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جلب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

يَنْجَلِبٌ ينجلب ٱنجلب A خَزَرَة [i. e. bead, or gem, or similar stone ] (T, K, TA) used by the Arabs of the desert, (T, TA,) [or by the women of the desert, as a charm, ] for captivating, or fascinating, men; (K, * TA;) or for bringing back after flight; (T, K;) or for procuring affection after hatred: (T, TA:) Az mentions it as a quadriliteral-radical word. (TA.) The Arab women used to say, فَلَا يَرُمْ وَلَا يَغِبْ أَخَّذْتُهُ بِاليَنْجَلِبْ وَلَا يَزِلْ عِنْدَ الطَّنَبْ [ I have fascinated him with the yenjelib, and he shall not seek another, nor absent himself, nor cease to remain at the tent-rope ]. (Lh, TA.)

Derived headwords

يَنْجَلِبٌ
  1. 1.
فَلَا يَرُمْ وَلَا يَغِبْ
أَخَّذْتُهُ بِاليَنْجَلِبْ
وَلَا يَزِلْ عِنْدَ الطَّنَبْ