جَمَدَ

, aorist جَمُدَ , verbal noun جَمْدٌ and جُمُودٌ, said of water, (S, M, L, Msb, K,) &c., (Msb,) [i. e.,] of anything fluid, or liquid, (K,) It congealed; concreted; became solid, or opposite of fluid or liquid; froze; synonym قَامَ; (S, M;) opposite of ذَابَ; (Msb, K;) as also جَمُدَ. (L, K.) And said of blood, &c., (S, M,) It congealed, or concreted; synonym قام: (M:) or became dry; dried. (S.) See also 2.

Also, verbal noun جُمُودٌ, (assumed tropical:) He, or it, remained fixed, or stationary. (KL.) You say, مَا زِلْتُ أَضْرِبُهُ حَتَّى جَمَدَ (tropical:) [I ceased not to beat him until he became motionless]. (A.)

(assumed tropical:) [He, or it, was, or became, incapable of growth or increase; lifeless, or dead: see جَامِدٌ.

(assumed tropical:) He was, or became, stupid, dull, wanting in intelligence; inert; not sharp, penetrating, vigorous, or effective, in the performing of affairs; or soft, without strength or sturdiness, and without endurance: see, again, جَامِدٌ.]

Also, verbal noun جُمُودٌ, (tropical:) said of a man's state or condition [as meaning, It was, or became, stagnant, or unimproving]. (A.)

Also جَمَدَتْ, aorist جَمُدَ , verbal noun جُمُودٌ, (tropical:) She [a camel, &c.,] had little milk. (T, TA.) And جَمَدَتْ عَيْنُهُ (tropical:) His eye shed few tears: a phrase alluding to hardness of the heart. (Msb.)

Also جَمَدَ, (L, K,) aorist جَمُدَ , (L,) [verbal noun جُمُودٌ;] and أَجْمَدَ; (A, TA; [in a copy of the A, انجمد, but this is doubtless a mistranscription; see مُجْمِدٌ;]) (tropical:) He was, or became, niggardly, penurious, or avaricious; (L, A, K;) as also جَمَدَ كَفُّهُ [or جَمَدَتْ]; (Msb;) or جَمَدَتْ يَدُهُ: (A:) and اجمد he possessed little good: (A, TA:) or جُمُودٌ signifies the refraining, or holding back, from beneficence. (Har p. 149.)

جَمَدَ لِى عَلَيْهِ حَقِّى (tropical:) My right, or due, was, or became, incumbent, or obligatory, on him; or established against him; (A, K, * TA;) as also ذَابَ. (A, TA.)

جَمَدَهُ He cut it, or cut it off. (K.)