جءب

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes things that are thick, coarse, or rough, often referring to animals, physical attributes, or substances. It also extends to concepts of earning and sustenance, and specific geographical or descriptive terms.

Derived headwords

الجَأْبnoun

1.
wild assclassical
A thick or coarse type of wild ass.
2.
ochreclassical
A type of ochre, a natural clay earth pigment.
3.
navelclassical
The navel.
4.
earningclassical
That which is earned or acquired; livelihood.

جُؤُوبnoun

1.
wild assesclassical
The plural of الجأب (al-ja'b), referring to thick or coarse wild asses.

جَأْبadjective

1.
thickclassical
Describing a thick or coarse nape (of an animal).
2.
dryclassical
Describing a dry, coarse disposition or nature.

جَأَبَverb

1.
to earnclassical
To earn or acquire something, referring to livelihood or sustenance.

جَأْبًاnoun

1.
earningclassical
The act or result of earning; livelihood.

جَأْبَةnoun

1.
young hornclassical
The young horn of a gazelle when it first appears, described as thick.
2.
navelclassical
The navel or belly button.

جَبَأَverb

1.
to sell ochreclassical
To sell ochre (الجأب).

جُؤْبnoun

1.
woman's tunicclassical
A type of tunic or coat worn by a woman.

جَبَأَتهnoun

1.
navelclassical
The navel or belly button.

Parallel reading

الحمار الغليظ من حمر الوحش، يهمز ولا يهمز، والجمع جؤوب.

The thick one among the wild asses, pronounced with or without hamza, and the plural is j'ūb.

وكاهل جأب: غليظ.

And a thick nape: coarse.

وخلق جأب: جاف غليظ.

And a coarse disposition: dry and coarse.

فلم يبق إلا آل كل نجيبة، ... لها كاهل جأب، وصلب مكدح

Nothing remained but the family of every noble she-camel, ... possessing a thick nape and a toiling back.

والجأب: المغرة.

And al-Ja'b: the ochre.

جبأ وجأب إذا باع الجأب، وهو المغرة.

He said 'jab' and 'ja'ab' if he sold the ochre, which is the ochre.

ويقال للظبية حين يطلع قرنها: جأبة المدرى، وأبو عبيدة لا يهمزه.

And it is said of a female gazelle when its horn emerges: ja'bat al-midra, and Abu Ubaida does not pronounce it with hamza.

تعرض جأبة المدرى، خذول، ... بصاحة، في أسرتها السلام وصاحة جبل.

The young horn of the gazelle appears, a weakling, ... with a fine appearance, within its family is peace and the height of a mountain.

وإنما قيل جأبة المدرى لأن القرن أول ما يطلع يكون غليظا ثم يدق، فنبه بذلك على صغر سنها.

It is only called the young horn of the gazelle because the horn, when it first emerges, is thick, then it thins, thus indicating its young age.

ويقال: فلان شخت الآل، جأب الصبر، أي دقيق الشخص غليظ الصبر في الأمور.

And it is said: So-and-so is thin in body, thick in patience, meaning thin in person, thick in patience in matters.

والجأب: الكسب.

And al-Ja'b: the earning.

وجأب يجأب جأبا: كسب.

And he earned, he earns, an earning: he earned.

حتى خشيت أن يكون ربي ... يطلبني، من عمل، بذنب، والله راع عملي وجأبي

Until I feared that my Lord ... might seek me, for deeds, with sin, and God is the guardian of my deeds and my earnings.

والجأب: السرة.

And al-Ja'b: the navel.

جأبة البطن وجبأته: مأنته.

The navel of the belly and its navel: its center.

والجؤب: درع تلبسه المرأة.

And al-Ju'b: a tunic that a woman wears.

دارة الجأب: موضع، عن كراع.

Darra al-Ja'b: a place, according to Kara'.

وكأن مهري كان محتفرا، ... بقفا الأسنة، مغرة الجأب

And it was as if my colt had dug itself in, ... at the back of the spears, the ochre of al-Ja'b.

قال: الجأب ماء لبني هجيم عند مغرة عندهم.

He said: Al-Ja'b is a water source for Banu Hujaym near an ochre deposit they have.