Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

جَذَبَهُ, (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ,) aor. ـِ {يَجْذِبُ}, (Mṣb, Ḳ,) inf. n. جَذْبٌ; (Ṣ, Mṣb;) as also جَبَذَهُ, (Ṣ, TA,) inf. n. جَبْذٌ, of the dial. of Temeem, (TA,) or formed by transposition; (Ṣ, TA; [but see art. جبذ;]) andاجتذبهُ↓; (Ṣ, A, Ḳ;) He drew it; dragged it; pulled it; tugged it; strained it; extended it by drawing, or pulling or tugging; stretched it; extended, lengthened, or protracted, it; (Ṣ, A, Ḳ;) namely, a thing; and sometimes relating to an ideal object. (TA.)

جَذَبَ مِنَ الإِنَآءِ, (Ṣ,) or جَذَبَ مِنَ المَآءِ, (Ḳ,) or جَذَبَ المَآءَ, (A, Mṣb,) نَفَسًا, (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ,) or نَفَسَيْنِ, (Ṣ, A, Mṣb,) ‡ He drank (Ṣ, Ḳ) from the vessel, (Ṣ,) or of the water, (Ḳ,) by putting his mouth into it, [a draught, or two draughts:] (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or he conveyed [or drew up] into the innermost parts of his nose [a draught, or two draughts, of the water]. (Mṣb.) And جَذَبَتْ لَبَنَهَا ‡ She (a camel) drank her milk when she was milked. (A. [But see what next follows {3}: and see also 5.])

جَذَبَتْ, said of a she-camel, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) and of a she-ass also, aor. ـِ {يَجْذِبُ}, inf. n. جِذَابٌ, (TA,) † She became scant of milk; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) she drew her milk (جَذَبَتْ لَبَنَهَا) from her udder so that it went away upwards. (TA.)

جَذَبَهُ, (Ḳ,) or جَذَبَهُ عَنْ أُمِّهِ, (Ṣ, A,) aor. ـِ {يَجْذِبُ}, inf. n. جَذْبٌ, (TA,) ‡ He weaned him; namely, a colt, (Ṣ, A, Ḳ,) and a young camel, and a lamb. (TA.) And one says of a mother, جَذَبَتْ وَلَدَهَا ‡ She weaned her young one: so accord. to Lḥ, who does not specify the kind. (ISd, TA.) And accord. to the T, جُذِبَ is said of a child, or of a lamb or kid, meaning ‡ He was weaned. (TA.)

جَذَبَهُ andجَاذَبَهُ↓ He transferred, or removed, it (a thing) from its place. (Ḳ.)

جَذَبَتْهُ ‡ She repelled him, or rejected him; namely, a man who sought her in marriage; (T, A, TA;) as though from the saying جَاذَبْتُهُ فَجَذَبْتُهُ [which see below]; (T, TA;) [i. e.] as though she contended with him and overcame him, and thus he became separated from her; (T, A, TA;) as also جَبَذَتْهُ. (T, TA.) [Accord. to the TA, جَاذَبَتْهُ↓ has the same meaning; but I think that this is a mistake of a copyist.]

جَذَبَ فُلَانٌ حَبْلَ فُلَانِهِ † Such a one severed the bond of his union. (M, TA.) And جَذَبَ فُلَانٌ الحَبْلَ بَيْنَنَا ‡ Such a one severed the bond of union between us. (A, TA.)

جَذَبَ النَّخْلَةَ, aor. ـِ {يَجْذِبُ} (AḤn, Ḳ,) inf. n. جَذْبٌ, (AḤn, TA,) He cut off the جَذَب [q. v.] of the palm-tree, (AḤn, Ḳ,) to eat it. (AḤn, TA.)

جَذَبَ العَدْوَ † He ran quickly. (L in art. معد.) See also 7.

جَذَب الشَّهْرُ, (Ṣ, A, Ḳ,) aor. ـِ {يَجْذِبُ}, inf. n. جَذْبٌ, (TA,) ‡ The greater part of the month (عَامَّتُهُ, Ṣ, A, Ḳ, i. e. أَكْثَرُهُ, TA) passed. (Ṣ, A, Ḳ.)

جَذَبَهُ, aor. ـُ {يَجْذُبُ}, He overcame him in المُجَاذَبَة (Ḳ) [lit. drawing, dragging, pulling,, &c.; (see 3;) but also] used figuratively [as meaning ‡ he overcame him in contention]. (TA.) You say,جَاذَبْتُهُ↓ فَجَذَبْتُهُ [I contended with him in drawing, dragging,, &c., and I overcame him therein: and also] ‡ I contended with him and I overcame him. (T, A,* TA.)

جاذبهُ He contended with him in drawing, dragging, pulling or tugging, straining, or stretching,, &c. (L in art. مد.) And جاذبهُ الحَبْلَ [He contended with him in pulling the rope]. (Mgh in art. نزع.) And جاذبهُ الثَّوْب He contended with him in pulling the garment, or piece of cloth. (A.) And جاذبوا الشَّىْءَ, inf. n. مُجَاذَبَةٌ, They pulled the thing, every one of them to himself. (Mṣb.) And جَاذَبْتُهُ فَجَذَبْتُهُ: see 1, last sentence: [a phrase having two meanings: for] you say, جَاذَبَا, (Ḳ, TA,) inf. n. مُجَاذَبَةٌ (TA) and جِذَابٌ, (Ḥar p. 636,) meaning † They two contended [in any manner], each with the other: (Ḳ, TA:) and [in like manner,]تجاذبا↓, (Ḳ,) inf. n. تَجَاذَبٌ, (Ṣ,) † They two contended together. (Ṣ,* Ḳ.) You say also, كَانَتْ بَيْنَهُمْ مُجَاذَبَاتٌ ثُمَّ ٱتَّفَقُوا ‡ [There were contentions between them: then they agreed]. (A, TA.) And جَاذَبْتُهُ الشَّىْءَ † I contended with him for the thing. (Ṣ.)

See also 1, in two places, beside the instance in the last sentence.

تجذّبهُ ‡ He drank it; (A, Ḳ;) namely, milk: said of a pastor. (A.)

تجاذبوا الثَّوْبَ They contended together in pulling the garment, or piece of cloth. (A.) [Hence,] تجاذبوا أَطْرَافَ الكَلَامِ ‡ [They contended together in discourse, talk, or conversation]. (A.) See also 3.

And see 7.

انجذب It (a thing) was, or became, drawn, dragged, pulled, tugged, strained, extended by drawing or pulling or tugging, or stretched,, &c.; it dragged, or trailed along; syn. انجرّ. (Ṣ and Ḳ in art. جر.)

It was, or became, transferred, or removed, from its place; and soتجاذب↓. (Ḳ.)

اِنْجِذَابٌ also signifies † Quick going or journeying or travelling. (Ṣ.) [You say, انجذب, andجَذَبَ↓ السَّيْرَ, (the latter occurring in the TA in art. خلج, &c., like جَذَبَ العَدْوَ, mentioned above, see 1,) † He went, or journeyed, or travelled, quickly.] And انجذبوا فِى السَّيْرِ and انجذب بِهِمُ السَّيْرُ ‡ They brought, or purveyed, wheat, or corn, or provisions, from afar. (A, TA.)

اجتذبهُ: see 1.

Also He seized it, or took it, or carried it off, by force. (Ḳ, TA.)

And † He called, summoned, or invited, him. (Ḥam p. 645.)

جَذْبٌ † Quick journeying or travelling. (ISd, Ḳ.)

And The stopping, or a stoppage, of the flow of saliva (اِنْقِطَاعُ الرِّيقِ). (Ṣ.)

جَذَبٌ The pith that is at the head of the palmtree, from which the [fibres called] لِيف are pulled off, and which is then eaten; as though so called because pulled off [or cut] from the tree; (TA;) the heart, pith, or cerebrum, (جُمَّار,) of the palm-tree; (AḤn, Ṣ, TA;) so in some copies of the Ḳ; (TA;) i. e. the شَحْم of the palm-tree: (Ṣ:) or, as in some copies of the Ḳ, and in the M and L, only such as is coarse: (TA:) as alsoجِذَابٌ↓: (Ḳ:) n. un. جَذَبَةٌ. (Ṣ, Ḳ.) [See also جَذَمَةٌ.]

جَذْبَةٌ مِنْ غَزْلٍ A portion that is drawn by a single pull of spun thread, or yarn. (Ṣ.) [Hence,] مَا أَعْطَاهُ جَذْبَةَ غَزْلٍ ‡ He gave him not aught. (A, TA.)

بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَ المَنْزِلِ جَذْبَةٌ † Between me and the place of alighting is a piece [of land or country, or a tract], meaning a distance: (Ṣ:) or a far-extending piece [of land or country]. (Ḳ.) And بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ بَنِى فُلَانٍ جَذْبَةٌ, and نَبْذَةٌ, † Between us and the sons of such a one is a small space, or short distance; i. e., they are near to us. (ISh, TA.)

أَخَذَ فِى وَادِى جَذَبَاتٍ [He took his way into the valley of Jedhebát]: (Ḳ:) or, as given by Meyd, [and in the A,] وَقَعُوا [they fell into the valley of Jedhebát]: a celebrated prov.: (TA:) applied to a man who has missed the object of his aim or pursuit; (Ḳ,* TA;) جذبات being said to be derived from جَذَبَ الصَّبِىَّ “he weaned the boy;” because, in weaning, a child sometimes dies: or from اِنْجَذَبُوا فِى السَّيْرِ, or اِنْجَذَبَ بِهِمُ السَّيْرُ, explained above: or, accord. to some, the right reading is جَدَبَاتٍ: or, as Az says, on the authority of Aṣ, the most correct reading is خَدِبَاتٍ, from خَدَبَتْهُ الحَيَّةُ “the serpent bit him;” and the prov. is applied to him who falls into perdition, and to him who wanders in perplexity from the object of his aim or desire. (TA.) [See also another reading in art. خرب.]

جِذِبَّانٌ The sandal-thong that is between the great and second toes. (Ḳ, TA.) You say, مَا أَغْنَى عَنِى جِذِبَّانًا He did not stand me in stead of, or avail me as much as, a sandal-thong that is between the great and second toes. (AA, TA.)

جَذَابِ, indecl., [as a proper name, changed in form from الجَاذِبُ,] (TA,) Death: (ISd, Ḳ:) so called because it draws away the soul. (ISd, TA.)

جَذَّابَةٌ Hairs, (TA,) or coarse hairs, or a coarse hair, (Ḳ,) tied, and made into a snare, (TA,) for catching larks. (Ḳ, TA.)

جَاذِبٌ ‡ A she-camel that has exceeded the usual time of pregnancy, and passed beyond the time [of the year] when she had been covered: (Lḥ, TA:) or a she-camel that has extended, or protracted, the period of her pregnancy to eleven months. (A, TA.) † A she-camel, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) and a she-ass, (TA,) scant of milk; (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA;) as also جَاذِبَةٌ andجَذُوبٌ↓: (Ḳ:) pl. [of the first and second] جَوَاذِبُ and جِذَابٌ. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

جُوذَابٌ (M, Ḳ) and ذُوبَاجٌ, the latter formed by transposition, (L and TA in art. ذبج,) A kind of food, prepared with sugar and rice and flesh-meat: (M, Ḳ:) [from the Persian كُوذَابْ, as observed by Golius:] it might be hastily imagined to be arabicized from جُوزَهْ آبْ; but this is not the case: (TA:) [n. un. with ة {جُوذَابَةٌ}: or] جُوذَابَةٌ is a cake of bread (خُبْزَةٌ) put into the oven (تَنُّور), and having suspended over it a bird or some flesh-meat, the gravy of which flows upon it as long as it is cooking; also called أُمُّ الفَرَجِ, because it removes one's anxiety for seasoning, or condiment. (Ḥar p. 227.)