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1 أَجَنَ ذ , (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. اَجِنَ and اَجُنَ ; (S, Msb, K;) and أَجِنَ, (S, Mgh, &c.,) aor. اَجَنَ , (S, Msb,) mentioned by Yz; (S;) inf. n. of the former أُجُونٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, K *) and أَجْنٌ; (S, Msb, K; *) and of the latter أَجَنٌ; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) It (water) became altered for the worse (S, Mgh, Msb, K) in taste and colour, (S, Mgh, K,) from some such cause as long standing, (TA,) but was drinkable: (Mgh, Msb:) or became altered for the worse in its odour by oldness: or became covered with [the green substance called] طُحْلُب and with leaves: (Mgh:) أَجُنَ, also, said of water, signifies it became altered for the worse: (Th:) and in the Iktitáf occurs أَجَنَ, aor. اَجَنَ , which is unknown, but may be a mixture of two dial. vars. [namely of أَجَنَ having for its aor. اَجِنَ and اَجُنَ , and يَأْجَنُ having for its pret. أَجِنَ]. (MF) -A2- أَجَنَ He (a قَصَّارَ, or whitener of cloth) beat a piece of cloth or a garment [in washing it]. (S, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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