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أَجْلَى ذ Having that degree of baldness which is termed جَلًا; i. e. baldness of the fore part of the head: or baldness of half of the head; (S, K;) which is the beginning of صَلَعٌ: (S:) or baldness less than what is termed صَلَعٌ: (K:) or baldness of half of the head, and the like: (A'Obeyd, TA:) fem. جَلْوَآءٌ. (K.) [See أَجْلَحُ.] ― -b2- Beautiful, or handsome, in face, bald in the sides of the forehead. (K.) ― -b3- جَبْهَةٌ جَلْوَآءُ A wide forehead. (K.) ― -b4- سَمَآءٌ جَلْوَآءٌ (assumed tropical:) A cloudless sky: (Ks, S, K:) and لَيْلَةٌ جَلْوَآءُ (assumed tropical:) a cloudless, bright, night. (TA.) ― -b5- اِبْنُ أَجْلَى: see اِبْنُ جَلَا, in two places. ― -b6- Also (i. e. ابن اجلى) (assumed tropical:) The lion. (TA.) -A2- فَعَلْتُهُ مِنْ أَجْلَاكَ, and ↓ إِِجْلَاكَ , I did it on account of thee, for thy sake, or because of thee; syn. مِنْ أَجْلِكَ. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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