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جَدَحَ

Root: جدح

Form: 1

Full Definition

جَدَحَI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun جَدْحٌ, He mixed anything. جَدَحَ السَّوِيقُ, وَنَحْوَهُ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above; and جدّحهُ , Verbal.Noun تَجْدِيحٌ; and , and ; He stirred about the سويق [or meal made of parched barley or wheat], and the like, with water, [or milk, or clarified butter, or fat of a sheep's tail, &c., (see لَتَّ,)] until the whole became of a uniform consistence: or he stirred it about with a مِجْدَح: or he stirred about the سويق in milk, and the like, with a مجدح, until it became mixed: or he beat and mixed the سويق with a مجدح: i. q. لَتَّهُ: and جدّحهُ , Verbal.Noun تَجْدِيحٌ, he mixed it; in the K, لَطَخَهُ; but the right reading is خَلَطَهُ, as in the L and other lexicons: and he drank it (شربه [but this is perhaps a mistranscription for ضَرَبَهُ he beat it]) with the مجدح.
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