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جود

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 اجادهُ أجاد أجاده اـجادة اجاده اجادة He made it good, goodly, approvable, or excellent; (S, A, * K;) as also أَجْوَدَهُ, (S, * K,) like as they said اطال and اطول, and احال and احول, and اطاب and اطيب, and الان and الين; (S;) and ↓ جوّدهُ, (S, * A,) inf. n. تَجْوِيدٌ. (S.) [Hence,] اجادهُ النَّقْدَ He gave him the cash, or ready money, good. (S, K.) And أَجَدْتُكَ ثَوْبًا I gave thee a garment, or piece of cloth, that was good, goodly, or excellent; or in a good state. (A, TA.) ― -b2- He gave him a dirhem, or piece of silver. (K.) ― -b3- أُجِيدَتِ الأَرْضُ: see 1. -A2- He, or it, slew him, or killed him. (L.) -A3- اجاد, (inf. n. اـِجَادَةٌ, Msb,) He said, gave utterance to, uttered, or expressed, what was good, approvable, or excellent; he said, or did, well, or excellently; أَتَى بِالجَيِّدِ (L, Msb, K) مِنْ قَوْلِ أَوْ فِعْلٍ; (Msb;) as also أَجْوَدَ; (L;) and ↓ جاد, inf. n. جَوْدَةٌ. (L.) [You say, قَالَ فَأَجَادَ He said, and said well: and فَعَلَ فَأَجَادَ He did, and did well. ] And اجاد فِى عَمَلِهِ, and اجود, He did well, or excellently, in his work. (L.) ― -b2- Said of a horse, and اجود likewise: see 1. ― -b3- Also He had with him a horse such as is termed جَوَاد [i. e. fleet, or swift, and excellent ]: (S:) or he became possessed of such a horse; (A, K;) as also اجود. (K.) ― -b4- أَجَادَتْ She brought forth a child, or children, of liberal, bountiful, or generous, disposition. (A.) And اجاد بِالوَلَدِ He begot the child, or children, of liberal, bountiful, or generous, disposition; (K;) and in like manner, بِهِ أَبَوَاهُ ↓ جاد [ His two parents so engendered him ]. (TA.)

Derived headwords

اجادهُverb
  1. 1.
اجادهُ النَّقْدَ
أَجَدْتُكَ ثَوْبًا
أُجِيدَتِ الأَرْضُ
أَتَى بِالجَيِّدِ
مِنْ قَوْلِ أَوْ فِعْلٍ
قَالَ فَأَجَادَ
فَعَلَ فَأَجَادَ
اجاد فِى
اجاد بِالوَلَدِ
بِهِ أَبَوَاهُ