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جرى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

2 جرّى جر جرى جري He sent a deputy, or commissioned agent; as also ↓ اجِرى. (K.) And جرّى جَرِيًّا He made, or appointed, a deputy, or commissioned agent; (ISk, S, * TA;) as also ↓ استجراهُ. (S, * TA.) Hence the trad., (TA,) ↓ لَا يَسْتَجْرِيَنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطِانُ (S, TA) By no means let the Devil make you his followers and his commissioned agents. (TA.) You say also, فِى حَاجَتِهِ ↓ اجراهُ [ He sent him to accomplish his needful affair ]. (TA.)

Derived headwords

جرّىverb
  1. 1.
جرّى جَرِيًّا
فِى حَاجَتِهِ