Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

جَاذِلٌ

Root: جذل

Full Definition

جَاذِلٌ [part. n. of جَذَلَ] Erect, in his place, not moving therefrom; likened to the جِذْل that is set up in the place where camels lie down, at their watering-place, for the mangy camels to rub themselves against it. You say, بَاتَ جَاذِلًا عَلَى ظَهْرِ دَابَّتِهِ He slept [during the night] erect, without commotion, upon the back of his beast.

def.2 See also جَذْلَانُ.


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