اجبل

Form: 4

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اجبلIV He came, or went, or betook himself, to the mountain.
2 He reached a hard place, or stone, in his digging. (TA. [الحَافِر, meaning “ the digger, ” Golius seems to have misunderstood as meaning “ the hoof ” of a horse.])
3 [Hence,] He experienced difficulty in diction, so that he said nothing original, nor anything in the way of repetition.
4 And طَلَبَ حَاجَةً فَأَجْبَلَ He sought a thing that he wanted, and failed of attaining it.
5 And سَأَلْنَاهُمْ فَأَجْبَلُوا We asked them, and they refused, and did not give.
6 And أَجْبَلُوا Their iron became blunt, so that it would not penetrate.

def.2 اجبلهُ He found him to be a جَبَل, i. e. a niggard: it is considered as implying fixedness.
2 See also 1.

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