جَارِحَةٌ

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جَارِحَةٌ sing. of جَوَارِحُ.
2 The latter signifies Beasts, and birds, of prey; or that catch game; thus the falcon is a جارحة, and so is the dog trained for hunting, because it gains for its owner: and this appellation is applied alike to the male and the female, like رَاحِلَةٌ and رَاوِيَةٌ.
3 And The members, or limbs, of a man, with which things are gained or earned; or with which one works; as the hands or arms, and the feet or legs: because they gain, or earn, or do, good and evil.
4 [And The organs of the body: thus, for instance, جارحة is applied (in the Msb, art. بصر,) to the eye, which is termed the seeing جارحة (الجَارِحَةُ النَّاظِرَةُ).]
5 Also Mares: [and the like:] because they bring gain to their owners by their breeding. You say, مَا لَهُ جَارِحَةٌ He possesses not a female beast that bears young: he possesses not that which makes gain. And هٰذِهِ النَّاقَةُ مِنْ جَوَارِحِ المَالِ, and هذه الأَتَانُ, and هذه الفَرَسُ, This she-camel, and this she-ass, and this mare, is young, unimpaired by age (مُقْبِلَةٌ [i. q. مُقْتَبَلَةٌ]) in the womb, and in youthful vigour, and one of which the offspring is wished for.

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