Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

جَلِهَ

Root: جله

Form: 1

Full Definition

جَلِهَI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun جَلَهٌ, He was, or became, bald in the fore part of the head: or in the greater part of his head. [The latter seems to be the correct meaning: see جَلَهٌ below.]
2 جَلِهَتْ سَاحَتُهُ His court, or yard, was, or became, vacant, or void.

def.2 جَلَهَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun جَلْهٌ, He uncovered a thing; or removed it [from a thing that it covered or concealed].
2 He raised the turban, while folding it, from the side of his forehead (عَنْ جَبِينِهِ), [like اِجْتَلَى,] and from the fore part of his head.
3 He removed the pebbles from a place.
4 He turned back a person from a difficult, or hard, thing or affair.


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