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جر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

3 جارَهُ جار جاره جارة , (S, K,) inf. n. مُجَارَرَةٌ, (TA,) or مُجَارَّةٌ, (TK,) He delayed, or deferred, with him, or put him off, by promising him payment time after time; syn. طَاوَلَهُ, (S,) or مَا طِلَهُ: (K:) or he put off giving him his due, and drew him from his place to another: (TA:) or i. q. جَانَاهُ, (so in copies of the K,) meaning, he committed a crime against him: (TK:) or حَابَاهُ. (TA, as from the K. [But this seems to be a mistranscription.]) It is said in a trad., لَا تُجَارّ أَخَاكَ وَلَا تُشَارِّهِ, i. e. Delay not, or defer not, with thy brother, &c.: [ and do not act towards him in an evil, or inimical, manner; or do not evil to him, obliging him to do the like in return; or do not contend, or dispute, with him: ] or bring not an injury upon him: but accord. to one reading, it is لَا تُجَارِهِ, without teshdeed, from الجَرْىُ, and meaning, contend not with him for superiority. (TA.)

Derived headwords

جارَهُverb
  1. 1.
مَا طِلَهُ
لَا تُجَارّ أَخَاكَ وَلَا تُشَارِّهِ
لَا تُجَارِهِ