Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَجْوَدُ

Root: جود

Full Definition

أَجْوَدُ [Better, and best; more, and most, goodly or approvable or excellent]: see 5.
2 [More, and most, liberal, bountiful, munificent, or generous. Hence,] أَجْوَدُ مِنْ حَاتِمٍ [More liberal, &c., than Hátim]: a prov.
3 [More, and most, fleet, or swift, and excellent; relating to a horse. Hence,] أَجْوَدُ مِنَ الجَوَادِ المُبِرِّ [More fleet, &c., than the courser that surpasses others]: a prov.


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