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أَجْرَدُ ذ (tropical:) A man having no hair upon him; (S, A, L, K;) i. e., upon his body; or except in certain parts, as the line along the middle of the bosom and downwards to the belly, and the arms from the elbows downwards, and the legs from the knees downwards; contr. of أَشْعَرُ, which signifies “having hair upon the whole of the body:” (IAth, L:) [fem. جَرْدَآءُ: and] pl. جُرْدٌ. (A, TA.) The people of Paradise are said (in a trad., TA) to be جُرْدٌ مُرْدٌ (tropical:) [Having no hair upon their bodies, and beardless]. (A, TA.) ― -b2- Also applied to a horse, (S, A, K,) and any similar beast, (TA,) meaning (tropical:) Having short hair: (TA:) or having short and fine hair. (S, K.) This is approved, (S,) and is one of the signs of an excellent and a generous origin. (TA.) Pl. as above. (A.) In like manner, أَجْرَدُ القَوَائِمِ means (tropical:) Having short, or short and fine, hair upon the legs. (TA.) ― -b3- Also (tropical:) A check upon which no hair has grown. (TA.) And (assumed tropical:) A sandal upon which is no hair. (L from a trad.) ― -b4- Applied also to a place; and the fem., جَرْدَآءُ, to land: see جَرِدٌ, in three places. ― -b5- Also (tropical:) Milk free from froth. (A.) And the fem., (assumed tropical:) Wine that is clear, (AHn, K,) free from dregs. (AHn, TA.) And (assumed tropical:) A sky free from clouds. (L.) ― -b6- (assumed tropical:) Smooth. (Ham p. 413.) ― -b7- (assumed tropical:) A heart free from concealed hatred, and from deceit, dishonesty, or dissimulation. (L.) ― -b8- (tropical:) Complete; (A, K;) free from deficiency; (A, TA;) as also ↓ جَرِيدٌ ; (S, A, K;) applied to a year (عَامٌ), (S, A,) and to a month, (Th, TA,) and to a day: (K:) fem. as above, applied to a year (سَنَةٌ). (A.) Accord. to Ks, (S,) you say, مَا رَأَيْتُهُ مُذْ أَجْرَدَانِ and ↓ مذ جَرِيدَانِ , meaning (tropical:) [I have not seen him, or it, for, or during,] two days, (S, A, K,) or two months, (S, K,) [or two years,] complete. (A, TA.) ― -b9- (tropical:) A horse wont to outstrip others; (K;) that outstrips others, and becomes separate from them by his swiftness. (IJ, TA.) ― -b10- And the fem., (tropical:) A voracious she-camel. (A.) -A2- It is also used as a subst.: see جَرَدٌ: ― -b2- and see الجُرْدَانُ. ― -b3- Also (assumed tropical:) The sea. (AAF, M in art. جرب.) ― -b4- And the fem., (assumed tropical:) A smooth rock. (S, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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