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جزع

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 جَزْعٌ جزع [inf. n. of جَزَعَ] signifies The act of cutting; or cutting off. (TA.) [See also 8.] ― -b2- [Hence,] جزَعَ لَهُ جِزْعَةً مِنَ المَالِ He cut off for him a portion of the property. (S.) ― -b3- And جَزَعَ الوَادِى, (S, Msb, K,) aor. جَزَعَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. جَزْعٌ, (S, Msb, K,) He passed the valley to the other side: (Msb:) or he passed the valley [ in any manner ]: (K:) or he passed across it; i. e., crossed it: (S, K:) and in like manner, الأَرْضَ the land: (K:) and المَفَازَةَ the desert: and المَوْضِعَ the place. (TA.) -A2- جَزِعَ, (S, Msb, K,) aor. جَزَعَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. جَزَعٌ (S, Msb, K) and جُزوعٌ, (K,) He was, or became, impatient, (S, K,) مِنَ الشَّىْءِ [ of the thing ]; (S;) and عَلَى فُلَانٍ [ on account of such a one ]; (S and K in art. اله, &c.;) جَزَعٌ being the contr. of صَبْرٌ: (S, K:) or he had not sufficient strength to bear what befell him, (O, Msb,) and found not patience: (Msb:) or he manifested grief and agitation: (TK:) or he was, or became, affected with grief: or he was, or became, affected with most violent grief, such as prevented him and turned him from that to which he was directing himself, or from his object, and cut him off therefrom: this meaning of cutting off being said by 'Abd-el-Kádir El-Baghdádee to be the primary signification. (TA.)

Derived headwords

جَزْعٌverb
  1. 1.
جزَعَ لَهُ جِزْعَةً مِنَ المَالِ
عَلَى فُلَانٍ