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جءب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

جَأْبٌ ذ Thick, gross, big, or bulky: (S, K:) or strong: (A:) applied to an ass, (A, K,) or to a wild ass: (S, K:) as also جَابٌ, without ء: (S:) pl. جُؤُوبٌ. (TA.) Accord. to the K [and the A], it signifies also Whatever is rude, or coarse; thick, gross, big, or bulky: (كُلُّ جَافٍ غَلِيظٍ:) but in the L, we find كَاهِلٌ جَأْبٌ غَلِيظٌ [meaning that جَأْبٌ applied to the part of the back termed كاهل signifies thick, or big ]: and خَلْقٌ جَأْبٌ as meaning a thick, gross, big, or bulky, make. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] الجَأْبُ The lion. (A, Sgh, K.) ― -b3- And جَأْبَةُ المِدْرَى, (S, A, K,) or, accord. to AO (S) and the Mj (TA) and Sh, (TA in art. جوب q. v.,) without ء, (S, TA,) A doe-gazelle having her horn just come forth; because the horn when it first comes forth is thick, and afterwards becomes slender; (S, K;) thus showing her to be young: (S:) or a doe-gazelle, and a cow, strong in the horn. (A.) [See also art. جوب.] ― -b4- You say also, فُلَانٌ شَخْتُ الاآلِ جَأْبُ الصَّبْرِ (assumed tropical:) Such a one is slender in body, or person, [but] great in patience. (S.) -A2- The navel. (K.) -A3- Red ochre; syn. مَغْرَة [read by Golius معزة]; (Mj, K;) with and without ء, (Mj, TA.)

Derived headwords

جَأْبٌ
  1. 1.
كُلُّ جَافٍ غَلِيظٍ
كَاهِلٌ جَأْبٌ غَلِيظٌ
خَلْقٌ جَأْبٌ
جَأْبَةُ المِدْرَى
فُلَانٌ شَخْتُ الاآلِ جَأْبُ