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1 جَزَلَهُ جزل جزله جزلة , (K,) or جَزَلُوا نَاقَةً, (S,) aor. جَزِلَ , (K,) inf. n. جَزْلٌ, (S,) He cut it (a thing, S) in two pieces, (S, K,) with a sword. (K.) ― -b2- جَزَلُوا نَاقَةً They cut the base of the neck of a she-camel, that was slaughtered and dead, in the part between the two shoulder-joints, in order that the neck might become relaxed; not cutting the whole of it; previously to skinning. (Ham p. 689.) ― -b3- جَزَلَهُ القَتَبُ, (K, * TA,) aor. and inf. n. as above; and ↓ اجزلهُ ; The saddle cut it; namely, the withers of a camel. (K, * TA.) -A2- جَزِلَ, aor. جَزَلَ , (K.) inf. n. جَزَلٌ, (S, K,) He (a camel) had a gall, or sore, in the withers, in consequence of which a bone came forth from it, and the place thereof became depressed: (S, K:) or he had his withers cut by the saddle: (K:) or he had a gall, or sore, in the withers, penetrating into the interior, and killing him. (TA.) The epithet applied to a camel in this case is ↓ أَجْزلُ ; (S, K;) fem. جَزْلَآءُ: pl. جُزْلٌ (K.) See also أَخْزَلُ -A3- جَزُلَ, aor. جَزُلَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. جَزَالَةٌ, (Msb,) said of firewood, (Msb, TA,) &c., (TA,) It was thick and large. (Msb, K.) ― -b2- Also, (K,) inf. n. as above, (S,) (tropical:) He possessed good, (S, * K, TA,) strong, firm, (TA,) judgment, (S * K, TA,) [and natural disposition, and intelligence; for] جَزَالَةٌ is used in relation to judgment and natural disposition and intelligence: (Ham p. 770:) and جَزَالَةُ الرَّأْى signifies (assumed tropical:) firmness of judgment: (TA:) and الجَزَالَةُ فِى المَنْطِقِ, (assumed tropical:) chasteness, or clearness, or eloquence, and firmness, in speech. (Har p. 8.)

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