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جَلِيلٌ جليل , in its primary acceptation, signifies Thick, gross, coarse, rough, rugged, rude, big, or bulky; applied to a material substance; (Er-Rághib, TA;) opposed to دَقِيقٌ; (S, Er-Rághib, TA;) as also ↓ جِلٌّ , (S,) opposed to دِقٌّ: (S, K:) [and then,] great; (Msb, K;) as also ↓ جِلٌّ and ↓ جَلٌّ (K) and ↓ جُلَالٌ , (S, K,) which is also explained as signifying large, big, bulky, or large in body, (K,) and ↓ جُلَّالٌ : fem. جَلِيلَةٌ and ↓ جُلَالَةٌ : (K:) [also] great in respect of estimation, rank, or dignity: (S, TA:) pl. [of pauc.] أَجِلَّةٌ and جِلَّةٌ and [of mult.] أَجِلَّآءُ. (TA.) You say, ↓ مَا لَهُ دِقٌّ ئَلَا جِلٌّ , i. e., دَقِيقٌ وَلَا جَلِيلٌ [He has neither slender, or fine, or small, nor thick, or gross, or coarse, &c., or great]. (S.) And ↓ شَجَرٌ جِلٌّ [Large trees; or trees as] opposed to شَجَرٌ دِقٌّ [or shrubs, or bushes]. (Lth, Mgh in art. بقل.) And ↓ حُلَلُ جِلٍّ Thick, or coarse, [garments, or dresses, of the kind called] حُلَل; opposed to حُلَلُ دِقٌّ: (Mgh in art. دق:) or the things termed جِلٌّ, of commodities, are carpets, and [the garments called] أَكْسِيَة [pl. of كِسَآء], and the like; (K;) contr. of دِقٌّ; such as the [cloth called] حِلْس, and the mat, and the like. (TA.) And ↓ جُلَالَةٌ signifies A great she-camel; (S, K;) big-bodied. (TA.) You say also, طَحَتَةُ طَحْنًا جَلِيلًا [He ground it coarsely]. (S in art. جش.) الجَلِيلُ, meaning The great in dignity, is not applied peculiarly to God: when it is applied to Him, it is because of his creating the great things that are indicative of Him, or because He is too great to be comprehended within limits or to be perceived by the senses. (Er-Rághib, TA.) And قَوْمٌ جِلَّةٌ means A great people; lords, chiefs, or people of rank or quality; (K;) a good people; (TA;) a people of eminence, nobility, dignity, or high rank. (K.) ― -b2- Also Old, or advanced in age, and firm, or sound, in judgment: pl. جِلَّةٌ: (K:) which pl., as meaning old, or advanced in age, is applied to camels, (S, Sgh, K,) as well as to men. (K.) Hence, in a trad., فَا@عْتَرَضَ لَهُمْ إِِبْلِيسُ فِى صُوَرةِ شَيْخٍ جَلِيلٍ [And Iblees presented himself to them in the form of an old man advanced in age]. (TA.) ↓ جِلَّةٌ in the sense last explained above, is also used as a sing., and is applied to the male and the female [of camels]: or signifies such as is termed ثَنِيَّة, [i. e., a she-camel that has entered her sixth year,] until she has become a بَازِل [in her ninth year]: or a male camel that has become a ثَنِىّ: or it is applied to a she-camel, and ↓ جِلٌّ to a he-camel. (K.) And [the fem.] ↓ جَلِيلَةٌ [used as a subst.] signifies A she-camel that has brought forth once: (S, O, K:) and [simply] a she-camel; as in the saying, مَا لَهُ جَلِيلَةٌ وَلَا دَقِيقَةٌ He has neither a she-camel nor a ewe, or she-goat: (S:) or camels. (JK and TA in art. دق [q. v., voce دَقِيقٌ].) Also (i. e. ↓ جليلة ) A great palm-tree having much fruit: pl. جَلِيلٌ; (K;) [or rather this is a coll. gen. n.;] or, accord. to some copies of the K, the pl. is جِلَالٌ. (TA.) -A2- Also i. q. ثُمَامٌ [Panicum, or panic grass]; (S, K;) a weak plant, with which the interstices of houses are stopped up: n. un. with ة: (S:) or ↓ جَلِيلَةٌ signifies a species of ثُمَام: (TA in art. ثم:) pl. جَلَائِلُ. (S, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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