جَرْدَبَ
Root: جردب
Form: Q. 1
Full Definition
جَرْدَبَ
[from جَرْدَبَانُ] He put his hand upon the food that was before him on the table, in order that no other person might take it: or he ate with his right hand, and prevented [others from eating] with his left hand: also, or جردب
عَلَى الطَّعَامِ, he ate greedily, gluttonously, or voraciously: or جردب فِى الطَّعَامِ
he put his left hand upon food that was before him on the table, in order that no other person might take it; as also جَرْدَمَ: or جردب مَا فِى الإِنَآءِ
he ate, and made an end of, devoured, or consumed, what was in the vessel; as also جردم [q. v.].
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