جرب

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

The root جرب (j-r-b) primarily relates to skin diseases, particularly scabies, affecting humans and animals. It extends to concepts of testing, experience, and evaluation, as well as various physical objects and geographical features.

Derived headwords

جَرِبَverb

1.
to have scabiesboth
To be afflicted with scabies, a contagious skin disease characterized by itching and rashes.

جَرَبَverb

1.
to testboth
To try or examine something or someone to ascertain its quality, nature, or reliability.
2.
to experienceboth
To undergo or be subjected to something, often a difficult or significant event.

جَرَبٌnoun

1.
scabiesboth
A well-known skin disease, a pustule that appears on the bodies of people and camels.
2.
rustclassical
A type of corrosion that affects metal, particularly swords.
3.
defectclassical
A flaw or imperfection.

جَرِبٌadjective

1.
scabbyboth
Afflicted with scabies.

جَرْبَانٌadjective

1.
scabbyclassical
Afflicted with scabies.

أَجْرَبُadjective

1.
scabbyboth
Afflicted with scabies.

جَرْبَاءُadjective

1.
scabby (female)both
A female afflicted with scabies.
2.
skyclassical
The sky, named possibly due to its celestial bodies or the Milky Way.
3.
barren landclassical
Arid, infertile land with no vegetation.
4.
beautiful young womanclassical
A beautiful young woman, so named because women might envy her beauty.

جَرَبٌnoun

1.
scab (on eyelid)classical
A condition similar to rust that affects the inner eyelid, sometimes covering it entirely.

جُرْبَةٌnoun

1.
farm plotboth
A piece of land prepared for sowing or planting, or a farm itself.
2.
patch of good vegetationclassical
A fertile spot with good growth.
3.
leather coveringclassical
A leather piece placed on the edge of a well to prevent water from spilling, or on a stream channel.
4.
group of donkeysclassical
A group of strong, sturdy donkeys.
5.
group of equal peopleclassical
A group of equal people, especially men, or those in need who are equal.
6.
group of young malesclassical
The young ones, both small and large, within a group.
7.
group of men without ambitionclassical
Men lacking drive or ambition.

جَرِيبٌnoun

1.
measured quantity (food/land)both
A known measure of food or land.
2.
area to be sownclassical
The amount of land that can be sown with a specific measure of seed.
3.
valleyclassical
A valley.

أَجْرِبَةٌnoun

1.
containersboth
Plural of جراب (jarāb), meaning containers or bags.
2.
valleysclassical
Plural of جريب (jarīb), meaning valleys.

جِرَابٌnoun

1.
containerboth
A bag or pouch, often made of goatskin, used for carrying dry goods.
2.
scrotumclassical
The sac containing the testicles.
3.
well's cavityclassical
The hollow space of a well, from top to bottom.

جِرْبَانٌnoun

1.
collar (of garment)classical
The collar or neckline of a shirt or tunic.
2.
sword sheathclassical
The sheath or scabbard of a sword, sometimes large and containing other items.

مُجَرَّبٌadjective

1.
experiencedboth
One who has been tested or has gained knowledge through experience.
2.
tested (money)classical
Coins that have been weighed and verified.

تَجْرِبَةٌnoun

1.
experienceboth
The process of gaining knowledge or skill through involvement in or exposure to facts, events, or sensations.
2.
testboth
An act or process of trying something to find out how it works or how it performs.

جَرَبَانَةٌadjective

1.
loud-mouthedclassical
A noisy, ill-tempered woman.

جُرْبِيَاءُnoun

1.
windclassical
A wind blowing between the south and the east, or a cold north wind.

جَوْرَبٌnoun

1.
sockmodern
A covering for the foot, typically made of fabric.

أَجْرَبَانِname

1.
tribal nameclassical
Two specific Arab tribes, Banu Abs and Dhubyan.

أَجَارِبُnoun

1.
tribe nameclassical
A subtribe of Banu Sa'd.

Parallel reading

الجرب: معروف، بثر يعلو أبدان الناس والإبل.

Scabies: is known, a pustule that appears on the bodies of people and camels.

جرب يجرب جربا، فهو جرب وجربان وأجرب، والأنثى جرباء.

He had scabies, he tests, a scabies; so he is scabby, and very scabby, and afflicted with scabies, and the female is scabby.

وقيل الجراب جمع الجرب، قاله الجوهري.

And it is said that al-jirāb is the plural of al-jarab, as stated by Al-Jawhari.

إنما جراب وجرب جمع أجرب.

Rather, jirāb and jarab are the plural of ajrab.

كما تنبت أوبار الجربى على النشر، وتحته داء في أجوافها.

As the hairs of the scabby [animal] grow on the new shoots, and beneath it is a disease in their bellies.

وأجرب القوم: جربت إبلهم.

And the people became afflicted with scabies: their camels had scabies.

ما له جرب وحرب، يجوز أن يكونوا دعوا عليه بالجرب، وأن يكونوا أرادوا أجرب أي جربت إبله.

What is wrong with him, scabies and war? It is possible they cursed him with scabies, and it is possible they meant 'ajrab', meaning his camels had scabies.

والجرب كالصدإ، مقصور، يعلو باطن الجفن، وربما ألبسه كله، وربما ركب بعضه.

And al-jarab is like rust, shortened; it appears on the inner eyelid, and sometimes covers it entirely, and sometimes covers part of it.

والجرباء: السماء، سميت بذلك لما فيها من الكواكب، وقيل سميت بذلك لموضع المجرة كأنها جربت بالنجوم.

And al-jarbā': the sky, named so because of the stars within it, and it is said it was named so for the position of the Milky Way as if it were tested with stars.

وأرض جرباء: ممحلة مقحوطة لا شيء فيها.

And barren land: arid, parched, with nothing in it.

والجريب من الطعام والأرض: مقدار معلوم.

And al-jarīb of food and land: a known measure.

وهو عشرة أقفزة، كل قفيز منها عشرة أعشراء، فالعشير جزء من مائة جزء من الجريب.

It is ten qafīz, each qafīz of it is ten 'ushūr, so the 'ushūr is a hundredth part of the jarīb.

وأقطع الوالي فلانا جريبا من الأرض أي مبزر جريب، وهو مكيلة معروفة.

And the governor granted so-and-so a jarīb of land, meaning the area to sow a jarīb, which is a known measure.

والجريب: قدر ما يزرع فيه من الأرض.

And al-jarīb: the amount of land that can be sown in it.

والجربة: المزرعة.

And al-jurba: the farm plot.

والجربة: القراح من الأرض.

And al-jurba: the uncultivated land.

والجمع جرب كسدرة وسدر وتبنة وتبن.

And the plural is jarab, like sidra and sidr, and tibna and tibn.

والجراب: الوعاء، معروف، وقيل هو المزود، والعامة تفتحه، فتقول الجراب، والجمع أجربة وجرب وجرب.

And al-jirāb: the container, known; and it is said to be the provision bag, and the common people open it, saying al-jirāb, and the plural is ajriba, jurb, and jurb.

وجراب البئر: اتساعها، وقيل جرابها ما بين جاليها وحواليها، وفي الصحاح: جوفها من أعلاها إلى أسفلها.

And the jirāb of the well: its width; and it is said its jirāb is what is between its sides and surroundings, and in Al-Ṣiḥāḥ: its cavity from its top to its bottom.

وجربان الدرع والقميص: جيبه؛ وقد يقال بالضم، وهو بالفارسية كريبان.

And the jirbān of the armor and the shirt: its pocket; and it may be said with damma, and it is kirībān in Persian.

وفي حديث قرة المزني: أتيت النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، فأدخلت يدي في جربانه.

And in the hadith of Qurra al-Muzani: I came to the Prophet, peace be upon him, and I put my hand into his jirbān.

والجراب: وعاء الخصيتين.

And al-jirāb: the sac of the testicles.

وجربان السيف حده أو غمده؛ وعلى لفظه جربان القميص.

And the jirbān of the sword is its edge or its sheath; and by its form is the jirbān of the shirt.

والسيف في جربانه ، أي في غمده.

And the sword is in its jirbān, meaning in its sheath.

ومرأة جربانة: صخابة سيئة الخلق كجلبانة، عن ثعلب.

And a jarbāna woman: a loud-mouthed, ill-tempered woman like a jalbāna, from Tha'lab.

والجرب: الصدأ يركب السيف.

And al-jarab: the rust that covers the sword.

ورجل مجرب: قد بلي ما عنده.

And a mujarrab man: one whose resources have been depleted.

أنت على المجرب؛ قالته امرأة لرجل سألها بعد ما قعد بين رجليها: أعذراء أنت أم ثيب؟ قالت له: أنت على المجرب؛ يقال عند جواب السائل عما أشفى على علمه.

You are on the verge of knowing; a woman said this to a man who asked her after he sat between her legs: Are you a virgin or a married woman? She said to him: You are on the verge of knowing; this is said when answering the questioner about something they are about to know.

ودراهم مجربة: موزونة، عن كراع.

And mujarraba dirhams: weighed, from Kurā'.

والجربة، بالفتح وتشديد الباء: جماعة الحمر، وقيل: هي الغلاظ الشداد منها.

And al-jaraba, with fatha and shadda on the ba: a group of donkeys, and it is said: they are the thick, strong ones among them.

جربة كحمر الأبك، ... لا ضرع فينا، ولا مذكي

A group like the donkeys of Al-Abakk, ... no weaklings among us, nor young ones.

والجربة: الصلامة من الرجال، الذين لا سعي لهم «1»، وهم مع أمهم؛

And al-jaraba: the robust men, who have no ambition, and they are with their mothers;

وعيال جربة: يأكلون أكلا شديدا ولا ينفعون.

And jarraba dependents: they eat heartily and are of no use.

والجربياء: الريح التي تهب بين الجنوب والصبا.

And al-jarrbiyā': the wind that blows between the south and the east.

ورماه بالجريب أي الحصى الذي فيه التراب.

And he threw him with al-jarīb, meaning gravel mixed with dirt.

فقالت شمال جربياء تحت غب سماء.

So she said, a cold north wind after a rain.

والأجربان: بطنان من العرب.

And Al-Ajrabān: two clans of Arabs.

والأجربان: بنو عبس وذبيان.

And Al-Ajrabān: Banu Abs and Dhubyan.

والأجارب: حي من بني سعد.

And Al-Ajārib: a tribe from Banu Sa'd.

وقد تجورب جوربين يعني لبسهما.

And he wore two socks, meaning he put them on.

وجوربته فتجورب أي ألبسته الجورب فلبسه.

And I put the sock on him, and he wore it, meaning I dressed him in the sock, and he wore it.