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4 اجزأهُ ذ It (a thing) satisfied, sufficed, or contented, him. (S, Mgh, K.) [Hence,] اجزأ مُجْزَى غَيْرِهِ [or مُجْزَأَ غَيْرِهِ] It (a thing) satisfied, sufficed, or contented, in lieu of another thing or other things; stood, or served, in stead thereof. (Msb.) And أَجْزَأْتُ عَنْكَ مُجْزَأَ فُلَانٍ (S, Mgh, K) and مَجْزَأَ فلان and مُجْزَأَةَ فلان and مَجْزَأَةَ فلان, (S, K,) as also مُجْزَى فلان and مُجْزَاةَ فلان without ' and with damm, and مَجْزَى فلان and مَجْزَاةَ فلان, (K in art. جزى,) I satisfied, sufficed, or con tented, thee as such a one; I stood thee, or served thee, in stead of such a one. (S, Mgh, K.) And اجزأ الإِِبِلَ بِالرُّطْبِ عَنِ المَآءِ, (S, K,) inf. n. إِِجْزَآءٌ; (TA;) and ↓ جزّأها , (S, K,) inf. n. تَجْزِئَةٌ, (S,) or تَجْزِىْءٌ; (TA;) He satisfied, or contented, the camels with green, or fresh, pasture or hesrbage [so that they were in no need of water]. (S, K.) ― -b2- اجزأ is also syn. with جَزَى; the former being of the dial. of Temeem, and the latter of the dial. of El-Hijáz; (Akh, Msb;) and one may suppress the ', and say أَجْزَى: (Mgh, Msb:) this last is used by some of the lawyers in the sense of [جَزَى, i. e.] قَضَى. (Az, Mgh, Msb.) One says, أَجْزَأَتٌ عَنْكَ شَاةٌ A sheep, or goat, made satisfaction for thee (S, Msb, * K, TA) as a sacrifice; (TA;) syn. قَضَتْ; (S, Msb, K;) the verb being here a dial. var. of جَزَتْ. (S, K.) And البَدَنَةُ تَجْزِئُ عَنْ سَبْعَةٍ The camel, or cow, makes satisfaction for seven: or serves in stead of seven. (Mgh.) And هٰذَا يُجْزِئ ُعَنْ هٰذَا [This will make satisfaction, for this: or this will serve in stead of this]: and, accord. to 'Alee Ibn-'Eesà, يُجْزِى also, suppressing the ' (Mgh.) ― -b3- Also, said of pasture, or herbage, (K, TA,) and of a meadow, (TA,) (tropical:) It was, or became, luxuriant: (K, TA:) because satisfying the beasts that feed upon it. (TA.) ― -b4- And, said of a company of men, They had their camels satisfied with green, or fresh, pasture or herbage [so that they were in no need of water]. (TA.) -A2- أَجْزَأَتْ She (a woman) brought forth females. (K. [But see جُزْءٌ, from which it is derived.]) -A3- اجزأ He furnished an awl (مِخْصَف, S, K, or إِِشْفَى, S), (S, K,) or a knife, (Msb,) with a جُزْأَة, i. e. handle; (S, Msb, K;) as also اجزى. (Msb.) ― -b2- اجزأ الخَاتَمَ فِىإِِصْبَعِهِ He put the ring upon his finger. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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