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جل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

جَلَّةٌ جل جله جلة (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and ↓ جِلَّةٌ and ↓ جُلَّةٌ, (K,) the second whereof is that which is most known [in the present day], and next the first [which seems to be the most chaste], (TA,) Camels', or sheep's, or goats', or similar, dung; syn. بَعَرٌ: (S, K:) or a single lump thereof: (Mgh, Msb, K:) or such as has not been broken. (K.) [Commonly applied in the present day to Such dung kneaded with chopped straw and formed into round flat cakes, which are dried in the sun, for fuel. ] You say, اـِنَّ بَنِى فُلَانٍ وَ قُودُهُمُ الجَلَّةُ [ Verily the sons of such a one, their fuel is the dung of camels or sheep &c.]. (S.) ― -b2- Also (metonymically, Mgh) applied to Human ordure. (Mgh, Msb.)

Derived headwords

جَلَّةٌ
  1. 1.
اـِنَّ بَنِى فُلَانٍ وَ قُودُهُمُ الجَلَّةُ