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1 جَرَسَ جرس , [aor., app., جَرُسَ and جَرِسَ , as seems to be implied in the K, inf. n. جَرْسٌ, which see below,] He, or it, made a sound; (TA;) as also ↓ اجرس : (Mgh, TA:) [or both signify he, or it, made a low, gentle, slight, or soft, sound; as appears from what follows.] You say, جَرَسَ بِالكَلَامِ, (A,) or جَرَسَ الكَلَامَ, (Msb,) He spoke in a low, gentle, or soft, voice or tone; or with modulation, or melody; syn. نَغَمَ فِيهِ, (A,) or نَغَمَ بِهِ. (Msb.) And جَرَسَ, (S,) inf. n. جَرْسٌ; (K;) and ↓ تجرٍّ ; (S, K;) He spoke: (K:) or he said a thing, and spoke in a low, gentle, or soft, voice or tone, or with modulation or melody; expl. by تَكَلَّمَ بِشَىْءٍ وَتَنَغَّمَ. (Lth, S.) And ↓ اجرس is also used in the senses here following. It (a bird) caused the sound of its passing to be heard: (S, A, * K:) and in like manner it is said of a man. (K, accord. to the TA; but not found by me in any copy of the K.) ↓ And (tropical:) It (an ornament, حَلْىٌ,) made a sound (S, A, * K) like that of a جَرَس [or bell]; (TA;) as also ↓ انجرس . (A, TA.) ↓ And It (a tribe, حَىٌّ,) made its sound (جَرْس) to be heard: or, accord. to the T, made the sound of the جَرْس of a thing to be heard. (TA.) ↓ And He (a man) raised his voice. (TA.) ↓ And He (a camel-driver) sang to camels for the purpose of urging or exciting: (S, K:) or raised his voice in doing so. (A.) ― -b2- [Hence, app.,] جَرَسَ, aor. جَرُسَ (Lth, AO, S, K,) and جَرِسَ , (K,) inf. n. جَرْسٌ, (Lth, AO, K,) He ate [a thing: because a slight sound is made in doing so]: (AO, TA:) or he licked [a thing] with his tongue. (K.) You say, جَرَسَت النَّحْلُ العُرْفُطَ The bees ate the [trees called] عرفط: (S) and جَرَسَتِ النَّوْرَ, (Lth, A,) and العَسَلَ [put tropically for النَّوْرَ because honey is made from flowers or blossoms], (Lth, TA,) the bees ate the flowers, or blossoms, making a sound in so doing: (A:) or licked the flowers, or blossoms, and thence made honey. (Lth, TA.) And جَرَسَتِ المَاشِيَةُ الشَّجَرَ, and العُشْبَ, The beasts licked the trees, and the herbage. (TA.) And جَرَسَتِ البَقَرَةُ وَلَدَهَا The cow licked her young one. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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