جَمَدَ

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جَمَدَI , Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun جَمْدٌ and جُمُودٌ, said of water, &c., [i. e.,] of anything fluid, or liquid, It congealed; concreted; became solid, or contr. of fluid or liquid; froze; syn. قَامَ; contr. of ذَابَ; as also جَمُدَ. And said of blood, &c., It congealed, or concreted; syn. قام: or became dry; dried. See also 2.
2 Also, Verbal.Noun جُمُودٌ, He, or it, remained fixed, or stationary. You say, مَا زِلْتُ أَضْرِبُهُ حَتَّى جَمَدَ [I ceased not to beat him until he became motionless].
3 [He, or it, was, or became, incapable of growth or increase; lifeless, or dead: see جَامِدٌ.
4 He was, or became, stupid, dull, wanting in intelligence; inert; not sharp, penetrating, vigorous, or effective, in the performing of affairs; or soft, without strength or sturdiness, and without endurance: see, again, جَامِدٌ.]
5 Also, Verbal.Noun جُمُودٌ, said of a man's state or condition [as meaning, It was, or became, stagnant, or unimproving].
6 Also جَمَدَتْ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun جُمُودٌ, She [a camel, &c.,] had little milk. And جَمَدَتْ عَيْنُهُ His eye shed few tears: a phrase alluding to hardness of the heart.
7 Also جَمَدَ, Present.T ـُ [Verbal.Noun جُمُودٌ;] and ; (A, TA; [in a copy of the A, انجمد, but this is doubtless a mistranscription; see مُجْمِدٌ;]) He was, or became, niggardly, penurious, or avaricious; as also جَمَدَ كَفُّهُ [or جَمَدَتْ]; or جَمَدَتْ يَدُهُ: and اجمد he possessed little good: or جُمُودٌ signifies the refraining, or holding back, from beneficence.
8 جَمَدَ لِى عَلَيْهِ حَقِّى My right, or due, was, or became, incumbent, or obligatory, on him; or established against him; as also ذَابَ.

def.2 جَمَدَهُ He cut it, or cut it off.

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