julla

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جُلَّة

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ج ل ل

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وقال المكّيّ: دخلت عليه يوما، وإذا عنده جلّة تمر، وإذا ظئره جالسة قبالته فكلما أكل تمرة رمى بنواتها إليها، فأخذتها فمصّتها ساعة ثم عزلتها.

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Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • جَلَّّ Form I It was, or became, thick, gross, coarse, rough, rugged, rude, big, or bulky
    , aor. يَجِلُّ, (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. جَلَالَةٌ, (S,) or جَلَالٌ, (K, [in the CK, erroneously, جُلالًا is put for جَلَالًا,]) or both, (TA, [but see what follows,]) and جُلَّى, (Ham p. 218, see this word below, under جَلَلٌ,) [in its primary sense, It was, or became, thick, gross, coarse, rough, rugged, rude, big, or bulky: (see جَلِيلٌ:) and then,] it, (a thing, Msb,) or he (a man, S) was, or became, great; (S, Msb, K, TA;) [said of a thing, meaning in size; and] said of a man, meaning in estimation, rank, or dignity: (S, TA:) or جَلَالَةٌ signifies greatness of estimation or rank or dignity: but جَلَالٌ, supreme greatness thereof: (Er-Rághib, TA:) the latter is an attribute of God only; (As in Ham p. 607, Er-Rághib, TA;) except in few instances: (As ubi suprà:) or it means the greatness, or majesty, of God: (S, Msb:) or his absolute independence. (Bd in lv. 27.) [عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ, referring to the name of God expressed or understood, is a phrase of frequent occurrence, meaning, To Him, or to Whom, belong might and majesty, or glory and greatness] ― -b2- يَجِلپُ عَنِ الإِحَاطَةِ بِهِ [He is too great to be comprehended within limits] and يَجِلُّ أَنْ يُدْرَكَ بِالحَوَاسِّ [He is too great to be perceived by the senses] are phrases used in speaking of God. (Er-Rághib, TA.) ― -b3- The saying of El-Ahmar, " يَا جَلَّ مَا بَعُدَتْ عَلَيْكَ بِلَادُنَا فَٱبْرُقْ بِأَرْضِكَ مَا بَدَا لَكَ وَٱرْعُدِ " [O, how greatly distant to thee is our country! therefore threaten in thy land as long as it seems fit to thee, and menace], means ما بعدت ↓ مَا أَجَلَّ [&c.]. (S.) ― -b4- Also جَلَّ, (S, K,) aor. , inf. n. جَلَالَةٌ and جَلَالٌ, (K,) said of a man, (S,) He became old, or advanced in age, (S, K,) and firm, or sound, in judgment. (K.) And جَلَّتْ said of a she-camel, She was, or became, old, or advanced in age: (Abu-n-Nasr, S:) and so ↓ تجالّت said of a woman. (TA.) -A2- جَلَّتِ الهَاجِنُ عَنِ الَولَدِ [The girl married before she had arrived at puberty, or the beast covered before she was of fit age,] was too young [to bear offspring]: (S:) a prov. (TA.) [Thus the verb bears two contr. significations. See also هَاجِنٌ.] -A3- جَلَّ القَوْمُ, (S, Msb, * K, *) عَنِ البَلَدِ, (S,) or عَنْ مَنَازِلِهِمْ, (K,) aor. , (Msb, K,) or [contr. to rule], (S, Sgh,) or both, accord. to Ibn-Málik and others, (TA,) inf. n. جُلُولٌ, (S, K,) [and جَلَآءٌ accord. to the K, but this is an inf. n. of جَلَا], The people, or company of men, went forth, or emigrated, (S, Msb, K,) like جَلَا, (S, K,) from a country, or town, (Msb,) [or from their places of abode,] to another country, or town. (S, Msb.) -A4- جَلُّوا الأَقِطَ, (K,) [aor., accord. to rule, ,] inf. n. جَلٌّ, (TA,) They took the main part, or portion, of the [preparation of milk termed] اقط. (K.) [See also 5.] ― -b2- جَلَلْتَ هٰذَا عَلَى نَفْسِكَ Thou hast brought this as an injury (جَنَيْتَهُ) upon thyself. (K.) -A5- جَلَّ البَعَرَ, (S, K,) aor. , (S,) inf. n. جَلٌّ (S, K) and جَلَّةٌ, (K,) He picked up, (S,) or collected with his hand, (K,) the camels', or similar, dung; (S, K;) and ↓ اجتلّةُ signifies the same, (S,) or he picked it up for fuel. (K.) [See جَلَّةٌ.] -A6- See also 2.
  • جلّل Form II It included
    , inf. n. تَجْلِيلٌ, said of a thing, i. q. عَمَّ [as meaning It included persons, or things, &c., in common, or generally, or universally, within the compass of its influence, or effects]. (S, TA.) So in the phrase سَحَابٌ يُجَلِّلُ الأَرْضَ بِالمَطَرِ [Clouds that include the land in common, or generally, or universally, within the compass of their rain; i. e., that rain upon the land throughout its general, or universal, extent]: (S, TA:) or, as in the A, thundering clouds, covering the land with rain. (TA.) And so in the phrase, جَلَّلَ المَطَرُ الأَرْضَ The rain included the general, or universal, extent of the land within the compass of its fall; and covered the land so as not to leave anything uncovered. (IF, Msb.) ― -b2- And hence, [in a general sense,] He covered a thing. (Msb.) It [or he] ascended, rose, mounted, got, was, or became, upon, or over, a thing; (Ham p. 45;) as also ↓ تَجلّل. (S, K.) ― -b3- He clad a horse (S, K) or beast (K) with a جُلّ [or covering for protection from the cold]; (S, K;) as also ↓ جَلَّ. (K.)
  • اجلّهُ Form IV He made it
    , (S, K,) inf. n. إِجْلَالٌ, (TA,) [He made it جَلِيل, i. e., thick, &c.: contr. of أَدَقَّهُ: see Ham p. 546. ― -b2- And hence,] He magnified him; honoured him; (K, TA;) as also ↓ تجالّهُ: (TA:) he exalted him (TA) in rank, or station. (S.) It is said in a trad., أَجِلُّوا ٱللّٰهَ يَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ, meaning [Magnify ye God, and He will forgive you: or] say ye, يَا ذَا الجَلَالِ وَ الإِكْرَامِ [O Thou who art possessed of greatness, or majesty, and bounty], and believe in his greatness, or majesty: it is also recited otherwise, with ح; (TA in the present art.;) i. e. أَحِلُّوا ٱللّٰهَ, meaning “Resign yourselves to God; ” or “ quit ye the danger and straitness of belief in a plurality of Gods, to avail yourselves of the freedom of El-Islám; ” (TA in art. حل;) but the former recital is confirmed by another trad., namely, أَلِظُّوا بِيَاذَا الجَلَالِ وَ الإِكْرَامِ [see art. لظ]. (TA in the present art.) [Hence,] فَعَلْتُ مِنْ إِجْلَالِكَ, and من أَجْلِ إِجْلَالِكَ: see جَلَلٌ. ― -b3- He gave him much. (S.) You say, مَا أَجَلَّنِي وَلَا أَدَقَّنِى (S, TA) He gave me not much, nor gave he me little: (S:) or (assumed tropical:) he gave me not a camel, nor gave he me a sheep, or goat. (TA.) A poet says, (S,) namely, El-Marrár ElFak'asee, describing his eye, (TA,) " بَكَتْ فَأَدَقَّتْ فِى البُكَى وَأَجَلَّتِ " (assumed tropical:) It wept, and shed few tears, and shed many. (S, TA.) You say also, أَجَلَّ فَرَسَهُ فِرْقًا مِنْ ذُرَةٍ He gave his horse a large feed of millet. (TA.) ― -b4- He gave him a جَلِيلَة, i. e., a she-camel that had brought forth once. (S, K.) You say, مَا أَجَلَّنِى وَلَا أَحْشَانِى He gave me not a she-camel that had brought forth once, (S, K, *) nor gave he me a young, or small, camel. (S.) -A2- مَا أَجَلَّ: see 1. [You say, مَا أَجَلَّهُ How great, &c., is he, or it!] -A3- اجلّ He was, or became, strong: ― -b2- and He was, or became, weak: thus bearing two contr. significations. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.)
  • تجللّٰهُ Form V He took the greater, main, principal, or chief, part of it
    He took the greater, main, principal, or chief, part of it; the main, gross, mass, or bulk, of it; (S, K;) as also ↓ اجتلّهُ (K) and ↓ تجالّهُ. (Ibn-'Abbád, K. [In the CK, in the explanation of the second and third of these verbs, جِلَالَهُ is erroneously put for جُلَالَهُ.]) ― -b2- See also 2. ― -b3- [Hence,] He sat upon him; namely, a horse. (K,) And تجلّل الفَحْلُ النَّاقَةَ (S and K in art. دأم) The stallion-camel mounted the she-camel. (TA in that art.)
  • تجالّ Form VI Such a one exalts himself above that; holds himself above it; disdains it
    i. q. تَعَاظَمَ (S, K) and تَرَفَّعَ. (S.) You say, فُلَانٌ يَتَجَالُّ عَنْ ذٰلكَ (S, K *) Such a one exalts himself above that; holds himself above it; disdains it; or is disdainful of it; syn. يَتَرَفَّعُ عَنْهُ, (S,) or يَتَعَاظَمُ; (K;) as also يتجالّ عَلَيْهِ. (TA.) ― -b2- See also 1. -A2- تجالّهُ: see 4: ― -b2- and 5.
  • إِجْتَلَ3َ Form VIII Open entry
    see 5: -A2- and see also 1.
  • جَلْجَلَ It sounded; or made a sound, or sounds
    [app. It sounded; or made a sound, or sounds; said of a little bell, such as is called جُلْجُل: said also of thunder: and it sounded vehemently; or made a vehement sound, or vehement sounds: and he threatened: (see جَلْجَلَةٌ, which seems to be the inf. n. of the verb in these senses:) and,] said of a horse, he neighed clearly; or had a clear neigh. (K.) -A2- جَلْجَلَهُ, (S,) inf. n. جَلْجَلَةٌ, (K,) He put it (a thing, S) in motion (S, K) with his hand. (S.) And جلجل القِدَاحَ He (a player at the game called المَيْسِر) moved about [or shuffled] the gaming-arrows. (TA.) ― -b2- He mixed it. (K.) ― -b3- He twisted it vehemently, or strongly; namely, the string of a bow or the like. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.)
  • تَجَلْجَلَ It was, or became, in a state of motion; or was put in motion
    It was, or became, in a state of motion; or was put in motion. (K.) ― -b2- It was, or became, agitated in the mind. (K, * TA.) ― -b3- He sank into the ground. (S, K.) It sank, or became depressed; syn. تَضَعْضَعَ. (K.) One says, تَجَلْجَلَتْ قَوَاعِدُ البَيْتِ The foundations of the house sank, or became depressed; syn. تَضَعْضَعَتْ. (S.)
  • جَلٌّ sail of a ship
    The sail of a ship: pl. جُلُولٌّ. (S, K.) -A2- See also جُلٌّ, in two places: -A3- and جِلٌّ: -A4- and جَلِيلٌ. ― -b2- Also Contemptible, mean, or paltry: thus bearing two contr. significations. (K.)
  • جُلٌّ greater, main, principal, or chief, part
    The greater, main, principal, or chief, part of a thing; the most thereof; the main, gross, mass, or bulk, of it; (S, Msb, K;) as also ↓ جُلَالٌ. (K.) You say, أَخَذَ جُلَّهُ (K, TA) and ↓ جُلَالَهُ (S, Sgh, K) [He took the greater part of it]. -A2- A horse-cloth, or covering (Msb, K,) of a horse or similar beast, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) for protection (Msb, K) from the cold; (Msb;) as also ↓ جَلٌّ: (K:) [in Persian جَلْ:] pl. [of mult.] جِلَالٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and [of pauc.] أَجْلَالٌ, (Msb, K,) and أَجِلَّةٌ is pl. of جِلَالٌ. (S, TA.) ― -b2- The cover of, or a thing with which one covers, a book, or volume; which latter is hence called ↓ مَجَلَّةٌ. (Er-Rághib in TA; but, in this sense, written without any vowel-sign.) -A3- The place of the pitching and constructing of a tent or house. (K.) -A4- Also, (S, K,) and ↓ جَلٌّ, (K,) The rose, (AHn, S, K,) the white and the red and the yellow; (AHn, K;) plentiful in the countries of the Arabs, both cultivated and wild: (AHn, TA:) a Persian word, arabicized; (AHn, * S, Sgh;) from كُلْ: (Sgh, TA:) and the jasmine: n. un. with ة. (K.) -A5- See also جِلٌّ: -A6- and جَلَلٌ.
  • جِلٌّ stalks of seed-produce
    : see جَلِيلٌ, in six places -A2- Also The stalks of seed-produce [or corn] when it has been reaped; (S, O, Mgh, K;) as also ↓ جُلٌّ and ↓ جَلٌّ: (K:) when it has been removed to the place where the grain is trodden out, and has been trodden, and cut by means of the مِدْوَس, it is called تِبْنٌ. (AHn, Mgh.) And, by amplification, applied to The stalks remaining upon the field after the reaping. (Mgh in the present art. and in art. حصد.)
  • جَلَّةٌ Camels', or sheep's, or goats', or similar, dung
    (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and ↓ جِلَّةٌ and ↓ جُلَّةٌ, (K,) the second whereof is that which is most known [in the present day], and next the first [which seems to be the most chaste], (TA,) Camels', or sheep's, or goats', or similar, dung; syn. بَعَرٌ: (S, K:) or a single lump thereof: (Mgh, Msb, K:) or such as has not been broken. (K.) [Commonly applied in the present day to Such dung kneaded with chopped straw and formed into round flat cakes, which are dried in the sun, for fuel.] You say, إِنَّ بَنِى فُلَانٍ وَ قُودُهُمُ الجَلَّةُ [Verily the sons of such a one, their fuel is the dung of camels or sheep &c.]. (S.) ― -b2- Also (metonymically, Mgh) applied to Human ordure. (Mgh, Msb.)

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