تجرّد

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تجرّدV He was, or became, stripped, divested, bared, or denuded, [and he stripped, divested, bared, or denuded, himself,] مِنْ ثِيَابِهِ of his clothes or garments, or من ثَوْبِهِ of his garment; as also انجرد , which latter, accord. to Sb, is not a quasi-pass. verb, [but it seems that he did not know جَرَدَ, in a sense explained above, of which it is the quasipass, like as تجرّد is of جرّد.]
2 It came forth from its envelope, or calyx.
3 It ceased to boil, or estuate, [and so became divested of its froth, or foam.]
4 He was, or became, alone, by himself, apart from others; as though detached from the rest of men.
5 He outstripped the other horses in a race; as also انجرد , and انجرد عَنِ الخَيْلِ; like نَضَا الخَيْلَ; as though he threw off the others from himself as a man throws off his garment. And He went forward from among the she-asses.
6 تجرّد لِلْأَمْرِ [He devoted himself to the affair, as though throwing aside all other things; he applied himself exclusively and diligently to it;] he strove or laboured, exerted himself or his power or efforts or endeavours or ability, employed himself vigorously or diligently or with energy, or took pains or extraordinary pains, in the affair, not diverted therefrom by any other thing. And تجرّد لِلْعِبَادَةِ [He devoted himself TO, applied himself exclusively and diligently to, or strove &c. in, religious service, or worship]. And لِلْقِيَامِ بِكَذَا [He devoted himself to, applied himself exclusively and diligently to, or strove &c. in, the performance of such a thing]. And تجرّد فِى السَّيْرِ, and انجرد , He strove or laboured, exerted himself or his power or efforts or endeavours or ability, in pace, or going; he hastened therein; like شَمَّرَ فِى سَيْرِهِ.
7 تجرّد بِالحَجِّ: see 2. Accord. to Ahmad, as related by Is-hák Ibn-Mansoor, He affected to be like, or he imitated, the pilgrim of Mekkeh, or the man performing the pilgrimage of Mekkeh.

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