جَمَادِ

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جَمَادِ , like قَطَامِ, or جَمَادِ لَهُ, said with reference to a niggard, in dispraise, as an imprecation, meaning May a stagnant, or an unimproving, state or condition (جُمُودُ الحَالِ) be his lot [or his constant lot]: or may he not cease to be in a stagnant, or an unimproving, state or condition (لَا زَالَ جَامِدَ الحَالِ). جَمَادِ is [a proper name,] indecl., with kesr for its termination, because it is transformed from the Verbal.Noun, namely, الجُمُودُ, like فَجَارِ, which means الفَجْرَةُ: and the contr. of جَمَادِ لَهُ is جَمَادِ لَهُ, which denotes praise. El-Mutalemmis says, جَمَادِ لَهَا وَلَا تَقُولِى لَهَا أَبَدًا إِذَا ذُكِرَتْ حَمَادِ i. e., Say thou جُمُودًا to her, [جُمُودًا,] and say not to her [ever, when she is mentioned,] حَمْدًا and شُكْرًا.

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