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جَمِيلٌ

Root: جمل

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جَمِيلٌ Melted fat: or melting fat: or fat that is melted and collected: or fat that is melted, and, whenever it drips, made to drip upon bread, and then replaced over the fire [that it may drip again: see جَمَلَ]: and , also, signifies [the same; or] melted grease. [See also جَمُولٌ.]

def.2 Hence, accord. to Abu-l-'Alà, because, when a man becomes fat and in good condition, his جَمَال becomes apparent, as also جُمَالٌ and جُمَّالٌ , or this last denotes a higher degree of beauty than جَمِيلٌ, and has no broken pl., and أَجْمَلُ , Beautiful, goodly, comely, or pleasing, in person, and good in action, or actions, or behaviour, or also in moral character: [like the Greek καλὸς, the Latin pulcher, the French beau, &c.; and so حَسَنٌ:] or elegant, or pretty; i. e., delicately, or minutely, beautiful: [or characterized by much goodness, or beauty or goodliness or comeliness, in his mind, or in his person, or in his actions or behaviour; and also characterized by much goodness communicated from him to others: see جَمَالٌ:] pl. of the first جَمَالٌ: fem. جَمِيلَةٌ, applied to a woman; as also جَمْلَآءُ , [said to be] an instance of [the measure] فَعْلَآءُ having no [masc. of the measure] أَفْعَلُ; [but see above;] or this is applied to any female as signifying perfect, or complete, in body. It is said in a trad., إِنَّ ٱللّٰهَ جَمِيلٌ يُحِبُّ الجِمَالَ Verily God is comely in deeds, or an Abundant Bestower of good things: He loveth those who are of the like character. And you say, عَامَلَهُ بَالجَمِيلِ [He treated him with comely, or pleasing, behaviour]. And مَاسَحَهُ بِالجَمِيل [He coaxed him, or wheedled him, with comely, or pleasing, behaviour or speech].
2 أَبُو جَمِيلٍ [The kind of plants called] البَقْل; because they embellish by their presence, and render good, the seasoning of food; or because they take away the جَمِيل, i. e., the grease of the flesh-meat, and dry up the food.


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