جدب

أَجَادِبُ ذ , in a trad., where it is said, وَكَانَتْ فِيهِ أَجَادِبُ أَمْسَكَتِ المَاآءِ, (K, * TA,) or وكانت فِيهَا, (TA,) [ And there were in it اجادب that retained the water ], is said to be pl. of أَجْدُبٌ, which is pl. of ↓ جَدْبٌ, (K, TA,) like as أَكَالِبُ is pl. of أَكْلُبٌ, which is pl. of كَلْبٌ; (TA;) and signifies hard parts of the ground, that retain water, and do not imbibe it quickly; or, as some say, land having no plants or herbage, from ↓ جَدْبٌ meaning “ drought ” &c: the word is thus written in the two Saheehs, of El-Bukháree and Muslim: (IAth, TA:) but some say that it is an anomalous pl. of جَدْبٌ, like as مَحَاسِنُ is of حُسْنٌ: and there are other readings; namely, أَجَاذِبُ and أَحَادِبُ and أَحَازِبُ and أَجَارِدُ, pl. of أَجْرَدُ, and اـِخَاذَاتٌ, pl. of اـِخَاذَةٌ. (MF, TA.)