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دَجَلَ

Root: دجل

Form: 1

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دَجَلَI , Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun دَجْلٌ, He smeared a camel with tar; as also دجّل : or he smeared him over his whole body with tar: or دَجْلٌ signifies the smearing in the part that is mangy, or scabby, with tar: and تَدْجِيلٌ , [Verbal.Noun of دَجَّلَ,] the smearing a camel over his whole body with tar: and the putting the tar upon the مَسَاعِر [or armpits, and inner parts of the roots of the thighs or other similar parts, only,] is termed دَسٌّ.
2 He lied: [as though meaning he concealed the truth with falsehood: for, accord. to the KL, دَجْلٌ signifies the concealing the truth: ] and confounded or perplexed [such as heard him]. (K, TA. [In the CK, اَحْرَقَ is erroneously put for أَخْرَقَ.])
3 [And app. He enchanted, or fascinated: for] دَجْلٌ is also syn. with سِحْرٌ.
4 He compressed; coivit, or inivit.
5 He tra versed the regions, or tracts, of the earth, or land.
6 The primary signification of دَجْلٌ is [app. The act of covering; like تَدْجِيلٌ: but it is said to be] the act of mixing, or confusing.

def.2 Accord. to Fr, one says, هُوَ يَدْجُلُ بِالدَّلْوِ and يَدْلُجُ بِهَا [He transfers the bucket from the mouth of the well to the watering-trough, &c.]: the former verb being formed by transposition.

def.3 دَجْلٌ also signifies The having one eye and one eyebrow. [See دَجَّالٌ, last sentence.]
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