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falls into the notch of the bow. (TA.) -AndA thong that is joined to the string of the bow,(I,) of the Arabian bow. (TA.) - And Apiece that is joined to the girdle when it i.s tooshort, (Lb,1],) and in like manner, to a ro)pe, orcord, when it is too short. (Lh, TA.)

WI;; an imperative verbal noun, (S,) meaning

J;lI [Attain thou, reach thou, overtake thou,&c.]: (s:) from the unused verb )j;: (IB:)like 'jJ [from i;.], mcaning 1i. (TA.)

,)1; [an inf. n. of 3, used in the sense of thepart. n. t Ojt;4]. You say, lblj L &

iHe thrust htm, or pierced him, with an unin-tnrrupted thrusting or piercing: and dj ,

mIjij lie drank with an uninterrupted drinking:

and ,I;J *,i An uninterrupted beating orstriking. (TA.)

'~; i. q. oj,b [as meaning An animal that

is hunted]. (8, J.)

1;; an epithet from Wj.>, (8, 15,) applied to a

man, (1,) and signifying 1j1;; j [i. e. Onewho attains, reaches, or overtakes, &e., much, oroqften: and also having much, or great, or strong,perception: as will be seen from what follows]:(., TA:) and so tV [expressly said in theTA to signify Olj'~JI ,.-e, though why it shouldhave this signification as well as that (which itcertainly has) of simply attaining &c., I cannotsee,] and a -b.: (1:, TA:) the last explainedby L4 as signifying .tJ'1 1 [i.e. quick inattaining, &e.]. (TA.) ]eys Ibn-Rifa'ah says,

[And he who has a claim for blood-revene is notewer an attainer of it with (meaning from) me;but verily I am one who often attaint blood-

reenges]. (IB.) Seldom does ,11t come from

JW$1; but they sometimes said il,; jA.d [i. e.Having much, or great, or strong, perception];it being [in this instance] a dialectal syn. [of

, ], or thus for conformity: (.:) it is said

to be the only instance of J`L from J,f exceptO,. .9i,t. and jLt; [and some other instances mightbe added; but all of them require consideration :]accord. to ID, .lJj is from the unused verb .>.(TA.)

jb~ : see . .J,.i. ej [if not a mis-

transcription for - or 3i.] means He has asens in excess; [app. a preternatural perception,or a econd sight ;] and so * $S.. (TA.)

&~, A place, and a time, of .J';lI [i. . at-taining,raching, overtahing, &c.]. (M9 b.) Hence

,J!l Jj]1*; (Mgh, Msb ;) among which is in-cuded investigation of the law by means of reasonand comparison; (Mgh;) i. e. The sources fromwhich are sought the ordinances of the law;where one seks for guidlance by means of texts[ef the Kur-dn or the Sunneh] and by means of

investigation by reason and comparison: (Msb:)the lawyers make the sing. to be V t)1.~; (Mgh,*Msb;) but there is no way of resolving this:(Mob:) correctly, by rule, it is .tjj; because

the meaning intended is a place of ljjl. (Mgh.)- [Also pass. part. n. of 4. - And hence, Per-ceived by means of any of the senses; likea,a,: and percecived by the intellect; thusopposed to ,.]

.J..o: see .LVJ, in two places. __[ab.s.j1 ;JI,and simply a.,J, as a subst., The perceptivefaculty oftthe mind. See also what next follows.]

see 3 -;. [See also .]

UJI i ;i JI and J )l1 .lt signifyThe fivc senes. (TA.) [See also j;.. ] -.Also The a~ [a word I do not find in anyother instance, app. a mistranscription for 4-.m(which when written with the article differs verylittle from the former word) i. e. the place towhich the cupping-vessl is applied, for this isoften] between the two shoulder-blades: (1K:) sosays Ibn-'Abbad. (TA.)

a.~1,~ A woman (TA) that will tot be sa-tiated with coitus; (I, TA;) as though her fitsof appetency were consecutive. (TA.)

3j1i Uninterrupted; or closely consecutivein its parts, or portions: differing from 1J,which is applied to a thing in the case of whichthere are small intervals. (Lb.) See also .1

Applied to a rhyme, (Lth, M, 1,) and to aword, (Lth, TA,) lIaving two movent lettersfollowed by a quiescent letter; as 3 and thelike: (Lth,TA:) or having two movent lettersbetween two quiescent letters; as ';'1, (M,K,) and ;a, and Ml., (M,TA,) and

Jai .Jyj, (M,K],) i. e. as a- when imme-mediately following a quiescent letter, (M, TA,)and -~ ~j, (I(M, ( K,) i. e. as J. with a moventletter immediately followed by it: (M, TA :) asthough the vowel-sounds overtook one anotherwithout an obstacle between the two moventletters. (M, 1)- [l...['l is also the name ofThe sixteenth metrer of verse; the measure ofwhich consists of ,4G eight times.]

.1;.X"_ [A supplement]: seec 10. - [In theTA and some other similar works, it is often usedas signifying Supefluous, or redundant.]

1. vj4>, aor. , inf. n. ' j;; (T, S,' M, Mob,1 ;) and t Vjl; (T,M, 1;) It (a garment,S, M, &c.) was, or became, dirty, or filthy: (SM, Mb, g:) or was, or became, defiled, pol-luted, or smeared, with dirt, orfilth. (T,K.)

And ,:Jk .. N. }5 His hand was, or became,defiled, polluted, or smeared, with the thing. (15.)

4. oj>t: see 1.1Also He rendereda garmentdirty, or filthy: (S, f(:) or he defiled, polluted,or smeared, a garment with dirt, or filth. (g.)

'It ;.;jj The camels fed upon what is

termed Ci.,: (M, K :) thus they do in the caseof drought; or sterility. (M.)

i; Dirtiness, or filthiness; or dirt, or filth:(S, M, ] :) or deilement, or pollution, nwith dirtorfilth: (T, ] :) and accord. to the j, * O. 1

also is syn. with XjsJI; but ISd mays that this isnot known. (So in the TA. [In the text of theM, however, as given in the TT, in the place of

J;JI in this case I find ,j.1 (for :1S,I, i. e.the bad, &c.); and another passage in the M,respecting a signification of '~U1, (which seebelow,) suggests that the explanation of .;

as meaning C;JAl may have been taken from this

passage in consequence of an oversight.]) i4.b C

cJh! 1 ;~.b "', meaning It was no othernisethan like dirt in my hand, which I thereforewiped with the other hand, is a prov. applied inthe case of a thing done in haste. (M.)-

&lA[Hence,] Ci; ,Al means t The present world, orthe present state of existence. (Z, IF.) - isalso used as meaning t Vil/~, ignominy, orabjectness (LHar p. 509.)

Xf (., M, Mob, 10) and t oj 1, (M, TA,)applied to a garment, Dirty, or filthy: (8, M,Msob, 15:) or defiled, polluted, or smeared, withdirt, orfilth. (1. ) And, so applied, Old andivorn out; as also ( * I. (:.) [Hence,] M4I

6 J A;J t [in the C15 JI i, His handsare wvorn out by beneficence; meaning, much ued

therein]: and 1 .,n. ! [Teir hands are

worn out thereby]: and 4 *.t O J,j o '[He isworn out in respect of the hands thereby]. (IF,TA.) - &ii applied to a she-camel meansMangy, or wcabby. (TA.)

s1;;, like 4A..,, (15,) or V i j;, (so accord.to the TT as from the M,) The fox. (M, 1.)

Se ; .see X .... Also, (,M, ,)and tl,(M, 1,) Dry herbage: (31 :) and whatever isbroken in pieces, of [plants of the hind termed]

,a_ or of trees, or of herbs, or leguminowsplants, (M,1,) of stch as are eaten reithoutbeing cooked, or are slender and succulent or softor sweet, and such as are hard and thick, orthick and inclining to bitternes, or thich andrough, when old (M) and dry: (M, A :) or OMJsignifies what is broken in pieces, of hlrbage,when it is old (?, TA) and withered, or wasted,and black; (so in a copy of the S;) i. c. withered,or wasted, herbage; such as is sedom made useof by the camels: (S, TA:) or herbage that hasbecome a yeaf old, and then dried up: (Th, M:)dry herbage a year old: (Lth, T :) or dryj and

o Mtold herbage. (Iam p. 527.) [Hence,] , eIt Sterile, or unfruitful, land. (S, 1.) A poetsays,

is -.1 . a I- -

c., .. ,

1u JW .#I1 0--- "> -~~~~·r S

[Come thou, let us keep to our love of 7Daad (awoman's name), and we will go forth early inthe morning, both alike, though the pasturing bein sterile land]: he means, we will keep to our

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