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جعفر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

جَعْفَرٌ جعفر A small river; a rivulet, streamlet, or brook; (IAar, S, K;) or one that is larger than a جَدْوَلٌ: (K:) or, as in the Nawádir, a small river, larger than a جدول: (TA:) or a river, IDrd, IJ, TA,) absolutely: (TA:) if small, it is a فَلَج: (IDrd, TA:) or (TA, but in the K “ and ”) a large, wide river: (Ibn-El-Ajdábee, K:) [if so,] bearing two contr. significations: (K:) or (in some copies of the K “ and ”) a full river. (K.) ― -b2- Also (from the last of these significations, TA) (tropical:) A she-camel abounding with milk. (K, TA.)

Derived headwords

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