Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

رَجَّلَتْ

Root: رجل

Form: 2

Full Definition

رَجَّلَتْII [app. a mistranscription]: see 1, in the latter half of the paragraph.

def.2 تَرْجِيلٌ [the Verbal.Noun] signifies The making, or rendering, strong.

def.3 رجّل الشَّعَرَ, Verbal.Noun تَرْجِيلٌ, He made the hair to be [wavy, or somewhat curly, i. e.] not very crisp or curly, nor lank, or in a state between that of lankness and that of crispness or curliness: or he combed the hair; either his own hair, [see 5,] or that of another: or he combed down the hair; i. e., let it down, or made it to hang down, by means of the comb: Er-Rághib says, as though he made it to descend at the رِجْل [or foot], i. e. from its places of growth; but this requires consideration: or he combed and anointed the hair: (TA voce عَسِبٌ:) or he washed and combed the hair.


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