Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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جعف جعفد جعفر


Q. 1. ⇒ جعفد

جَعْفَدَةٌ [inf. n. of جَعْفَدَ] a compound word from the phrase جَعَلَنِى ٱللّٰهُ فِدَاكَ [May God make me thy ransom]. (Ibn-Diḥyeh, TA.) [You say, جَعْفَدَهُ, meaning He said to him جعلنى ٱللّٰه فداك.]


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