جعد1 جَعُدَ, aor. ـُ inf. n. جُعُودَةٌ (S, A, Msb, K) and جَعَادَةٌ, (K,) said of hair, (S, A, Msb, K,) It  was, or became, crisp, or curly, or twisted, and contracted; (Msb;) was, or became, the contr. of سَبْط, (K,) or of مُسْتَرْسِل: (Msb:) or was, or became, short: (Kr, K:) and جَعِدَ, [aor. ـَ (Msb, TA,) inf. n. جَعَدٌ, (TA,) signifies the same; (Msb, TA;) as also ↓ تجعّد. (K.) b2:  (assumed tropical:)  It  became contracted, and compacted in lumps; (L;) as also ↓ تجعّد; (L, K; *) said of earth, (K,) or of moist earth. (L.) [The inf. n.] جُعُودَةٌ is also sometimes used in describing the state of the froth, or foam, of a camel's mouth, when it is accumulated. (S.[See جَعْدٌ.]) b3:  Also, said of a cheek, inf. n. جُعُودَةٌ, (assumed tropical:)  It was rough, or coarse, and short; contr. of أَسُلَ. (L.) 2 جعّدهُ, (S, A, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَجْعِيدٌ, (S, A, Msb,) He crisped, or curled, or twisted, and contracted, it; (Msb;) made it the contr. of سَبْط, (K,) or of مُسْتَرْسِل; (Msb:) or made it short: (K:) namely, hair. (S, A, Msb, K.) 5 تَجَعَّدَ see 1, in two places.جَعْدٌ, applied to hair, (S, A, Msb, K,) Crisp, or curly, or twisted, and contracted; (Msb;) contr. of سَبْطٌ (K,) or of مُسْتَرْسِلٌ: (Msb:) or short. (Kr, K.) b2:  Applied to a man, (S,) Having  hair such as is termed جَعْد: (S, Msb, K:) [or] so جَعْدُ الشَّعَرِ: (A, TA:) fem. with ة: (S, Msb, K:) pl. جِعَادٌ. (A, Msb.) b3: As an epithet of praise, it has two meanings; namely, (assumed tropical:)  Compact  in limbs, and strong in make; not flabby, nor of slack, or incongruous, make; (L;) or big, or bulky, and compact; (Ham p. 238;) or, as some say, light, or active: (TA:) and having crisp, or curly, not lank, hair; because lankness is the prevalent characteristic of the hair of the Greeks and Persians; and crispness, or curliness, is the prevalent characteristic of the hair of the Arabs: but very crisp, or frizzled, or woolly, hair, like that of the Zenj and the Nubians, is disapproved. (L.) b4:  [Hence,] (tropical:)  Generous; bountiful; munificent; (T, S, A, K;) alluding to a man's being  an Arab of generous disposition, because the Arabs are characterized by crisp, or curly, hair. (A.) As did not know جعد in this sense; but it occurs in many verses of the Ansár. (T, TA.) b5: As an epithet of dispraise, it has also two meanings; namely, (assumed tropical:)  Short, and incongruous in make: (L:) [contr. of سَبْطٌ:] b6:  and (tropical:)  Niggardly; (As, T, S, L, K;) as also جَعْدُ اليَدَيْنِ, (S, K,) and جَعْدُ الأَنَامِلُ, (S,) and جَعْدُ الأَصَابِعُ, (A,) or this signifies (assumed tropical:)  having short fingers, (K,) and جَعْدُ البَنَانِ, and جَعْدُ الكَفِّ, (Har p. 96,) and جَعْدُ الجَنَانِ; (A;) contr. of [سَبْطُ اليَدَيْنِ, and]سبطُ اليَدِ and سبطُ البَنَانِ [&c.]: (Har ubi suprà:) and mean; ungenerous; base: (L:) and جَعْدُ القَفَا (tropical:)  mean, or ignoble, in respect of rank, quality, reputation, or the like. (A, K.) b7:  A camel having much fur: (K:) or having crisp, or curly, and abundant, fur. (S.) [Hence,] أَبُو الجَعْدِ a surname of The camel. (L.) b8:  (assumed tropical:)  Soft moist earth; as also ثَعْدٌ: (S:) or moist earth. (K.) b9:  (assumed tropical:)  A mess of the kind called حَيْس that is thick, (L, K,) not flowing; (L;) as also ↓ مُجَعَّدٌ. (L, K.) IAar cites the following words of a poet, accusing a woman of foul conduct: ↓ وَتَخْلِطُ بِالمَأْقُوطِ حَيْسًا مُجَعَّدًا [And she mixes thick حيس with the food prepared with أَقِط]; meaning, she confounds men together, and does not select him who is to have intercourse with her. (L.) b10:  (assumed tropical:)  Froth, or foam, accumulated upon the fore part of the mouth  of a camel. (S, * L.) And جَعْدُ اللُّغَامِ (assumed tropical:)  A camel having froth, or foam, accumulated upon the fore part of his mouth. (S, * L, K. *) b11:  (assumed tropical:)  A cheek rough, or coarse, and short; not أَسِيل. (L, K.) And (assumed tropical:) A round face, with little مِلْح [or beauty], (K, TA,) or, as in some copies of the K, لَحْم [or flesh]. (TA.) And قَدَمٌ جَعْدَةٌ (tropical:)  A short foot; (A, TA;) characteristic of low origin. (TA.) b12:  It is also applied, in the manner of an intensive epithet, to the plant called صِلِّيَان; and in like manner, with ة, to the plant called بُهْمَى. (TA.) b13:  نَاقَةٌ جَعْدَةٌ (assumed tropical:)  A she-camel compact in make, and strong. (TA.) مُجَعَّدٌ: see جَعْدٌ, in two places.مُتَجَعِّدٌ Moist earth contracted, and compacted in lumps. (L in art. عقد.)