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جُرْدَةٌ

Root: جرد

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جُرْدَةٌ [The denuded, or unclad, part, or parts, of the body]. You say اِمْرَأَةٌ بَضَّةُ الجُرْدَةِ and and , [A woman thin-skinned, or fine-skinned, and plump, in respect of the denuded, or unclad, part, or parts of the body: or] when divested of clothing: the last of these words is here an Verbal.Noun: if you say , with kesr, you mean, [in] the [denuded] body: [and so when you say الجُرْدَةِ, and المُجَرَّدِ; or this last may be regarded as an Verbal.Noun:] المتجرَّد is more common than المتجرِّد. [In like manner,] you say, فُلَانٌ حَسَنُ الجُرْدَةِ and and ; like as you say, حَسَنُ العُرْيَةِ and المُعَرَّى, which signify the same. It is said of Mohammad, كَانَ أَنْوَرَ , i. e. He was bright in respect of what was unclad of his body, or person.
2 Also Plain, or level, and bare, land.
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