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جزف
Root entry · 1 derived lemma3 جازف جازف , (Msb, TA,) inf. n. مُجَازَفَةٌ (S, Msb, K, TA) and جِزَافٌ, (S, TA,) He sold, or bought, a thing not knowing its measure nor its weight: (Msb:) or he conjectured in selling and buying. (K.) ― -b2- He acted in an easy, or a facile, manner, (Msb, TA,) in selling or buying. (Msb.) ― -b3- And hence, جازف بِنَفْسِهِ (tropical:) He perilled, endangered, jeoparded, hazarded, or risked, himself; as though he acted in an easy manner with himself. (TA.)
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جازفverb
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جازف بِنَفْسِهِ