اجدّ
Root: جد
Form: 4
Full Definition
2 [Hence, perhaps,] أَجَدَّتْ قَرُنِى مِنْهُ I relinquished, or forsook, him, or it.
def.2 اجدّهُ, and , and , He made it new; namely, a thing, or a garment: or he put it on, or wore it, new; namely, a garment. One says to him who puts on a new garment, أَبْلِ وَأَجِدَّ وَٱحْمَدِ الكَاسِى [Wear out, and make, or put on, new, and praise the Clother, meaning God]. And you say, بَهِىَ بَيْتُ فُلَانٍ فَأَجَدَّ بَيْتًا مِنْ شَعَرٍ [The tent of such a one was, or became, rent, or pierced with holes; therefore he made a new tent of haircloth]. And جدّد الأَمْرَ, and اجدّهُ, and , He originated, or innovated, the thing, or affair; or did it newly, or for the first time And جدّد الوُضُوْءَ
2 اجدّ فُلَانٌ أَمْرَهُ بِذٰلِكَ Such a one established, or settled, firmly his affair, or case, thereby, or therein: so says As, and he cites the following verse:
[He established, or settled, firmly his case thereby, or therein, and knew certainly that he was for it, (app. meaning a war, or battle, حَرْب, which is fem.,) or for another whereof the dust would be like flour]: Aboo-Nasr says, It has been related to me that he said, اجدَ بها امرًا means اجدّ أَمْرَهُ بِهَا; [and so this phrase is explained in the K;] but the former explanation I heard from himself: or this phrase means أَجَدَّ أَمْرُهُ بِهَا [so in two copies of the S, app.,أَجَدَّ بِهَا أَمْرًا وَأَيْقَنَ أَنَّهُ لَهَا أَوْخْرَي كَالطَّحِينَ تُرَابُهَا
def.3 اجدّ also signifies It was, or became, what is termed جَدَد [i. e. hard, or level, &c.]. And اجدّت لَكَ الأَرْضُ The ground hath become to thee free from soft places, and clear to thy view.
2 Also He walked along, or traversed, what is termed جَدَد. And اجدّ القَوْمُ The people, or company of men, came to what is so termed: and ascended upon the surface (جَدِيد) of the ground: or went upon sand such as is termed جَدَد.
def.4 See also 1, in three places.
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