أَجَنَ
Root: اجن
Form: 1
Full Definition
أَجَنَI
, Present.T
ـِ and
ـُ; and أَجِنَ, Present.T
ـَ mentioned by Yz; Verbal.Noun of the former أُجُونٌ and أَجْنٌ; and of the latter أَجَنٌ; It became altered for the worse in taste and colour, from some such cause as long standing, but was drinkable: or became altered for the worse in its odour by oldness: or became covered with [the green substance called] طُحْلُب
and with leaves: أَجُنَ, also, said of water, signifies it became altered for the worse: and in the Iktitáf occurs أَجَنَ, Present.T
ـَ which is unknown, but may be a mixture of two dial. vars. [namely of أَجَنَ having for its Present.T
ـِ and
ـُ and يَأْجَنُ having for its pret. أَجِنَ].
def.2 أَجَنَ He (a قَصَّارَ, or whitener of cloth) beat a piece of cloth or a garment [in washing it].
def.2 أَجَنَ He (a قَصَّارَ, or whitener of cloth) beat a piece of cloth or a garment [in washing it].
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