جَائِزٌ
Root: جوز
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جَائِزٌ
[act. part. n. of جَازَ, in all its senses].
2 Passing, or current, money. See an ex. above, voce جَازَ. [And hence,] جَوَائِزُ الأَشْعَارِ, and الأَمْثَالِ, for the former of which we find, in some copies of the K, الشِّعْرِ, which is incorrect, Verses, or poems, and proverbs, current from country to country, or from town to town.
3 Applied to a contract, [and a sale and a marriage, Allowable; passing for lawful;] passing as right, sound, valid, or good [in law]; having effect.
def.2 [The beam of a house, or chamber, upon which rest the عَوَارِض, or rafters;] that upon which are placed the extremities of the pieces of wood in the roof of a house or chamber; the palm-trunk, or piece of wood, which passes across between two walls, called in Persian تِيْر, which is the سَهْم of the house or chamber: pl. [of pauc.] أَجْوِزَةٌ, in [some of] the copies of the K, incorrectly, أجْوُزٌ, [and both these are given in the CK,] and [of mult.] جُوزَانٌ and جِيزَانٌ and جَوَائِزُ.
2 Passing, or current, money. See an ex. above, voce جَازَ. [And hence,] جَوَائِزُ الأَشْعَارِ, and الأَمْثَالِ, for the former of which we find, in some copies of the K, الشِّعْرِ, which is incorrect, Verses, or poems, and proverbs, current from country to country, or from town to town.
3 Applied to a contract, [and a sale and a marriage, Allowable; passing for lawful;] passing as right, sound, valid, or good [in law]; having effect.
def.2 [The beam of a house, or chamber, upon which rest the عَوَارِض, or rafters;] that upon which are placed the extremities of the pieces of wood in the roof of a house or chamber; the palm-trunk, or piece of wood, which passes across between two walls, called in Persian تِيْر, which is the سَهْم of the house or chamber: pl. [of pauc.] أَجْوِزَةٌ, in [some of] the copies of the K, incorrectly, أجْوُزٌ, [and both these are given in the CK,] and [of mult.] جُوزَانٌ and جِيزَانٌ and جَوَائِزُ.
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