جَعْدٌ

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جَعْدٌ , applied to hair, Crisp, or curly, or twisted, and contracted; contr. of سَبْطٌ or of مُسْتَرْسِلٌ: or short.
2 Applied to a man, Having hair such as is termed جَعْد: [or] so جَعْدُ الشَّعَرِ: fem. with ة: pl. جِعَادٌ.
3 As an epithet of praise, it has two meanings; namely, Compact in limbs, and strong in make; not flabby, nor of slack, or incongruous, make; or big, or bulky, and compact; or, as some say, light, or active: and having crisp, or curly, not lank, hair; because lankness is the prevalent characteristic of the hair of the Greeks and Persians; and crispness, or curliness, is the prevalent characteristic of the hair of the Arabs: but very crisp, or frizzled, or woolly, hair, like that of the Zenj and the Nubians, is disapproved.
4 [Hence,] Generous; bountiful; munificent; alluding to a man's being an Arab of generous disposition, because the Arabs are characterized by crisp, or curly, hair. As did not know جعد in this sense; but it occurs in many verses of the Ansár.
5 As an epithet of dispraise, it has also two meanings; namely, Short, and incongruous in make: [contr. of سَبْطٌ:]
6 and Niggardly; as also جَعْدُ اليَدَيْنِ, and جَعْدُ الأَنَامِلُ, and جَعْدُ الأَصَابِعُ, or this signifies having short fingers, and جَعْدُ البَنَانِ, and جَعْدُ الكَفِّ, and جَعْدُ الجَنَانِ; contr. of [سَبْطُ اليَدَيْنِ, and] سبطُ اليَدِ and سبطُ البَنَانِ [&c.]: and mean; ungenerous; base: and جَعْدُ القَفَا mean, or ignoble, in respect of rank, quality, reputation, or the like.
7 A camel having much fur: or having crisp, or curly, and abundant, fur. [Hence,] أَبُو الجَعْدِ a surname of The camel.
8 Soft moist earth; as also ثَعْدٌ: or moist earth.
9 A mess of the kind called حَيْس that is thick, not flowing; as also مُجَعَّدٌ . IAar cites the following words of a poet, accusing a woman of foul conduct: وَتَخْلِطُ بِالمَأْقُوطِ حَيْسًا [And she mixes thick حيس with the food prepared with أَقِط]; meaning, she confounds men together, and does not select him who is to have intercourse with her.
10 Froth, or foam, accumulated upon the fore part of the mouth of a camel. And جَعْدُ اللُّغَامِ A camel having froth, or foam, accumulated upon the fore part of his mouth.
11 A cheek rough, or coarse, and short; not أَسِيل. And A round face, with little مِلْح [or beauty], or, as in some copies of the K, لَحْم [or flesh]. And قَدَمٌ جَعْدَةٌ A short foot; characteristic of low origin.
12 It is also applied, in the manner of an intensive epithet, to the plant called صِلِّيَان; and in like manner, with ة, to the plant called بُهْمَى.
13 نَاقَةٌ جَعْدَةٌ A she-camel compact in make, and strong.

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