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1 جَذَا ذ , (S, K,) aor. جَذُوَ , (TA,) inf. n. جَذْوٌ and جُذُوٌّ, (K,) It (a thing, TA) stood firmly; as also ↓ اجذى . (S, K.) You say also, جَذَا عَلَى شَىْءٍ He [or it, for instance, a stone of those (three in number) upon which a cooking-pot is places, as is implied in the S, (see جَاذٍ,)] remained firm upon a thing. (S.) And جَذَا القُرَادُ فِى جَنْبِ البَعِير The ticks stuck, and clave, to the side of the camel: (ISd, K, TA:) and جذا بِالجَمَلِ clung to the camel. (TA.) ― -b2- I. q. جَثًا [He sat upon his knees; &c.]; (AA, Fr, S, K;) as also ↓ اِجْذَوَى , [in form] like اِرْعَوَى; (TA;) except that جذا is more indicative of keeping to a place: (Kh, TA:) or he stood upon the extremities of his toes: (As, K:) accord. to Th, جُذُوٌّ is [the standing] upon the extremities of the toes; and جُثُوٌّ is [the sitting] upon the knees: (TA:) and accord. to IAar, ↓ جَاذٍ means [a man standing] upon his feet; and جَاثٍ, [one sitting] upon his knees. (S, TA.) Accord. to El-Hasan Ibn-'AbdAllah El-Kátib El-Isbahánee, جَذَا, inf. n. جُذُوٌّ, said of a bird, means He stood upon the extremities of his toes, and warbled, and went round in his warbling; which he does only when seeking the female: and said of a horse, it means he stood upon his toes; and in like manner when said of a man, whether for dancing or for some other purpose. (TA.) A poet says, (S,) namely, En-Noamán Ibn-Nadleh, (TA,) “ إِِذَا شِئْتُ غَنَّتْنِى دَهَاقِينُ قَرْيَةٍ
وَصَنَّاجَةٌ تَجْذُو عَلَى حَرْفِ مَنْسِمِ
” [When I will, the husbandmen of a village sing to me, and a female player with the cymbals, standing upon the extremity of a toe]. (S, TA: but in the latter, عَلَى كُلِّ مَنْسِمِ [upon every toe].) ― -b3- Also, inf. n. جُذُوٌّ, He, or it, was, or became, erect, and straight; (TA;) and so ↓ اِجْذَوْذَى , inf. n. اِجْذِيذَآءٌ. (Az, TA.) See جَوَاذِ as applied to she-camels, in two places, voce جَاذٍ. ― -b4- It (a camel's hump) bore fat [so that it became elevated]. (K.) ― -b5- جَذَا مَنْخِرَاهُ His nostrils were, or became, raised and extended. (TA.) ― -b6- Er-Rá'ee, describing a strong, or sturdy, she-camel, says, “ لَمْ يَجْذُ مِرْفَقُهَا فِى الدَّفِ مِنْ زَوَرِ
” meaning Her elbow did not stand out far from the side by reason of [the distortion termed] زَوَر. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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