جند
2 جنّد جُنُودًا (
S, A) He collected, or assembled, جنود [i. e. armies, military forces, &c.]. (
A.) 5 تجنّد He took or prepared, for himself, a جُنْد [i. e. an army, a military force, &c.]. (
A,
TA.) جُنْدٌ [a
coll. gen. n.] An army; a military force; a legion; a body of troops or soldiers; (
L,
K;) a collected body of men prepared for war: (
Mgh:) auxiliaries: (
S,
L,
Msb,
K:)
n. un. ↓ جُنْدِىٌّ [signifying a trooper; a soldier; an auxiliary]; like as رُومِىٌّ is
n. un. of رُومٌ: (
Msb:)
pl. of the former, جُنُودٌ (
S,
A,
Mgh,
Msb) and [
pl. of pauc.] أَجْنَادٌ. (
Mgh,
Msb.) It is said in a
trad., ↓ الأَرْوَاحُ جُنُودٌ مُجَنَّدَةٌ (
S,
A,
L) Souls are troops collected together: meaning that they are created of two parties, each party agreeing together, and disagreeing with the other party, like two armies opposed, each to the other. (
L.)
b2: Also Any kind, or species, of creatures, or created things, regarded as alone, by itself, or apart from others. (
K, *
TA.) It is said in a
prov., إِنَّ لِلّهِ جُنُودًا مِنْهَا العَسَلُ Verily to God belong kinds, or species, of created things [by means of which He effects his purposes as by armies or auxiliaries], of which is honey: (
Z,
K:) first said by Mo'áwiyeh, when he heard that El-Ashtar had been given to drink some honey containing poison, in consequence of which he died: and used on the occasion of rejoicing at a misfortune that has befallen an enemy: it occurs in the history of El-Mes'oodee thus; إِنَّ لِلّهِ جُنْدًا فِى العَسَلِ. (
MF.)
b3: Also, [as a term used in Syria, and afterwards by the Arabs from Syria in Spain,] A city [with its territory; i. e. a province, or district]: (
K:) or particularly a city of Syria [with its territory]: (
AO,
TA:)
pl. أَجْنَادٌ. (
TA.) Syria consists of five اجناد; namely, Dimashk [or Damascus], Hims [or Emessa], Kinnesreen, El-Urdunn [or the Jordan], and Filasteen or Falasteen [or Palestine]: (
S,
M, A:) they were thus called because the military forces were thence collected. (
A.) [See مِخْلَافٌ.]
جُنْدِىٌّ: see جُنْدٌ.
b2: Also Of, or relating to, a جُنْد of Syria. (
A.) جُنْدٌ مُجَنَّدٌ An army, or a military force, collected. (
TA.) See also جُنْدٌ.
