,) who melts fat. (M, Ḳ.)


جَمِيلٌ

جَمِيلٌ Melted fat: (Ṣ, Mgh:) or melting fat: or fat that is melted and collected: (Ḳ, TA:) or fat that is melted, and, whenever it drips, made to drip upon bread, and then replaced over the fire [that it may drip again: see جَمَلَ]: (TA:) andجُمَالَةٌ↓, also, signifies [the same; or] melted grease. (Mgh,* TA.) [See also جَمُولٌ.]

Root: جمل - Entry: جَمِيلٌ Dissociation: B

Hence, accord. to Abu-l-ʼAlà, because, when a man becomes fat and in good condition, his جَمَال becomes apparent, (Ḥam p. 155,) as alsoجُمَالٌ↓ andجُمَّالٌ↓, (Ḳ,) or this last denotes a higher degree of beauty than جَمِيلٌ, (Ṣ, Ṣgh,) and has no broken pl., (TA,) andأَجْمَلُ↓, (TA,) Beautiful, goodly, comely, or pleasing, (Ṣ, M, Mgh, Ḳ,) in person, (M, Ḳ,) and good in action, or actions, or behaviour, (M, TA,) or also in moral character: (Ḳ:) [like the Greek καλὸς, the Latin pulcher, the French beau,, &c.; and so حَسَنٌ:] or elegant, or pretty; i. e., delicately, or minutely, beautiful: (Mṣb:) [or characterized by much goodness, or beauty or goodliness or comeliness, in his mind, or in his person, or in his actions or behaviour; and also characterized by much goodness communicated from him to others: see جَمَالٌ:] pl. of the first جَمَالٌ: (TA:) fem. جَمِيلَةٌ, (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ,) applied to a woman; (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb;) as alsoجَمْلَآءُ↓, (Ks, Ṣ, Ḳ,) [said to be] an instance of [the measure] فَعْلَآءُ having no [masc. of the measure] أَفْعَلُ; (TA;) [but see above;] or this is applied to any female as signifying perfect, or complete, in body. (Ibn-ʼAbbád, Ḳ.) It is said in a trad., إِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ جَمِيلٌ يُحِبُّ الجِمَالَ Verily God is comely in deeds, (TA,) or an Abundant Bestower of good things: He loveth those who are of the like character. (Er-Rághib, TA.) And you say, عَامَلَهُ بَالجَمِيلِ [He treated him with comely, or pleasing, behaviour]. (TA.) And مَاسَحَهُ بِالجَمِيل [He coaxed him, or wheedled him, with comely, or pleasing, behaviour or speech]. (ISd, Ḳ. [See 3.])

Root: جمل - Entry: جَمِيلٌ Signification: B2

أَبُو جَمِيلٍ [The kind of plants called] البَقْل; because they embellish by their presence, and render good, the seasoning of food; or because they take away the جَمِيل, i. e., the grease of the flesh-meat, and dry up the food. (Ḥar p. 227.)


جَمَالَةٌ

جَمَالَةٌ: see the next paragraph.


جُمَالَةٌ

جُمَالَةٌ: see جُمَّلٌ:

Root: جمل - Entry: جُمَالَةٌ Dissociation: B
Root: جمل - Entry: جُمَالَةٌ Dissociation: C

Also A herd, or distinct number, of camels; (Ḳ;) mentioned before as a pl. of جَمَلٌ [q. v.]: (TA:) or, of she-camels among which is no he-camel; as alsoجِمَالَةٌ↓ andجَمَالَةٌ↓; (Ḳ;) but this is contradictory to a saying of ISk [respecting جِمَالَةٌ], mentioned above [voce جَمَلٌ; where all these three words are said to be pls. of جَمَلٌ]: (TA:) and also horses: pl.جُمَالٌ↓, which is extr. [as a pl.; though, in relation to جُمَالَةٌ, it may be a coll. gen. n., forming its n. un. with ة]. (AA, Ḳ.)


جِمَالَةٌ

جِمَالَةٌ: see what next precedes.


جَمِيلَةٌ

جَمِيلَةٌ A number of gazelles together: and of pigeons. (Ibn-ʼAbbád, Ḳ.)


جُمَالِىٌّ / جُمَالِيَّةٌ

جُمَالِىٌّ applied to a man, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) Large in make: (Ṣ, Mṣb:) or tall in body: (Mṣb:) or firm [in make], (Ḳ,) or big in limbs, complete in make, (TA,) like a he-camel. (Ḳ, TA.) And with ة {جُمَالِيَّةٌ} applied to a she-camel, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) Resembling a he-camel in greatness of make: (Ṣ:) or firm (Ḳ, TA) in make, (TA,) like a he-camel (Ḳ, TA) in greatness of make and in strength. (TA.)


جُمَّلٌ

جُمَّلٌ (Ṣ, Ḳ, &c.) andجُمَلٌ↓ andجُمْلٌ↓ (Ḳ) andجُمُلٌ↓ andجَمَلٌ↓ (IJ, Ḳ) [A cable;] the rope of a ship, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) i. e., the thick rope thereof, (TA,) that is also called قَلْسٌ, (Ṣ, TA,) consisting of [a number of] ropes put together: (Ṣ:) andجُمَالَةٌ↓ also signifies [the same; or] a thick rope, because consisting of many strands put together; pl. جُمَالَاتٌ; (Zj, TA;) which Mujáhid explains as meaning the ropes of bridges; but I’Ab, as the ropes of ships, put together so as to be like the waists of men [in thickness]. (TA.) In all the forms mentioned above, except the last (جمالة), the word is read in the phrase [in the Ḳur vii. 38], حَتَّى يَلِجَ الجُمَّلُ فِى سَمِّ الخِيَاطِ [Until the cable shall enter into the eye of the needle]: (Ḳ, TA:) I’Ab reads الجُمَّلُ, (Ṣ, TA,) and so do ʼAlee and many others: جُمْلٌ↓ is pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] of جُمْلَةٌ, a strand of a thick rope; or, accord. to IJ, pl. of جَمَلٌ [q. v.]: the first is explained by Fr as meaning ropes put together; but Aboo-Tálib thinks that he meant جُمَلٌ↓, without teshdeed. (TA.)

Root: جمل - Entry: جُمَّلٌ Dissociation: B

حِسَابُ الجُمَّلِ, (Ṣ Ḳ,) thought by IDrd to be not Arabic, (TA,) andالجُمَلِ↓, (Ḳ,) but IDrd doubts its correctness, The calculation by means of the letters د ج ب ا, &c. (TA.)


جَمَّالٌ

جَمَّالٌ An owner, or an attendant, of a camel or camels: (KL, TA:* [see also جامِلٌ:]) and جَمَّالَةٌ owners, or attendants, of camels; (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA;) similar to خَيَّالَةٌ and حَمَّارَةٌ; (Ṣ, TA;) as the former is to حَمَّارٌ. (TA.) [See an ex. of the latter in a verse cited voce إِذَا.]


جُمَّالٌ

جُمَّالٌ: see جَمِيلٌ.


جَامِلٌ

جَامِلٌ [act. part. n. of جَمَلَ.]

Root: جمل - Entry: جَامِلٌ Dissociation: B

[And also part. n. of جَمُلَ.] The Arabs say, اُجْمُلْ إِنْ كُنْتَ جَامِلًا [Become beautiful,, &c., if thou be becoming beautiful,, &c.]: but when they mean the quality [alone], they say, إِنَّهُ لَجَمِيلٌ [Verily he is beautiful,, &c.]. (Lḥ, TA.)

Root: جمل - Entry: جَامِلٌ Dissociation: C

A man possessing a جَمَل [or he-camel]. (TA. [See also جَمَّالٌ.])

Root: جمل - Entry: جَامِلٌ Signification: C2

A herd, or distinct number, of camels, (Ṣ, Ḳ,* TA,) males and females, (TA,) with their pastors and their owners: (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA: [also said in the Ḳ to be a pl. of جَمَلٌ: in the CK, الجامِعُ is erroneously put for الجَامِلُ:]) or a word formed to denote a pl., meaning camels, (Ḥam pp. 122 and 490,) males and females; (Id p. 122;) derived from جَمَلٌ; (Id. p. 490;) like بَاقِرٌ (Id. ib. and TA) from بَقَرٌ, (Ḥam p. 490,) and كَالِبٌ [from كَلْبٌ]. (TA.)

Root: جمل - Entry: جَامِلٌ Signification: C3

Also A great tribe. (AHeyth, Ḳ.)


أَجْمَلُ

أَجْمَلُ [More, and most, جَمِيل, or beautiful,, &c.]. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: جمل - Entry: أَجْمَلُ Signification: A2

مُجْمَلٌ

مُجْمَلٌ [pass. part. n. of 4, q. v.]

Root: جمل - Entry: مُجْمَلٌ Signification: A2

[Also, applied to a phrase or the like,] properly, Including, or implying, a number of things, many and unexplained: (Er-Rághib, TA:) as used by the lawyers, [confused, or] requiring explanation. (TA.)


مُجَامِلٌ

مُجَامِلٌ [act. part. n. of 3, q. v.]

Root: جمل - Entry: مُجَامِلٌ Signification: A2

[Also] One who is unable to answer a question put to him by another person, and therefore neglects it, and bears malice against him for some time. (TA.)


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