جمد

1 جَمَدَ جمد , aor. جَمُدَ , inf. n. جَمْدٌ and جُمُودٌ, said of water, (S, M, L, Msb, K,) &c., (Msb,) [i. e.,] of anything fluid, or liquid, (K,) It congealed; concreted; became solid, or contr. of fluid or liquid; froze; syn. قَامَ; (S, M;) contr. of ذَابَ; (Msb, K;) as also جَمُدَ. (L, K.) And said of blood, &c., (S, M,) It congealed, or concreted; syn. قام: (M:) or became dry; dried. (S.) See also 2. ― -b2- Also, inf. n. جُمُودٌ, (assumed tropical:) He, or it, remained fixed, or stationary. (KL.) You say, مَا زِلْتُ أَضْرِبُهُ حَتَّى جَمَدَ (tropical:) [ I ceased not to beat him until he became motionless ]. (A.) ― -b3- (assumed tropical:) [ He, or it, was, or became, incapable of growth or increase; lifeless, or dead: see جَامِدٌ. ― -b4- (assumed tropical:) He was, or became, stupid, dull, wanting in intelligence; inert; not sharp, penetrating, vigorous, or effective, in the performing of affairs; or soft, without strength or sturdiness, and without endurance: see, again, جَامِدٌ.] ― -b5- Also, inf. n. جُمُودٌ, (tropical:) said of a man's state or condition [as meaning, It was, or became, stagnant, or unimproving ]. (A.) ― -b6- Also جَمَدَتْ, aor. جَمُدَ , inf. n. جُمُودٌ, (tropical:) She [a camel, &c.,] had little milk. (T, TA.) And جَمَدَتْ عَيْنُهُ (tropical:) His eye shed few tears: a phrase alluding to hardness of the heart. (Msb.) ― -b7- Also جَمَدَ, (L, K,) aor. جَمُدَ , (L,) [inf. n. جُمُودٌ;] and ↓ أَجْمَدَ; (A, TA; [in a copy of the A, انجمد, but this is doubtless a mistranscription; see مُجْمِدٌ;]) (tropical:) He was, or became, niggardly, penurious, or avaricious; (L, A, K;) as also جَمَدَ كَفُّهُ [or جَمَدَتْ]; (Msb;) or جَمَدَتْ يَدُهُ: (A:) and ↓ اجمد he possessed little good: (A, TA:) or جُمُودٌ signifies the refraining, or holding back, from beneficence. (Har p. 149.) ― -b8- جَمَدَ لِى عَلَيْهِ حَقِّى (tropical:) My right, or due, was, or became, incumbent, or obligatory, on him; or established against him; (A, K, * TA;) as also ذَابَ. (A, TA.) -A2- جَمَدَهُ He cut it, or cut it off. (K.)