جُعَلٌ
Root: جعل
Full Definition
جُعَلٌ
[The species of black beetle called cantharus;] a certain insect (دُوَيْبَّة); a certain black insect, found in moist places, that rolls along a little ball [of dung] called
دُحْرُوجَة [in which it deposits its eggs]: (S and K in art. دحرج:) [see also خُنْفَسَآءُ: it is strangely explained in the Msb as the حِرْبَآء, which is the male of the
أُمُّ حُبَيْن:] pl. جِعْلَانٌ.
2 Hence, as being likened thereto, A black and ugly and small man: or one who is wont to persist, or to persist obstinately, or to persist in contention or litigation, or to contend or litigate: and i. q. رَقِيبٌ [a watcher, an observer, &c.].
2 Hence, as being likened thereto, A black and ugly and small man: or one who is wont to persist, or to persist obstinately, or to persist in contention or litigation, or to contend or litigate: and i. q. رَقِيبٌ [a watcher, an observer, &c.].
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