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جلظء

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a state of being stretched out or spread wide, particularly in the context of lying down. It conveys a sense of being fully extended or relaxed in a prone position.

Derived headwords

اجلنظأتverb
  1. 1.
    to stretch outclassical

    To lie stretched out or spread wide, particularly in a prone position.

اجلنظيتverb
  1. 1.
    to stretch outclassical

    To lie stretched out or spread wide, particularly in a prone position.

المجلنظيadjective
  1. 1.
    stretched outclassical

    Describing someone who is lying stretched out or spread wide, in a relaxed and extended posture.

أجلنظيverb
  1. 1.
    to stretch outclassical

    To lie stretched out or spread wide, particularly in a prone position.

Parallel reading

إذا اضطجعت لا أجلنظي
When I lie down, I do not stretch out.
المجلنظي المسبطر في اضطجاعه
The one who is stretched out, spread wide in his lying down.
يقول: فلست كذلك
He means: I am not like that.
ومنهم من يهمز فيقول: اجلنظأت
And some of them hamzate (pronounce with hamza) and say: ajlanẓa'ta.
ومنهم من يقول: اجلنظيت
And some of them say: ajlanẓayta.