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جدف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

2 جدّف جدف , (S,) inf. n. تَجْدِيفٌ, (S, K,) He denied, or disacknowledged, favours, or benefits; or was ungrateful, or unthankful, for them: (As, S, K:) or he deemed the gifts of God small: (ElUmawee, S, K:) or he said that he was in an evil state when he was in a good state: (TA:) or he said, لَيْسَ لِى وَلَيْسَ عِنْدِى [app. meaning There is nothing due to me nor by me ]; (K;) thus explained by Mohammad on his saying that the worst of deeds is التَّجْدِيف: (TA:) [accord. to Golius, he blasphemed; and identified by him, in this sense, with the Hebr. ? .] It is said in a trad., لَا تُجَدِّفُوا بِنِعْمَةِ ا@للّٰهِ (S, TA) Deny not ye, or disacknowledge not, or be not ungrateful or unthankful for, the bounty of God, and deem it not small. (TA.)

Derived headwords

جدّفverb
  1. 1.
لَيْسَ لِى وَلَيْسَ عِنْدِى
لَا تُجَدِّفُوا بِنِعْمَةِ ا@للّٰهِ