جَدْبٌ
Root: جدب
Full Definition
[Verily I feared to see drought, or barrenness, &c., in this our year, after it had been abundant in herbage]; جِدَبَّا being used for الجَدْبَا; or, accord. to one reading, it is , with a doubled ب added; the change being made for the sake of the metre. (M, TA. [Respecting أَخْصَبَّا, see 4 in art. خصب.])لَقَدْ خَشِيتُ أَنْ أَرَى جِدَبَّا فِى عَامِنَا بَعْدَ مَا أَخْصَبَّا
2 Also A place, or a country, or region, affected with drought, barrenness, or dearth; or with drought, and dryness of the earth; and so جَدِيبٌ and جَدُوبٌ and مَجْدُوبٌ , the last derived from جُدِبَ though this verb has not been used, and مُجْدِبٌ , of which the pl. is مَجَادِيبُ. You say also أَرْضٌ جَدْبٌ [in which جدب is an Verbal.Noun and therefore applicable to a fem. subst.] and جَدْبَةٌ and and جَدِيبٌ and جَدُوبٌ and , of which last the pl. is مَجَادِيبُ, A land affected with drought, &c.: and أَرْضُونَ جُدُوبٌ, as though to each part were applied the term جَدْبٌ [used as a subst.] from which is formed the pl. جُدُوبٌ, and جَدْبٌ, which is here an Verbal.Noun used as an epithet [and therefore applicable to a pl. subst.], lands affected with drought, &c. And فَلَاةٌ [fem. of أَجْدَبُ] A desert affected with drought, &c.; in which is neither little nor much, neither pasture nor herbage. And فُلَانٌ الجَنَابِ Such a one is environed by a tract affected with drought, &c. Such a one is ungenerous or illiberal or inhospitable. See art. جنب.]) And سَنَةٌ جَدْبَةٌ (K in art. جرز) and جَدُوبٌ عَامٌ [A year of drought, &c.]. See also أَجَادِبُ, in two places.
def.2 Also i. q. عَيْبٌ [A vice, fault, defect, &c.]; a signification which may be either proper or tropical.
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