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جرع

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

جَرِعٌ جرع A rope, (K,) or a bow-string, (TA,) having the twisting termed جَرَعٌ in one of its strands; as also ↓ مُجَرَّعٌ: (K:) or, accord. to IAar, a bow-string that is even, except that there is a prominence in one part of it, wherefore it is rubbed and pulled with a piece of a كِسَاآء [q. v.] until that prominence disappears: and ↓ the latter, accord. to ISh, a bow-string not uniformly nor well twisted, having in it prominences, so that one of its strands appears above the others, or some appear above others. (TA.)

Derived headwords

جَرِعٌ
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