Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مُجَرَّبٌ

Root: جرب

Full Definition

مُجَرَّبٌ One who has been tried, or proved, in affairs, and whose qualities have become known: or one who has been tried, or proved, and strengthened by experience in affairs: [experienced, or expert, in affairs:] or one whose qualities have been tried, or proved. And مُجَرِّبٌ One having experience in affairs. In general, but not always, the Arabs used the former of these two epithets [which are virtually synonymous].
2 دَرَاهِمُ مُجَرَّبَةٌ Weighed money.
3 المُجَرَّبُ The lion.

def.2 [It is also employed as an Verbal.Noun of 2, in accordance with a usage of which there are many other instances; as in the saying,] أَنْتَ عَلَى المُجَرَّبِ [Thou art about to have the proof, or experience]: a prov., mentioned by AZ: said to him who asks respecting a thing which he is about to know of himself: originally said by a woman to a man who asked her an indecent question which he was himself about to resolve.


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