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رجل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

5 تَرَجَّلَ see 1, first sentence, in two places. ― -b2- ترجّل فِى البِئْرِ, (S, Msb, K,) and ترجّل البِئْرَ, (K,) He descended into the well (S, Msb, K) [ by means of his feet, or legs, alone, i. e.,] without his being let down, or lowered, or suspended [ by means of a rope ]. (S, Msb.) ― -b3- ترجّل الزَّنْدَ, and ↓ ارتجلهُ, [or, more probably, ارتجل الزَّنْدَةَ, and ترجّلها, (see مُرْتَجِلٌ,)] He put the زند [or the زندة; (the former meaning the upper, and the latter the lower, of the two pieces of wood used for producing fire,)] beneath his feet: (M, K:) or ↓ ارتجل signifies he (a man come from a distant country) struck fire, and held the زَنْد [here app. meaning (as in many other instances) the زند properly so called and the زندة] with his hands and his feet, [i. e. the زند with his hands and the زندة with his feet, ] because he was alone. (TA. [See مُرْتَجِلٌ.]) -A2- [ترجّل He became a رَجُل, or man; he rose to manhood. (See an explanation of ترجّل النَّهَارُ, in what follows.) And] ترجّلت She (a woman, TA) became like a رَجُل [or man ] (K, TA) in some of her qualities, or states, or predicaments. (TA.) ― -b2- ترجّل النَّهَارُ i. q. اِرْتَفَعَ (tropical:) [i. e. The day became advanced, the sun being somewhat high ]; (S, IAth, O, K, TA;) it being likened to the rising of a man from youth; (IAth, TA;) and so النهار ↓ ارتجل: or, accord. to Er-Rághib, the former means the sun went down from [or below ] the walls; as though it alighted (كَأَنَّهَا تَرَجَّلَتْ [in a proper sense of this verb: see 1, first sentence]). (TA.) -A3- And ترجّل He combed his own hair: (Msb:) or he combed down his own hair; i. e., let it down, or made it to hang down, by means of the comb: (Mgh:) or he anointed [or washed ] and combed his own hair. (TA. [See 2.]) Hence, نَهَى عَنِ التَّرَجُّلِ اـِلَّا غِبًّا (Mgh, TA) He [Mohammad] forbade the anointing and combing of one's own hair except it be less frequent than every day. (TA.)

Derived headwords

تَرَجَّلَverb
  1. 1.
ترجّل فِى البِئْرِ
ترجّل البِئْرَ
ترجّل الزَّنْدَ
ارتجل الزَّنْدَةَ
ترجّل النَّهَارُ
كَأَنَّهَا تَرَجَّلَتْ
عَنِ التَّرَجُّلِ اـِلَّا غِبًّا