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جمل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

جَمِيلٌ جميل Melted fat: (S, Mgh:) or melting fat: or fat that is melted and collected: (K, TA:) or fat that is melted, and, whenever it drips, made to drip upon bread, and then replaced over the fire [ that it may drip again: see جَمَلَ]: (TA:) and ↓ جُمَالَةٌ, also, signifies [the same; or] melted grease. (Mgh, * TA.) [See also جَمُولٌ.] -A2- Hence, accord. to Abu-l-'Alà, because, when a man becomes fat and in good condition, his جَمَال becomes apparent, (Ham p. 155,) as also ↓ جُمَالٌ and ↓ جُمَّالٌ, (K,) or this last denotes a higher degree of beauty than جَمِيلٌ, (S, Sgh,) and has no broken pl., (TA,) and ↓ أَجْمَلُ, (TA,) Beautiful, goodly, comely, or pleasing, (S, M, Mgh, K,) in person, (M, K,) and good in action, or actions, or behaviour, (M, TA,) or also in moral character: (K:) [like the Greek καλὸς , the Latin pulcher, the French beau, &c.; and so حَسَنٌ:] or elegant, or pretty; i. e., delicately, or minutely, beautiful: (Msb:) [or characterized by much goodness, or beauty or goodliness or comeliness, in his mind, or in his person, or in his actions or behaviour; and also characterized by much goodness communicated from him to others: see جَمَالٌ:] pl. of the first جَمَالٌ: (TA:) fem. جَمِيلَةٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) applied to a woman; (S, Mgh, Msb;) as also ↓ جَمْلَاآءُ, (Ks, S, K,) [said to be] an instance of [the measure] فَعْلَاآءُ having no [masc. of the measure] أَفْعَلُ; (TA;) [but see above;] or this is applied to any female as signifying perfect, or complete, in body. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.) It is said in a trad., اـِنَّ ا@للّٰهَ جَمِيلٌ يُحِبُّ الجِمَالَ Verily God is comely in deeds, (TA,) or an Abundant Bestower of good things: He loveth those who are of the like character. (Er-Rághib, TA.) And you say, عَامَلَهُ بَالجَمِيلِ [ He treated him with comely, or pleasing, behaviour ]. (TA.) And مَاسَحَهُ بِالجَمِيل [ He coaxed him, or wheedled him, with comely, or pleasing, behaviour or speech ]. (ISd, K. [See 3.]) ― -b2- أَبُو جَمِيلٍ [ The kind of plants called ] البَقْل; because they embellish by their presence, and render good, the seasoning of food; or because they take away the جَمِيل, i. e., the grease of the flesh-meat, and dry up the food. (Har p. 227.)

Derived headwords

جَمِيلٌ
  1. 1.
اـِنَّ ا@للّٰهَ
جَمِيلٌ يُحِبُّ الجِمَالَ
مَاسَحَهُ بِالجَمِيل
أَبُو جَمِيلٍ