freeze, harden

, aor. , inf. n. جَمْدٌ and جُمُودٌ, said of water, (S, M, L, Msb, K,) &c., (Msb,) [i. e.,] of anything fluid, or liquid, (K,) It congealed; concreted; became solid, or contr. of fluid or liquid; froze; syn. قَامَ; (S, M;) contr. of ذَابَ; (Msb, K;) as also جَمُدَ. (L, K.) And said of blood, &c., (S, M,) It congealed, or concreted; syn. قام: (M:) or became dry; dried. (S.) See also 2. ― -b2- Also, inf. n. جُمُودٌ, (assumed tropical:) He, or it, remained fixed, or stationary. (KL.) You say, مَا زِلْتُ أَضْرِبُهُ حَتَّى جَمَدَ (tropical:) [I ceased not to beat him until he became motionless]. (A.) ― -b3- (assumed tropical:) [He, or it, was, or became, incapable of growth or increase; lifeless, or dead: see جَامِدٌ. ― -b4- (assumed tropical:) He was, or became, stupid, dull, wanting in intelligence; inert; not sharp, penetrating, vigorous, or effective, in the performing of affairs; or soft, without strength or sturdiness, and without endurance: see, again, جَامِدٌ.] ― -b5- Also, inf. n. جُمُودٌ, (tropical:) said of a man's state or condition [as meaning, It was, or became, stagnant, or unimproving]. (A.) ― -b6- Also جَمَدَتْ, aor. , inf. n. جُمُودٌ, (tropical:) She [a camel, &c.,] had little milk. (T, TA.) And جَمَدَتْ عَيْنُهُ (tropical:) His eye shed few tears: a phrase alluding to hardness of the heart. (Msb.) ― -b7- Also جَمَدَ, (L, K,) aor. , (L,) [inf. n. جُمُودٌ;] and ↓ أَجْمَدَ; (A, TA; [in a copy of the A, انجمد, but this is doubtless a mistranscription; see مُجْمِدٌ;]) (tropical:) He was, or became, niggardly, penurious, or avaricious; (L, A, K;) as also جَمَدَ كَفُّهُ [or جَمَدَتْ]; (Msb;) or جَمَدَتْ يَدُهُ: (A:) and ↓ اجمد he possessed little good: (A, TA:) or جُمُودٌ signifies the refraining, or holding back, from beneficence. (Har p. 149.) ― -b8- جَمَدَ لِى عَلَيْهِ حَقِّى (tropical:) My right, or due, was, or became, incumbent, or obligatory, on him; or established against him; (A, K, * TA;) as also ذَابَ. (A, TA.) -A2- جَمَدَهُ He cut it, or cut it off. (K.)

, inf. n. تَجْمِيدٌ; (K;) or ↓ جَمَدَ; (so in the L;) It (water, and expressed juice, L) was about to congeal, concrete, become solid, or freeze; was at the point of congealing, &c.; expl. by حَاوَلَ أَنْ يَجْمُدَ. (L, K.) -A2- [And the former, It caused water &c. to congeal.]

: see 1, in two places. ― -b2- Also, inf. n. إِجْمَادٌ, He was entrusted with the management of affairs among a people or party [in the game called المَيْسِر: see مُجْمِدٌ]. (T, TA.) -A2- أَجْمَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَقِّى (tropical:) I made my right, or due, incumbent, or obligatory, on him; or established it against him. (A, K, * TA.)

: see جَامِدٌ, in two places.

: see جُمُدٌ.

pl. [or rather quasi-pl. n.] of جَامِدٌ, q. v. (S, Msb, K.) ― -b2- Also Congealed, or frozen, water; ice: [see also جَمْدٌ, mentioned with جَامِدٌ:] and snow. (K.) ― -b3- See also what next follows.

and ↓ جُمْدٌ Elevated ground; as also ↓ جَمَدٌ: (M, K:) or a hard, elevated place: (S, TA:) or جُمُدٌ signifies rugged ground: (TA:) or an elevated, rugged place: (As, TA:) or a small isolated mountain, not high, sometimes rugged and sometimes soft, and producing trees, only found in rugged land; so called because of its dryness; it is the smallest kind of أَكَمَة, round and small, not extending along the ground, rugged at the top, and producing herbs, or leguminous plants, as well as trees; differing from جُمُودٌ [q. v.]: (ISh, L, TA:) pl. [of mult.] جِمَادٌ (ISh, S, M, K) and [of pauc.] أَجْمَادٌ. (S, M, K.) ― -b2- Also, the first, A stone: pl. جِمَادٌ. (Fr, TA.)

(assumed tropical:) [A thing that does not grow, or increase; that is incapable of growth, or increase; an inorganic thing; as a mineral and the like:] an inanimate thing; a thing that has no soul: [an epithet used as a subst.; or an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant:] pl. جَمَادَاتٌ. (Har p. 13.) [See also جَامِدٌ.] ― -b2- (tropical:) Land (أَرْضٌ) upon which rain has not fallen: (T, S, K:) or dry land, upon which no rain has fallen, and in which is nothing: (T, TA:) or land in which is no produce: (A:) or, as some say, rugged land: (L:) or sterile, barren, or unfruitful, land, in which is nothing; as also جَهَادٌ: pl. جُمُدٌ. (AA, L in art. جهد.) ― -b3- (tropical:) A year (سَنَةٌ) in which is no rain: (S, K:) or in which is no produce of the earth: (A:) and, in like manner, ↓ جَامِدَةٌ a year in which is no herbage, or pasture, no plenty, or fruitfulness, and no rain. (T, TA.) ― -b4- (tropical:) A she-camel having no milk; (S, M, K;) and so a ewe or a she-goat: (L:) or having little milk: (T, TA:) and [accord. to some,] a slow she-camel; syn. بَطِيْيأَةٌ; (L, K;) but [this is app. a mistranscription for بَكِيْيأَةٌ “ having little milk, ” and] ISd says that the explanation بطييأة does not please him. (TA.) ― -b5- See also جَامِدٌ, in two places. -A2- A kind of cloth or garment; as also ↓ جِمَادٌ. (K.)

, like قَطَامِ, (K,) or جَمَادِ لَهُ, (S, A, L,) said with reference to a niggard, (S, A, L, K,) in dispraise, (K,) as an imprecation, meaning (tropical:) May a stagnant, or an unimproving, state or condition (جُمُودُ الحَالِ) be his lot [or his constant lot]: (A:) or may he not cease to be in a stagnant, or an unimproving, state or condition (لَا زَالَ جَامِدَ الحَالِ). (S, L.) جَمَادِ is [a proper name,] indecl., with kesr for its termination, because it is transformed from the inf. n., namely, الجُمُودُ, like فَجَارِ, which means الفَجْرَةُ: (S:) and the contr. of جَمَادِ لَهُ is جَمَادِ لَهُ, (S, * A,) which denotes praise. (S.) El-Mutalemmis says, " جَمَادِ لَهَا وَلَا تَقُولِى لَهَا أَبَدًا إِذَا ذُكِرَتْ حَمَادِ " i. e., Say thou جُمُودًا to her, [جُمُودًا,] and say not to her [ever, when she is mentioned,] حَمْدًا and شُكْرًا. (S.)

: see جَمَادٌ, last meaning.

: see جَامِدٌ.

[app. Elevated tracts,] softer, or more plain, than what is termed جُمُدٌ, and more intermixed with soft, or plain, tracts, sometimes in, or by, that [kind of high ground] which is termed قُفٌّ, and sometimes in, or by, soft, or plain, tracts. (ISh, L, TA.)