pull, attract

, (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. , (Msb, K,) inf. n. جَذْبٌ; (S, Msb;) as also جَبَذَهُ, (S, TA,) inf. n. جَبْذٌ, of the dial. of Temeem, (TA,) or formed by transposition; (S, TA; [but see art. جبذ;]) and ↓ اجتذبهُ; (S, A, K;) He drew it; dragged it; pulled it; tugged it; strained it; extended it by drawing, or pulling or tugging; stretched it; extended, lengthened, or protracted, it; (S, A, K;) namely, a thing; and sometimes relating to an ideal object. (TA.) ― -b2- جَذَبَ مِنَ الإِنَآءِ, (S,) or جَذَبَ مِنَ المَآءِ, (K,) or جَذَبَ المَآءَ, (A, Msb,) نَفَسًا, (S, A, Msb, K,) or نَفَسَيْنِ, (S, A, Msb,) (tropical:) He drank (S, K) from the vessel, (S,) or of the water, (K,) by putting his mouth into it, [a draught, or two draughts:] (S, K:) or he conveyed [or drew up] into the innermost parts of his nose [a draught, or two draughts, of the water]. (Msb.) And جَذَبَتْ لَبَنَهَا (tropical:) She (a camel) drank her milk when she was milked. (A. [But see what next follows: and see also 5.]) ― -b3- جَذَبَتْ, said of a she-camel, (S, K,) and of a she-ass also, aor. , inf. n. جِذَابٌ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) She became scant of milk; (S, K;) she drew her milk (جَذَبَتْ لَبَنَهَا) from her udder so that it went away upwards. (TA.) ― -b4- جَذَبَهُ, (K,) or جَذَبَهُ عَنْ أُمِّهِ, (S, A,) aor. , inf. n. جَذْبٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) He weaned him; namely, a colt, (S, A, K,) and a young camel, and a lamb. (TA.) And one says of a mother, جَذَبَتْ وَلَدَهَا (tropical:) She weaned her young one: so accord. to Lh, who does not specify the kind. (ISd, TA.) And accord. to the T, جُذِبَ is said of a child, or of a lamb or kid, meaning (tropical:) He was weaned. (TA.) ― -b5- جَذَبَهُ and ↓ جَاذَبَهُ He transferred, or removed, it (a thing) from its place. (K.) ― -b6- جَذَبَتْهُ (tropical:) She repelled him, or rejected him; namely, a man who sought her in marriage; (T, A, TA;) as though from the saying جَاذَبْتُهُ فَجَذَبْتُهُ [which see below]; (T, TA;) [i. e.] as though she contended with him and overcame him, and thus he became separated from her; (T, A, TA;) as also جَبَذَتْهُ. (T, TA.) [Accord. to the TA, ↓ جَاذَبَتْهُ has the same meaning; but I think that this is a mistake of a copyist.] ― -b7- جَذَبَ فُلَانٌ حَبْلَ فُلَانِهِ (assumed tropical:) Such a one severed the bond of his union. (M, TA.) And جَذَبَ فُلَانٌ الحَبْلَ بَيْنَنَا (tropical:) Such a one severed the bond of union between us. (A, TA.) ― -b8- جَذَبَ النَّخْلَةَ, aor. , (AHn, K,) inf. n. جَذْبٌ, (AHn, TA,) He cut off the جَذَب [q. v.] of the palm-tree, (AHn, K,) to eat it. (AHn, TA.) ― -b9- جَذَبَ العَدْوَ (assumed tropical:) He ran quickly. (L in art. معد.) See also 7. ― -b10- جَذَب الشَّهْرُ, (S, A, K,) aor. , inf. n. جَذْبٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) The greater part of the month (عَامَّتُهُ, S, A, K, i. e. أَكْثَرُهُ, TA) passed. (S, A, K.) -A2- جَذَبَهُ, aor. , He overcame him in المُجَاذَبَة (K) [lit. drawing, dragging, pulling, &c.; (see 3;) but also] used figuratively [as meaning (tropical:) he overcame him in contention]. (TA.) You say, ↓ جَاذَبْتُهُ فَجَذَبْتُهُ [I contended with him in drawing, dragging, &c., and I overcame him therein: and also] (tropical:) I contended with him and I overcame him. (T, A, * TA.)

He contended with him in drawing, dragging, pulling or tugging, straining, or stretching, &c. (L in art. مد.) And جاذبهُ الحَبْلَ [He contended with him in pulling the rope]. (Mgh in art. نزع .) And جاذبهُ الثَّوْب He contended with him in pulling the garment, or piece of cloth. (A.) And جاذبوا الشَّىْءَ, inf. n. مُجَاذَبَةٌ, They pulled the thing, every one of them to himself. (Msb.) And جَاذَبْتُهُ فَجَذَبْتُهُ: see 1, last sentence: [a phrase having two meanings: for] you say, جَاذَبَا, (K, TA,) inf. n. مُجَاذَبَةٌ (TA) and جِذَابٌ, (Har p. 636,) meaning (assumed tropical:) They two contended [in any manner], each with the other: (K, TA:) and [in like manner,] ↓ تجاذبا, (K,) inf. n. تَجَاذَبٌ, (S,) (assumed tropical:) They two contended together. (S, * K.) You say also, كَانَتْ بَيْنَهُمْ مُجَاذَبَاتٌ ثُمَّ ٱتَّفَقُوا (tropical:) [There were contentions between them: then they agreed]. (A, TA.) And جَاذَبْتُهُ الشَّىْءَ (assumed tropical:) I contended with him for the thing. (S.) ― -b2- See also 1, in two places, beside the instance in the last sentence.

(tropical:) He drank it; (A, K;) namely, milk: said of a pastor. (A.)

They contended together in pulling the garment, or piece of cloth. (A.) [Hence,] تجاذبوا أَطْرَافَ الكَلَامِ (tropical:) [They contended together in discourse, talk, or conversation]. (A.) See also 3. ― -b2- And see 7.

It (a thing) was, or became, drawn, dragged, pulled, tugged, strained, extended by drawing or pulling or tugging, or stretched, &c.; it dragged, or trailed along; syn. انجرّ. (S and K in art. جر.) ― -b2- It was, or became, transferred, or removed, from its place; and so ↓ تجاذب. (K.) ― -b3- اِنْجِذَابٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) Quick going or journeying or travelling. (S.) [You say, انجذب, and السَّيْرَ ↓ جَذَبَ, (the latter occurring in the TA in art. خلج, &c., like جَذَبَ العَدْوَ, mentioned above, see 1,) (assumed tropical:) He went, or journeyed, or travelled, quickly.] And انجذبوا فِى السَّيْرِ and انجذب بِهِمُ السَّيْرُ (tropical:) They brought, or purveyed, wheat, or corn, or provisions, from afar. (A, TA.)

: see 1. ― -b2- Also He seized it, or took it, or carried it off, by force. (K, TA.) ― -b3- And (assumed tropical:) He called, summoned, or invited, him. (Ham p. 645.)

(assumed tropical:) Quick journeying or travelling. (ISd, K.) ― -b2- And The stopping, or a stoppage, of the flow of saliva (اِنْقِطَاعُ الرِّيقِ). (S.)

The pith that is at the head of the palmtree, from which the [fibres called] لِيف are pulled off, and which is then eaten; as though so called because pulled off [or cut] from the tree; (TA;) the heart, pith, or cerebrum, (جُمَّار,) of the palm-tree; (AHn, S, TA;) so in some copies of the K; (TA;) i. e. the شَحْم of the palm-tree: (S:) or, as in some copies of the K, and in the M and L, only such as is coarse: (TA:) as also ↓ جِذَابٌ: (K:) n. un. جَذَبَةٌ. (S, K.) [See also جَذَمَةٌ.]

A portion that is drawn by a single pull of spun thread, or yarn. (S.) [Hence,] مَا أَعْطَاهُ جَذْبَةَ غَزْلٍ (tropical:) He gave him not aught. (A, TA.) ― -b2- بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَ المَنْزِلِ جَذْبَةٌ (assumed tropical:) Between me and the place of alighting is a piece [of land or country, or a tract], meaning a distance: (S:) or a far-extending piece [of land or country]. (K.) And بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ بَنِى فُلَانٍ جَذْبَةٌ, and نَبْذَةٌ, (assumed tropical:) Between us and the sons of such a one is a small space, or short distance; i. e., they are near to us. (ISh, TA.)

[He took his way into the valley of Jedhebát]: (K:) or, as given by Meyd, [and in the A,] وَقَعُوا [they fell into the valley of Jedhebát]: a celebrated prov.: (TA:) applied to a man who has missed the object of his aim or pursuit; (K, * TA;) جذبات being said to be derived from جَذَبَ الصَّبِىَّ “ he weaned the boy; ” because, in weaning, a child sometimes dies: or from اِنْجَذَبُوا فِى السَّيْرِ, or اِنْجَذَبَ بِهِمُ السَّيْرُ, explained above: or, accord. to some, the right reading is جَدَبَاتٍ: or, as Az says, on the authority of As, the most correct reading is خَدِبَاتٍ, from خَدَبَتْهُ الحَيَّةُ “ the serpent bit him; ” and the prov. is applied to him who falls into perdition, and to him who wanders in perplexity from the object of his aim or desire. (TA.) [See also another reading in art. خرب.]

The sandal-thong that is between the great and second toes. (K, TA.) You say, مَا أَغْنَى عَنِى جِذِبَّانًا He did not stand me in stead of, or avail me as much as, a sandal-thong that is between the great and second toes. (AA, TA.)

, indecl., [as a proper name, changed in form from الجَاذِبُ,] (TA,) Death: (ISd, K:) so called because it draws away the soul. (ISd, TA.)