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1 جَدَّهُ جد جده جدة , aor. جَدُ3َ , (S, Msb,) inf. n. جَدٌّ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) He cut it, or cut it off. (S, Mgh, Msb, K.) This is the primary signification. (Mgh.) You say of a weaver, جَدَّ ثَوْبًا He cut off a piece of cloth [sufficient for a garment or the like, from the web]. (S, K.) And جَدَّ النَّخْلَ, (S, Mgh, L,) aor, جَدُ3َ , (S, L,) inf. n. جَدٌّ (S, L, K) and جَدَادٌ (Lh, Mgh, L) and جِدَادٌ; (Lh, L; [in the L, the last two forms are mentioned as inf. ns., and the former of them is mentioned as inf. n. in the Mgh; but in the K, they are only mentioned as syn. with جَدٌّ; and in the S, it seems to be implied that they are simple substs., or quasiinf. ns.;]) i. q. صَرَمَهُ; (Lh, S, Mgh, K; *) [like جَذَّهُ and جَزَّهُ;] i.e., He cut off the fruit of the palm-trees. (Mgh, L. [See also جَدَادٌ.]) And جُدَّتْ أَخْلَافُ النَّاقَةِ The she-camel's teats were cut off by some accident that befell her: (As, TA:) or, in consequence of injury occasioned to her by the صِرَار [q. v.]. (S.) And تَجْدِيدٌ [inf. n. of ↓ جدّد ] signifies The cutting off the teat of a camel. (KL.) You say also, جُدَّ ثَدْيَا أُمِّكَ May thy mother's breasts be cut off: a form of imprecation against a man; and implying a wish for his separation. (As, L, from a trad.) ― -b2- See also 5. -A2- جَدَّ, aor. جَدِ3َ , inf. n. جِدَّةٌ, It (a garment, TA, or a thing, S, Msb, TA) was new; (S, L, Msb, K;) [as though newly cut off from the web;] from جَدَّ as signifying “ he cut, ” or “ cut off. ” (L.) [See also 5.] -A3- جَدَّ, like تَعِبَ, (Msb,) see. pers. جَدِدٌتَ, [like its syn. حَظِظْتَ,] (L, Msb,) aor. يَجَدُّ; (Msb;) or جُدَّ, with damm, (Mgh,) see. pers. جُدِدْتَ, (S,) [aor. يُجَدُّ;] inf. n. جَدٌّ; (S, * Mgh, L, Msb;) He was, or became, fortunate, or possessed of good fortune, (S, Mgh, L, Msb,) or of good worldly fortune; (TA;) he advanced in the world, or in worldly circumstances; (Mgh;) بِالأَمْرِ by the affair, or event, whether good or evil; (L;) or بِالشَّىْءِ by the thing. (Msb.) And هُمْ يُجَدُّونَ بِهِمْ, as also يُحَظُّونَ بهم, They become possessed of good fortune, and riches, or competence, or sufficiency. (Ibn-Buzurj, L.) [You say also, جَدَّ جَدُّهُ (tropical:) : so in a copy of the A: probably a mistranscription for جَدَّ جِدُّهُ, which see below: if not, meaning His fortune became good; or his good fortune increased in goodness: or, perhaps, his dignity became great; from what next follows]. -A4- جَدّ فِى عَيْنِى, (S, A,) or فِى عُيُونِ النَّاسِ, and صُدُورِهِمْ, (Mgh,) aor. جَدِ3َ , inf. n. جَدٌّ, (S,) He was, or became, great, or of great dignity or estimation, in my eye, or in the eyes of men, and their minds. (S, A, Mgh.) It is said in a trad. of Anas, كَانَ الرَّجُلُ مِنَّا إِِذَا قَرَأَ البَقَرَةَ وَآلَ عِمْرَانَ جَدَّ فِينَا, i. e., [A man of us, when he recited the chapter of the Cow and that of the Family of 'Imrán (the second and third chapters of the Kur-án),] used to be great in our eyes. (S.) -A5- جَدَّ فِى الأَمْرِ, (S, A, K,) or فِى أَمْرِهِ, (L,) or فِى كَلَامِهِ, (Msb,) aor. جَدِ3َ (S, L, Msb, K) and جَدُ3َ , (L, K,) inf. n. جِدٌّ, (S, K,) or جَدٌّ, (L, Msb,) جِدٌّ being a simple subst.; (Msb;) and فِيهِ ↓ اجدّ ; (L, K;) He was serious, or in earnest, (S, A, L, Msb, K,) in the affair, (S, A, K,) or in his affair, (L,) or in his speech; (Msb;) syn. حَقَّقَ; (L;) contr. of هَزَلَ. (L, Msb. [In the S and A and K, the inf. n. is said to signify the contr. of هَزْلٌ; and in the K, it is also said to be syn. with تَحْقِيقٌ.]) ― -b2- And جَدَّ فِى الأَمْرِ, (As, S, L, Msb, K,) aor. جَدِ3َ and جَدُ3َ , (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. جِدٌّ, (S, * K, * TA,) or this is a simple subst., and the inf. n. is جَدٌّ; (Msb;) and فيه ↓ اجدّ ; (As, S, L, K;) signify also He strove, laboured, or toiled; exerted himself or his power or efforts or endeavours or ability; employed himself vigorously, strenuously, laboriously, diligently, studiously, sedulously, earnestly, or with energy; was diligent, or studious; took pains, or extraordinary pains; in the affair. (As, S, L, Msb, K.) And جَدَّفِى السَّيْرِ He strove, laboured, toiled, or exerted himself, in going, or journeying, or in his course, or pace; (tropical:) he hastened therein: and in like manner, السَّيْرَ ↓ اجدّ (assumed tropical:) he hastened his course, or pace. (L.) And جَدَّ جِدُّهُ, [meaning His labour, or exertion, or energy, was, or became, great, or extraordinary: or] meaning اِزْدَادَ جِدُّهُ جِدًّا [his labour, &c., increased in labour, &c.]: or it may mean what was not [his] جِدّ, became جِدّ; wherefore, i. e. because it would be so eventually, it is here so called. (Ham p. 33. [See also جَدَّ جَدُّهُ, above.] ― -b3- جَدَّ بِهِ الأَمْرُ (A, L) (tropical:) The affair, or event, distressed, or afflicted, him. (L.) So in the saying of Aboo-Sahm, “ أَخَالِدُ لَا يَرْضَى عَنِ العَبْدِ رَبُّهُ
إِِذَا جَدَّ بِالشَّيْخِ العُقُوقُ المُصَمِّمُ
” [O Khálid, his Lord will not approve of the servant, or man, (meaning the son,) when cutting, or biting, disobedience to a parent distresses the old man]. (L.) -A6- جَدَّ, aor, جَدِ3َ inf. n. جَدٌّ and جِدٌّ, It (a house, or tent, بَيْت) dripped, or let fall drops. (K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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