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جد

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

جَدَدٌ جدد جديد Hard ground: (S:) or hard level ground: (Har p. 522:) [see also جَدْجَدٌ:] or rough level ground: (K:) or rough ground: or level ground: (TA:) or a level and spacious tract of land; a tract such as is called صَحْرَاآء, and such as is called فَضَاآء, containing no soft place in which the feet sink, nor any mountain, nor any [ hill such as is called ] أَكَمَة; sometimes wide, and sometimes of little width: (ISh:) [and] a conspicuous road: (Bd in xxxv. 25:) pl. أَجْدَادٌ. (ISh.) It is said in a prov., مَنْ سَلَكَ الجَدَدَ أَمِنَ العِثَارَ [ He who walks along hard, or hard and level, ground is secure from stumbling ]; (S, TA;) meaning, he who pursues the course marked out by common consent is secure from stumbling. (TA.) And مَكَانٌ جَدَدٌ occurs in a trad., meaning Level ground. (TA.) ― -b2- See also جَدِيدٌ. ― -b3- Also Sand that is thin, or fine, (K, TA,) and sloping down. (TA.) ― -b4- And A thing resembling a سِلْعَة [or ganglion ] in the neck of a camel. (K.)

Derived headwords

جَدَدٌ
  1. 1.
مَنْ سَلَكَ الجَدَدَ أَمِنَ العِثَارَ
مَكَانٌ جَدَدٌ