Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

جَرُؤَ

Root: جرأ

Form: 1

Full Definition

جَرُؤَI , Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun جَرَآءَةٌ and جَرَائِيَةٌ and جَرَايَةٌ, with ى [in the place of ء], which is extr., and جُرْأَةٌ and جُرَةٌ, thus sometimes, without ء, like as one says مَرْأَةٌ and جُرْأَةٌ, [all mentioned as inf. ns. in the TK, and app. as such in the K, but only the first is explicitly mentioned as an Verbal.Noun in the S and Msb, and is said in the Msb to be a simple subst.,] He was, or became, bold, daring, brave, or courageous; so as to attempt, or venture upon, a thing without consideration or hesitation: [said of a brute and the like, as well as of a man:] and is syn. therewith.


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