جعب
جعد
جعر
1. ⇒ جعد
جَعُدَ, aor. ـُ
† It became contracted, and compacted in lumps; (L;) as alsoتجعّد↓; (L, Ḳ;*) said of earth, (Ḳ,) or of moist earth. (L.) [The inf. n.] جُعُودَةٌ is also sometimes used in describing the state of the froth, or foam, of a camel's mouth, when it is accumulated. (Ṣ. [See جَعْدٌ.])
Also, said of a cheek, inf. n. جُعُودَةٌ, † It was rough, or coarse, and short; contr. of أَسُلَ. (L.)
2. ⇒ جعّد
جعّدهُ, (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ,) inf. n. تَجْعِيدٌ, (Ṣ, A, Mṣb,) He crisped, or curled, or twisted, and contracted, it; (Mṣb;) made it the contr. of سَبْط, (Ḳ,) or of مُسْتَرْسِل; (Mṣb:) or made it short: (Ḳ:) namely, hair. (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ.)
5. ⇒ تجعّد
see 1, in two places.
جَعْدٌ / جَعْدَةٌ
جَعْدٌ, applied to hair, (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ,) Crisp, or curly, or twisted, and contracted; (Mṣb;) contr. of سَبْطٌ (Ḳ,) or of مُسْتَرْسِلٌ: (Mṣb:) or short. (Kr, Ḳ.)
Applied to a man, (Ṣ,) Having hair such as is termed جَعْد: (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ:) [or] so جَعْدُ الشَّعَرِ: (A, TA:) fem. with ة
As an epithet of praise, it has two meanings; namely, † Compact in limbs, and strong in make; not flabby, nor of slack, or incongruous, make; (L;) or big, or bulky, and compact; (Ḥam p. 238;) or, as some say, light, or active: (TA:) and having crisp, or curly, not lank, hair; because lankness is the prevalent characteristic of the hair of the Greeks and Persians; and crispness, or curliness, is the prevalent characteristic of the hair of the Arabs: but very crisp, or frizzled, or woolly, hair, like that of the Zenj and the Nubians, is disapproved. (L.)
[Hence,] ‡ Generous; bountiful; munificent; (T, Ṣ, A, Ḳ;) alluding to a man's being an Arab of generous disposition, because the Arabs are characterized by crisp, or curly, hair. (A.) Aṣ did not know جعد in this sense; but it occurs in many verses of the Ansár. (T, TA.)
As an epithet of dispraise, it has also two meanings; namely, † Short, and incongruous in make: (L:) [contr. of سَبْطٌ:]
and ‡ Niggardly; (Aṣ, T, Ṣ, L, Ḳ;) as also جَعْدُ اليَدَيْنِ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) and جَعْدُ الأَنَامِلُ, (Ṣ,) and جَعْدُ الأَصَابِعُ, (A,) or this signifies † having short fingers, (Ḳ,) and جَعْدُ البَنَانِ, and جَعْدُ الكَفِّ, (Ḥar p. 96,) and جَعْدُ الجَنَانِ; (A;) contr. of [سَبْطُ اليَدَيْنِ, and] سبطُ اليَدِ and سبطُ البَنَانِ [&c.]: (Ḥar ubi suprà:) and mean; ungenerous; base: (L:) and جَعْدُ القَفَا ‡ mean, or ignoble, in respect of rank, quality, reputation, or the like. (A, Ḳ.)
A camel having much fur: (Ḳ:) or having crisp, or curly, and abundant, fur. (Ṣ.) [Hence,] أَبُو الجَعْدِ a surname of The camel. (L.)
† Soft moist earth; as also ثَعْدٌ: (Ṣ:) or moist earth. (Ḳ.)
† A mess of the kind called حَيْس that is thick, (L, Ḳ,) not flowing; (L;) as alsoمُجَعَّدٌ↓. (L, Ḳ.) IAạr cites the following words of a poet, accusing a woman of foul conduct:
*وَتَخْلِطُ بِالمَأْقُوطِ حَيْسًا مُجَعَّدًا↓ *
[And she mixes thick حيس with the food prepared with أَقِط]; meaning, she confounds men together, and does not select him who is to have intercourse with her. (L.)
† Froth, or foam, accumulated upon the fore part of the mouth of a camel. (Ṣ,* L.) And جَعْدُ اللُّغَامِ † A camel having froth, or foam, accumulated upon the fore part of his mouth. (Ṣ,* L, Ḳ.*)
† A cheek rough, or coarse, and short; not أَسِيل. (L, Ḳ.) And † A round face, with little مِلْح [or beauty], (Ḳ, TA,) or, as in some copies of the Ḳ, لَحْم [or flesh]. (TA.) And قَدَمٌ جَعْدَةٌ ‡ A short foot; (A, TA;) characteristic of low origin. (TA.)
It is also applied, in the manner of an intensive epithet, to the plant called صِلِّيَان; and in like manner, with ة
نَاقَةٌ جَعْدَةٌ † A she-camel compact in make, and strong. (TA.)
مُجَعَّدٌ
مُجَعَّدٌ: see جَعْدٌ, in two places.
مُتَجَعِّدٌ
مُتَجَعِّدٌ Moist earth contracted, and compacted in lumps. (L in art. عقد.)