اجزأهُ

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اجزأهُIV It satisfied, sufficed, or contented, him. [Hence,] اجزأ مُجْزَى غَيْرِهِ [or مُجْزَأَ غَيْرِهِ] It satisfied, sufficed, or contented, in lieu of another thing or other things; stood, or served, in stead thereof. And أَجْزَأْتُ عَنْكَ مُجْزَأَ فُلَانٍ and مَجْزَأَ فلان and مُجْزَأَةَ فلان and مَجْزَأَةَ فلان, as also مُجْزَى فلان and مُجْزَاةَ فلان without ء and with damm, and مَجْزَى فلان and مَجْزَاةَ فلان, (K in art. جزى,) I satisfied, sufficed, or con tented, thee as such a one; I stood thee, or served thee, in stead of such a one. And اجزأ الإِبِلَ بِالرُّطْبِ عَنِ المَآءِ, Verbal.Noun إِجْزَآءٌ; and جزّأها , Verbal.Noun تَجْزِئَةٌ, or تَجْزِىْءٌ; He satisfied, or contented, the camels with green, or fresh, pasture or hesrbage [so that they were in no need of water].
2 اجزأ is also syn. with جَزَى; the former being of the dial. of Temeem, and the latter of the dial. of El-Hijáz; and one may suppress the ء, and say أَجْزَى: this last is used by some of the lawyers in the sense of [جَزَى, i. e.] قَضَى. One says, أَجْزَأَتٌ عَنْكَ شَاةٌ A sheep, or goat, made satisfaction for thee as a sacrifice; syn. قَضَتْ; the verb being here a dial. var. of جَزَتْ. And البَدَنَةُ تَجْزِئُ عَنْ سَبْعَةٍ The camel, or cow, makes satisfaction for seven: or serves in stead of seven. And هٰذَا يُجْزِئ ُعَنْ هٰذَا [This will make satisfaction, for this: or this will serve in stead of this]: and, accord. to 'Alee Ibn-'Eesà, يُجْزِى also, suppressing the ء
3 Also, said of pasture, or herbage, and of a meadow, It was, or became, luxuriant: because satisfying the beasts that feed upon it.
4 And, said of a company of men, They had their camels satisfied with green, or fresh, pasture or herbage [so that they were in no need of water].

def.2 أَجْزَأَتْ She brought forth females. (K. [But see جُزْءٌ, from which it is derived.])

def.3 اجزأ He furnished an awl (مِخْصَف, S, K, or إِشْفَى, S), or a knife, with a جُزْأَة, i. e. handle; as also اجزى.
2 اجزأ الخَاتَمَ فِىإِصْبَعِهِ He put the ring upon his finger.

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