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جود

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَجْوَدُ ذ [ Better, and best; more, and most, goodly or approvable or excellent ]: see 5. ― -b2- [ More, and most, liberal, bountiful, munificent, or generous. Hence,] أَجْوَدُ مِنْ حَاتِمٍ [ More liberal, &c., than Hátim ]: a prov. (Meyd.) ― -b3- [ More, and most, fleet, or swift, and excellent; relating to a horse. Hence,] أَجْوَدُ مِنَ الجَوَادِ المُبِرِّ [ More fleet, &c., than the courser that surpasses others ]: a prov. (Meyd.)

Derived headwords

أَجْوَدُ
  1. 1.
أَجْوَدُ مِنْ حَاتِمٍ
أَجْوَدُ مِنَ الجَوَادِ