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1 جَرُؤَ ذ , aor. جَرُاَ , inf. n. جَرَآءَةٌ (S, Msb, K) and جَرَائِيَةٌ and جَرَايَةٌ, with ى [in the place of '], which is extr., (K,) and جُرْأَةٌ and جُرَةٌ, (S, K,) thus sometimes, without ', like as one says مَرْأَةٌ and جُرْأَةٌ, (S,) [all mentioned as inf. ns. in the TK, and app. as such in the K, but only the first is explicitly mentioned as an inf. n. in the S and Msb, and ↓ استجرأ is said in the Msb to be a simple subst.,] He was, or became, bold, daring, brave, or courageous; (S, Msb, * K, TA;) so as to attempt, or venture upon, a thing without consideration or hesitation: (TA:) [said of a brute and the like, as well as of a man:] and ↓ استجرأ is syn. therewith. (IJ, W p. 146.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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