جَدِيلَةٌ

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جَدِيلَةٌ A رَهْط, [q. v.,] i. e., a thing like an إِتْب, of hide, or leather, which boys, and menstruous women, wear round the waist in the manner of an إِزَار.

def.2 A [tribe, such as is termed] قَبِيلَة: and a region, quarter, or tract; syn. نَاحِيَةٌ: and so جَدْلَآءُ , in both these senses, as used in the phrase, هٰذَا عَلَى جَدْلَائِهِ [This is according to the way of his region, and of his tribe]. You say also, ذَهَبَ عَلَى , in the K, erroneously, جَدْلَانِهِ, i. e., على وَجْهِهِ [He went his own way], and نَاحِيَتِهِ [towards his region, or quarter, or tract].
2 A state, or condition.
3 A particular way, course, mode, or manner, of acting, or conduct; syn. شَاكِلَةٌ, and طَرِيقَةٌ. You say, عَمِلَ عَلَى جَدِيلَتِهِ, i. e. [He did according to his own particular way, &c.; or] عَمِلَ عَلَى شَاكِلَتِهِ الَّتِى جُدِلَ عَلَيْهَا [explained above: see 1].
4 A determination of the mind.
5 The management, or ordering, of a people's affairs; the exercise of the office of عَرِيف.

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