Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

اجذى

Root: جذو

Form: 4

Full Definition

اجذىIV : see 1, first sentence.
2 Also He bore fat in his hump. El-Khansà says, يُجْذِينَ نَيًّا وَلَا يجْذِينَ قِرْدَانَا They bear fat [in their humps], and have not ticks clinging to them.

def.2 He lifted a stone, in order that he might know thereby his strength. One says, هُمْ يُجْذُونَ حَجَرًا [They lift a stone, in order to prove their strength, and vie, one with another, in lifting it, for that purpose]. , in the lifting of a stone, is like تَجَاث: تَجَاذَوْا meaning تَرَابَعُوا لِيَرْفَعُوهُ [They vied, one with another, to lift the stone, for trial of strength].
2 اجذى طَرْفَهُ [in the CK, erroneously, طَرَفَهُ,] He raised his eye, or sight, and cast it before him.


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