Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

مِجْرَازٌ مجراز : see جُرُزٌ; the latter, in two places.

مَجْرُوزَةٌ مجروزه مجروزة : see جُرُزٌ; the latter, in two places.

1 جَرَسَ جرس , [aor., app., جَرُسَ and جَرِسَ , as seems to be implied in the K, inf. n. جَرْسٌ, which see below,] He, or it, made a sound; (TA;) as also ↓ اجرس: (Mgh, TA:) [or both signify he, or it, made a low, gentle, slight, or soft, sound; as appears from what follows.] You say, جَرَسَ بِالكَلَامِ, (A,) or جَرَسَ الكَلَامَ, (Msb,) He spoke in a low, gentle, or soft, voice or tone; or with modulation, or melody; syn. نَغَمَ فِيهِ, (A,) or نَغَمَ بِهِ. (Msb.) And جَرَسَ, (S,) inf. n. جَرْسٌ; (K;) and ↓ تجرٍّ; (S, K;) He spoke: (K:) or he said a thing, and spoke in a low, gentle, or soft, voice or tone, or with modulation or melody; expl. by تَكَلَّمَ بِشَىْءٍ وَتَنَغَّمَ. (Lth, S.) And ↓ اجرس is also used in the senses here following. It (a bird) caused the sound of its passing to be heard: (S, A, * K:) and in like manner it is said of a man. (K, accord. to the TA; but not found by me in any copy of the K.) ↓ And (tropical:) It (an ornament, حَلْىٌ,) made a sound (S, A, * K) like that of a جَرَس [or bell ]; (TA;) as also ↓ انجرس. (A, TA.) ↓ And It (a tribe, حَىٌّ,) made its sound (جَرْس) to be heard: or, accord. to the T, made the sound of the جَرْس of a thing to be heard. (TA.) ↓ And He (a man) raised his voice. (TA.) ↓ And He (a camel-driver) sang to camels for the purpose of urging or exciting: (S, K:) or raised his voice in doing so. (A.) ― -b2- [Hence, app.,] جَرَسَ, aor. جَرُسَ (Lth, AO, S, K,) and جَرِسَ , (K,) inf. n. جَرْسٌ, (Lth, AO, K,) He ate [a thing: because a slight sound is made in doing so]: (AO, TA:) or he licked [a thing] with his tongue. (K.) You say, جَرَسَت النَّحْلُ العُرْفُطَ The bees ate the [ trees called ] عرفط: (S) and جَرَسَتِ النَّوْرَ, (Lth, A,) and العَسَلَ [put tropically for النَّوْرَ because honey is made from flowers or blossoms], (Lth, TA,) the bees ate the flowers, or blossoms, making a sound in so doing: (A:) or licked the flowers, or blossoms, and thence made honey. (Lth, TA.) And جَرَسَتِ المَاشِيَةُ الشَّجَرَ, and العُشْبَ, The beasts licked the trees, and the herbage. (TA.) And جَرَسَتِ البَقَرَةُ وَلَدَهَا The cow licked her young one. (TA.)

2 جرّس بِالقَوْمِ جرس بالقوم , inf. n. تَجْرِيسٌ, He rendered the persons notorious, or infamous; [as, for instance, by parading them, and making public proclamation before them; accord. to the usage of the verb in the present day;] syn. سَمَّعَ بِهِمْ, (K,) and نَدَّدَ, (Ibn-'Abbád, TA,) and صَوَّتَ. (A.) -A2- جَرَّسَتْهُ الأُمُورُ, (S,) and الدُّهُورُ, (TA,) inf. n. as above, (K,) (tropical:) [ Events, and misfortunes, ] rendered him experienced, or expert, and sound, or firm, in judgment &c. (S, K, * TA)

4 اجرس أجرس اجرس جرس : see 1, in six places. ― -b2- اجرس بِالحَلْىِ (tropical:) [ He made a sound with the ornament ]: said of the owner [or wearer] of the ornament. (A.) ― -b3- اجرس الجَرَسَ He struck [or sounded ] the bell. (TA.) ― -b4- أَجْرَسَنِى السَّبُعُ The animal of prey heard my sound (جَرْسِى): (ISk, S, A, K:) or heard it from afar. (TA.)

5 تَجَرَّسَ see 1.

7 اـِنْجَرَسَ see 1.

جَرْسٌ جرس (S, A, Msb, K) and ↓ جِرْسٌ (S, A, K) and ↓ جَرَسٌ (Kr, ISd) A sound: (ISk, A, K:) or a low, faint, gentle, slight, or soft, sound: (IDrd, S A, K:) such, for instance, as the sound of the beaks of birds, (S, A, Msb,) pecking, (A,) upon a thing which they are eating: (S:) and that of bees eating flowers or blossoms: (A:) and of a tribe [or crowd of men, more particularly as heard from some distance; i. e., a hum ]: (TA:) and of a camel-driver singing to his beasts to urge or excite them: (A:) and the slight sound of a letter of the alphabet: (TA:) and low, gentle, or soft, speech: (Msb:) or when the word is used alone, [i. e., not coupled with another noun as it is in the second of the two examples here following,] it is with fet-h: thus one says, مَا سَمِعْتُ لَهُ جَرْسًا; (A, K;) i. e., I heard not any sound of him, or it: (TA:) but you say, ↓ مَا سَمِعْتُ لَهُ حِسًّا وَلَا جِرْسًا, with kesr; (A, K;) i. e., I heard not any motion, nor any sound, of him, or it: (TA in art. حس:) pl. [app. of the third] أَجْرَاسٌ. (Ham p. 200.) [See also جَرْشٌ.]

جِرْسٌ جرس : see what next precedes, in two places.

جَرَسٌ جرس [ A bell; ] a thing well known; (Msb;) the thing that is hung to the neck of the camel (S, Mgh, K) &c., and that makes a sound: (Mgh:) or, accord. to some, the [ little round bell called ] جُلْجُل: (TA:) and also that which is struck [ to make it sound ]: (Lth, S, K:) the thing that is struck by the Christians at the times of prayers: (Har p. 616:) pl. أجْرَاسٌ. (Mgh, Msb.) It is said in a trad., لَا تَصْحَبُ المَلَائِكَةُ رُفْقَةً فِيهَا جَرَسٌ [ The angels will not accompany an assemblage of persons journeying together among whom is a bell ]: (S, TA:) the reason is said to be, because it guides others to them; for Mo- hammad liked not to let the enemy know of his approach until he came upon them suddenly. (TA.) -A2- See also جَرْسٌ.

جُرْسَةٌ جرس جرسه جرسة The act of rendering [a person or persons] notorious, or infamous. (TA.) [See 2.]

جَارُوسٌ جاروس Voracious. (IAar, K.)

جَوَارِسُ جوارس [as though pl. of جَارِسَةٌ] Bees: (S:) or bees eating flowers, or blossoms, and making a sound in doing so: (A:) or جَوَارِسُ النَّحْلِ signifies the males of bees. (TA.)

جَاوَرْسٌ جاورس [ A species of millet; ] a kind of grain, (Msb, K,) well known, (K,) resembling ذُرَة, but smaller: (Msb:) or, accord. to some, a species of دُخْن: (Msb:) or i. q. دُخْنٌ: (S in art. دخن, and TA in art. دخل:) or a well-known grain, which is eaten, like دُخْن, of which there are three species, the best whereof is the yellow [الصفر, or the word may be الاصغر, the smallest, ] and weighty: it is likened to rice in its power, or virtue, is more astringent than دُخْن, promotes the flow of urine, and constringes: the word is arabicized, from [the Persian] Gَاوِرْسْ. (TA.)

مُجَرَّسٌ مجرس (S) and مُجَرِّسٌ (TA) (tropical:) A man (TA) experienced, or expert, in affairs, (S, TA,) and rendered sound, or firm, in judgment &c. (TA.) And with ة, (tropical:) A she-camel tried and proved by use, or practice, in pace and riding. (TA.)

مَجْرُوسٌ مجروس [ Uttered with a sound: or with a low, gentle, slight, or soft, sound ]. Every letter of the alphabet is مَجْرُوسَة, except the soft letters, (A, TA,) namely, وا, and ى. (TA.)

1 جَرَشَهُ ذ , (S, A, K,) aor. جَرُشَ (MS, K) and جَرِشَ , (K,) inf. n. جَرْشٌ, (A, TA,) He bruised, brayed, or pounded, it, (S, A, K,) and he ground it, namely, salt, and grain, (A,) coarsely, not finely. (S, A, K.) ― -b2- He stripped off, scraped off, rubbed off, abraded, or otherwise removed, its superficial part; syn. قَشَرَهُ. (K.) ― -b3- He scratched, scraped, rubbed, grated, chafed, or fretted, it; syn. حَكَّهُ; (K, TA;) like as the viper does its fangs; when its folds rub, or grate, together, causing a sound to be head. (TA.) ― -b4- He scratched it (حَكَّهُ, namely, his head,) with a comb, (S, A, K,) so as to raise its scurf; (S, K;) as also ↓ جَرَّشَهُ. (TA.) ― -b5- He rubbed and pressed it (namely, the skin,) with the hand, in order that it might become smooth (K, TA) and soft. (TA.)

2 جَرَّشَ see 1, last signification but one.

جَرْشٌ ذ The sound of a viper's coming forth form the skin [or slough ] when the former rubs, or grates, one part against another. (K.) ― -b2- And The sound of a viper's fangs, when they rub, or grate [ together ]. (TA.) ― -b3- And The sound arising from eating a rough thing: or this is with س. (TA.)

جَرِيشٌ ذ A thing, (S, K,) such as salt, (A,) bruised, brayed, or pounded, (S, A, K,) and ground, (A,) coarsely, not finely: (S, A, K:) or, applied to salt, it signifies مَالَمْ يُطَيَّبْ [app. meaning such as has not been purified ], (S, K, TA,) that crumbles; as though one part thereof were rubbed against another. (TA.) ― -b2- Also Coarse flour, such as is fit for [ making the kind of food called ] خَبِيص مُرَمَّل. (TA.)

جُرَاشَةُ شَىْءٍ ذ What falls, of, or from, a thing coarsely bruised or brayed or pounded, when what is bruised &c. thereof is taken. (S.) ― -b2- جُرَاشَةٌ also signifies What falls from the head when it is combed: (A, TA:) and what falls and becomes scattered from wood: (A:) or cuttings, chips, parings, and the like. (TA.)

جَوَارِشٌ ذ [from the Persian Gُوَارِشْ, A digestive stomachic; ] a thing that causes food to digest; as also هَاضُومٌ. (S in art. هضم.)

مَجْرُوشٌ ذ A thing having its superficial part stripped off, scraped off, rubbed off, abraded, or otherwise removed. (TA.) ― -b2- Skin rubbed and pressed with the hand in order that it may become smooth and soft. (TA.)

1 جَرِضَ بِرِيقِهِ جرض بريقه جرض بريقة , aor. جَرَضَ , (IDrd, A, K,) inf. n. جَرَضٌ; (IDrd, K;) or جَرَضَ بِرِيقِهِ, aor. جَرِضَ ; (S;) but IKtt says that the former is the right; (IB;) His throat, or fauces, became choked by his spittle; he was choked with his spittle: (IDrd, A:) or, accord. to some, he suffered the chokings (غُصَص) of death: (TA:) or the verb is sometimes used in a general manner, in the former of the senses explained above, and in the place of غَصَّ and in that of شَرِقَ and in that of شَجِىَ: (MF in art. غص, q.v.:) and the above-mentioned phrase also signifies (A) he swallowed his spittle with difficulty, or trouble, or labour, contending against anxiety, or grief. (S, A, K.) You say also, هُوَ يَجْرِضُ بِنَفْسِهِ, (S,) or يَجْرَضُ بنفسه, (A, * TA,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) He is near to dying; accord. to As: (S, TA:) or his soul reaches his fauces: (TA:) or he is at the point of death, his soul having reached his fauces. (A.) And يَجْرَضُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ He dies. (TA.) And جَرِضَتِ النَّاقَةُ بِجِرَّتِهَا [app. meaning The she-camel was choked with her cud: or swallowed her cud with difficulty ]. (TA.) And جَرَضَ رِيقَهُ He swallowed his spittle. (A, TA.) And فُلَانٌ يَجْرِضُ عَلَيْكَ رِيقَهُ [app. meaning Such a one swallows his choler against thee ]. (A.) ― -b2- جَرَضَهُ He strangled him. (K.) You say, أَفْلَتَ مِنْهُمْ وَقَدْ جَرَضُوهُ He escaped from them when they had strangled him [ so as almost to kill him ]. (TA.)

4 اجرضهُ بِرِيقِهِ اجرضه بريقه اجرضه بريقة He caused his throat, or fauces, to be choked by his spittle. (S, K.)

جَرَضٌ جرض Spittle: (A, K:) or spittle by which one is choked. (S.) ― -b2- [The choking, or strangulation, or rattles, immediately preceding death. See 1: and see also جَرِيضٌ.] ― -b3- Difficulty, trouble, or labour; syn. جَهْدٌ. (TA.)

جَرِيضٌ جريض [A man having his throat, or fauces, choked by his spittle. ― -b2- And hence,] Having his soul reaching his fauces: or near to dying: (TA:) or at the point of death, his soul having reached his fauces, so that he is choked by it: (A, TA:) or dying: (TA:) or made, or suffered, to escape, after evil: (Lth:) or oppressed by grief or sorrow; (S, K;) as also ↓ جِرْيَاضٌ and ↓ جِرْاآضٌ: (ADk, K:) or affected by intense anxiety or grief: (TA:) [see also جَرَّاضٌ:] pl. جَرْضَى; (A, K;) like as مَرْضَى is pl. of مَرِيضٌ. (A, TA.) You say, أَفْلَتَ فُلَانٌ جَرِيضًا, or أُفْلِتَ, Such a one escaped, or was made to escape, being near to death; (TA;) or being at the point of death, his soul having reached his fauces, so that he was choked by it. (A, TA.) And مَاتَ فُلَانٌ جَرِيضًا Such a one died oppressed by grief or sorrow. (S.) -A2- In the following prov., حَالَ الجَرِيضُ دُونَ القَرِيضِ [ The جريض interposed as an obstacle in the way of the قريض], الجريض signifies the thing choking the throat or fauces; (S, A;) and القريض signifies the cud: the meaning being, the thing choking the throat or fauces hindered from chewing the cud: (A:) or the former signifies the choking, or having the throat, or fauces, obstructed; and the latter, the poetry: (TA:) or the former, the swallowing of spittle in dying; and the latter, the sound, or voice, of a man in dying: (Er-Riyáshee:) or the former, spittle swallowed: (Har p. 150, q. v.:) and also, the chokings (غُصَص) of death: [see also جَرَضٌ:] and the moving to and fro of the two jaws at death: (TA:) the prov. relates to an affair which is hindered by some obstacle: (A, O, K:) or it is said on the occasion of any affair which was possible and which has been hindered by the intervention of some obstacle: and the first who said it was 'Obeyd Ibn-El-Abras, when El-Mundhir [on one of the days when it was his custom to slay whomsoever he met] desired him to recite some of his verses: (Zeyd Ibn-Kuthweh:) or the first who said it was Jowshan [in some copies of the K, Showshan, which, as is said in the TA, is a mistake,] El-Kilábee, when his father, having forbidden him to poetize, and seeing him sick of grief thereat, and at the point of death, gave him permission to do so: (K, TA:) whereupon, after saying these words, he recited some verses, and died. (TA.)

جَرَّاضٌ جراض A strangler. (TA.) -A2- Suffering intense, or violent, grief. (TA.) [See also جَرِيضٌ.]

جِرْاآضٌ جراآض : see جَرِيضٌ.

جِرْيَاضٌ جرياض : see جَرِيضٌ.

1 جَرِعَ المَاآءَ جرع الماآء , aor. جَرَعَ , (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. جَرْعٌ, (S, K, *) or حَرَعٌ; (Msb;) and جَرَعَهُ, aor. جَرَعَ , inf. n. جَرْعٌ; (S, Msb, K;) but the latter is disallowed by As; (S;) He swallowed the water; (Msb, K;) as also ↓ اجترعهُ: (Msb:) or the latter signifies he swallowed it at once. (Sgh, K.) ― -b2- See also 5.

2 جَرَّعَ [جرّعهُ المَاآءَ He made him to swallow the water. ] تَجْرِيعٌ is The pouring beverage into the throat against one's will: but sometimes it is used of that which is not against one's will. (Har p. 115.) And جرّعهُ signifies He gave him to drink gulp after gulp, or sup after sup, or sip after sip. (Har p. 350.) ― -b2- [And hence,] جرّعهُ الغُصَصَ, (K,) or جرّعهُ غُصَصَ الغَيْظِ, (S,) inf. n. تَجْرِيعٌ, (K,) (tropical:) He made him to repress, or restrain, choking wrath, or rage. (S, TA.)

4 اجرعهُ أجرعه اجرعه اجرعة جرع He made it (a rope or a bow-string) to have one or more of its strands thick [or rather thicker than the others ]. (TA.)

5 تجرّع جرع تجرع He swallowed in consecutive portions, one time after another, like him who acts against his own will: or, as IAth says, he drank in haste: or, accord. to some, he drank by little and little. (TA.) ― -b2- [And hence,] تجرّع (S, Msb, K *) (tropical:) He repressed, or restrained, choking wrath, or rage; (S;) as though he swallowed it: (Msb:) and [in like manner] you say also, ↓ جَرِعَ الغَيْظَ (tropical:) he repressed, or restrained, wrath, or rage. (TA.)

8 اـِجْتَرَعَ see 1.

جَرَعٌ جرع A twisting in one of the strands of a rope, (S, K,) or of a bow-string, (K,) so that it appears above the other strands. (S, K.) [It is app. an inf. n., of which the verb, if it have one, is جَرِعَ.] -A2- See also جَرَعَةٌ.

جَرِعٌ جرع A rope, (K,) or a bow-string, (TA,) having the twisting termed جَرَعٌ in one of its strands; as also ↓ مُجَرَّعٌ: (K:) or, accord. to IAar, a bow-string that is even, except that there is a prominence in one part of it, wherefore it is rubbed and pulled with a piece of a كِسَاآء [q. v.] until that prominence disappears: and ↓ the latter, accord. to ISh, a bow-string not uniformly nor well twisted, having in it prominences, so that one of its strands appears above the others, or some appear above others. (TA.)

جَرْعَةٌ جرع جرعه جرعة : see what next follows, in three places: -A2- and see جَرَعَةٌ, in two places.

جُرْعَةٌ جرع جرعه جرعة A gulp, or as much as is swallowed at once, of water; a جُرْعَة of water being like a لُقْمَة of food: (Msb:) or a sup, or sip; or as much as is supped, or sipped, at once; or a mouthful of what is supped, or sipped; (syn. حُسْوَةٌ;) of water; (S, K;) as also ↓ جَرْعَةٌ and ↓ جِرْعَةٌ: or جُرْعَةٌ and ↓ جَرْعَةٌ are substs. [signifying the act of swallowing water] from جَرِعَ المَاآءَ “ he swallowed the water: ” (K:) or ↓ جَرْعَةٌ signifies a single act of swallowing water: (IAth, L:) and جُرْعَةٌ, what one swallows: (L, K:) or a mouthful which one swallows: (TA:) or a small draught: (IAth:) and its pl. is جُرَعٌ. (Msb, TA.) The dim. is ↓ جُرَيْعَةٌ. (S, K.) And hence the prov., أَفْلَتَ فُلَانٌ جُرَيْعَةَ الذَّقَنِ, (Sgh, K,) the verb being intrans., and جريعة being in the accus. case as a denotative of state, as though the speaker said, أَفْلَتَ قَاذِفًا جُرَيْعَةَ الذَّقَنِ; (Sgh;) or بِجُرَيْعَةِ الذَّقَنِ; (S, K;) or ↓ بِجُرَيْعَاآئِهَا; (K;) Such a one escaped [from destruction] when his spirit, or the remains thereof, had become in his mouth; (L, K;) or near thereto, (K,) as a sup [or little sup ] of water to the chin [of a person drinking]; (TA;) or when death was as near to him as a little sup of water to the chin; (L;) or when at his last gasp: (Fr, S:) applied to one who has been at the point of destruction, and then escaped: (S:) or, accord. to AZ, it is thus; أَفْلَتَنِى جُرَيْعَةَ الذَّقَنِ, which may mean he made me to escape &c., or he escaped from me &c.; in the latter case, افلتنى being for أَفْلَتَ مِنِّى; and [it is said that] جريعة is prefixed to الذقن because the motion of the chin indicates the nearness of the departure of the soul: or the meaning of the words related by AZ may be, he made me, i. e. the remains of my soul, to escape; the last two words being a substitute for the pronoun affixed to the verb. (Sgh.) One says also, أَفْلَتَنَىِ جُرَيْعَةَ الرِّيقِ, meaning He outwent me, [or escaped me, ] and I swallowed my spittle in wrath, or rage, against him. (TA.) And مَا مِنْ جُرْعَةٍ أَحْمَدُ عُقْبَانًا مِنْ جُرْعَةِ غَيْظٍ نَكْظِمُهَا (tropical:) [ There is nothing that is swallowed more praiseworthy in its result than what is swallowed of wrath, or rage, which we repress, or restrain ]. (TA.)

جِرْعَةٌ جرع جرعه جرعة : see جُرْعَةٌ.

جَرَعَةٌ جرع جرعه جرعة (S, K) and ↓ جَرْعَةٌ (K) and ↓ جَرْعَاآءُ (S, K) and ↓ أَجْرَعُ (K) An even piece, (S,) or a round piece, or hill, or hillock, (K,) of sand, that produces no plants, or herbage; (S, K;) and, as some add, that retains no water: (TA:) or a piece, or tract, of sand, good for producing plants, or herbage, in which is no softness, or looseness: (Sgh, L, K:) or land in which is ruggedness, resembling sand: (L, K:) or a hill of which one side consists of sand, and one side of stones: (K:) or what is termed ↓ جرعاء and ↓ اجرع is larger than what is termed جَرَعَةٌ: ↓ جرعاء is also explained as signifying sand of which the middle is elevated, and of which the sides are thin: and, accord. to IAth, ↓ اجرع signifies a wide place, in which is ruggedness: (TA:) or this last, a plain, or soft, place, intermixed with sand: (Ham p. 574:) جَرَعَةٌ is sing., or n. un., of ↓ جَرَعٌ: (S, K: *) or, accord. to some, this last word is a sing., like اجرع; and its pl. [of pauc.] is أَجْرَاعٌ and [of mult.] جِرَاعٌ: the pl. of جَرَعَةٌ is جِرْعَانٌ: and the pl. of ↓ جَرْعَةٌ is جِرَاعٌ: and the pl. of ↓ جِرِعاء is جَرْعَاوَاتٌ: and the pl. of ↓ اجرع is أَجَارِعُ. (TA.)

جَرْعَاآءُ جرعاآء : see جَرَعَةٌ, in four places.

جُرَيْعَةٌ جريعه جريعة dim. of جُرْعَةٌ, q. v.

جُرَيْعَاآءُ جريعاآء : see جُرْعَةٌ.

أَجْرَعُ ذ : see جَرَعَةٌ, in four places.

مُجْرِعٌ مجرع A she-camel in which is not as much [ milk ] as will satisfy thirst, but only some sups: (K:) pl. مَجَارِيعُ (L, K) and مَجَارِعُ: (L:) J explains the former pl. as signifying she-camels having little milk; as though there were not in their udders more than some sups; and the sing. he does not mention. (TA.)

مُجَرَّعٌ مجرع : see جَرِعٌ, in two places.

1 جَرَفَهُ جرف جرفه جرفة , (S, Msb, K,) aor. جَرُفَ , (S, Msb,) inf. n. جَرْفٌ (S, Msb, K) and جَرْفَةٌ, (Lh, K,) He took away, carried away, or removed, the whole of it, (S, Msb, K,) or the greater part of it, (S,) or much of it: (S, K:) and [in like manner ↓ جرّفهُ; for its inf. n.] تَجْرِيفٌ signifies the act of carrying away wholly: (KL:) and ↓ اجترفهُ he took the whole of it. (TA in art. جفت.) ― -b2- Also, (inf. n. جَرْفٌ, TA,) He swept it away, namely, mud, (S, K,) from the surface of the earth; (TA;) and so ↓ جرّفهُ, (K,) inf. n. تَجْرِيفٌ; (TA;) and ↓ تجرّفهُ: (K:) or ↓ تَجْرِيفٌ signifies the act of clearing away mud or the like well; in Persian, نيك رنديدن: (KL: [Golius, app. misled by a mistranscription, has explained the verb, جرّف, as on the authority of the KL, by “ bene effudit: ”]) and الشَّىْءَ ↓ اجترف he swept away the thing (جَرَفَهُ) from the surface of the earth. (TA.) You say also, جَرَفَتْهُ السُّيُولُ, (Msb,) or ↓ جرّفتهُ, inf. n. تَجْرِيفٌ; (S;) and ↓ تجرّفتهُ; (S, K;) The torrents swept it away; (TA;) [or swept it partially away; or wore it away; ] namely, a portion of land. (S, Msb, K. See جُرُفٌ.) And, of a death commonly prevailing, جَرَفَ النَّاسَ كَجَرْفِ السَّيْلِ (tropical:) [ It swept away, or destroyed, men, like the sweeping away of the torrent ]: (TA:) and ↓ يَجْتَرِفُ مَالَ القَوْمِ [ It sweeps away, or destroys, the cattle of the people ]. (S, TA.) ― -b3- [ He shovelled it, or scooped it, away, or up, or out. ] You say, جَرَفَهُ بِكِلْتَا يَدَيْهِ [ He scooped it up, or out, with both his hands ]; i. e. something dry, as flour, and sand, and the like. (S in art. حفن.) ― -b4- جُرِفَ It (herbage) was eaten up utterly. (TA.)

2 جرّفهُ جرف جرفه جرفة , inf. n. تَجْرِيفٌ: see 1, in four places. ― -b2- جرّفهُ الدَّهْرُ (assumed tropical:) Time, or fortune, or misfortune, destroyed, or exterminated, his property, or cattle, and reduced him to poverty. (TA.) A poet (of the Benoo-Teiyi, TA) says, فَاـِنْ تَكُنِ الحَوَادِثُ جَرَّفَتْنِى فَلَمْ أَرَ هَالِكًا كَا@بْنَىْ زِيَادِ (assumed tropical:) [ And if misfortunes have destroyed my property, or cattle, and reduced me to poverty, I have not seen any one in a state of perdition like the two sons of Ziyád ]. (S, TA.)

4 اجرف أجرف اجرف جرف It (a place) was invaded by a torrent such as is termed جُرَاف. (K.)