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جردم

Q. 1 جَرْدَمَةٌ جردمه جردمة , [inf. n. of جَرْدَمَ,] (S, K,) in relation to food, (S,) i. q. جَرْدَبَةٌ; (S, K;) i. e., The covering the food that is before one with the left hand, [while eating with the right hand,] in order that no other person may take it: accord. to Yaakoob, the م is a substitute for the ب. (TA.) And جَرْدَمَ signifies He ate, made an end of, devoured, or consumed, what was in the bowl or vessel: (IAar, Sh, K, TA:) and he ate entirely the bread. (K.) ― -b2- Also جردم, He talked much. (S, K.) ― -b3- And He hastened, made haste, sped, or was quick; (Kr, K;) as also جرذم. (K.) ― -b4- جردم السِّتِّينَ He passed the [age of] sixty. (IAar, K.) جَرْدَمٌ جردم [probably Voracious: see above: and hence, ― -b2- ] Black locusts, having green heads. (K.) ― -b3- Loquacious; or a great talker. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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