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جشاب

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to coarseness, roughness, and dryness, often applied to textures, speech, or physical attributes. It can also refer to specific plants or parts of plants, and in a tribal context, to a lineage.

Derived headwords

جَشَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be coarseboth

    To be rough, coarse, or harsh in texture or disposition.

جَشِبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    coarseboth

    Describing something as rough, coarse, or harsh in texture, such as food or a surface.

  2. 2.
    harsh (speech)both

    Describing speech as rough, unrefined, or unpleasant.

  3. 3.
    rudeboth

    Describing a person as having a coarse or rude disposition.

جَشِيبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    coarseboth

    Rough and coarse in texture or disposition.

  2. 2.
    harsh (speech)both

    Describing speech as harsh, dry, and unrefined.

وكلام جشيب: جاف خشن — And speech that is jashib: dry and rough.
ولا بادي الجفاء، جشيب — Nor showing any outward harshness, jashib.
جَشُوبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    coarseboth

    Rough or coarse in texture.

  2. 2.
    shortclassical

    Describing something as short, possibly in a coarse or unrefined manner.

وسقاء جشيب: غليظ خلق. ومرة جشوب: خشنة، وقيل قصيرة. — And a waterskin jashib: thick in its making. And a woman jashub: coarse, and it is said short.
جَشُوبnoun
  1. 1.
    coarse plantclassical

    A type of coarse, rough plant.

لا يزال يقع على البقل. — It continues to refer to herbs/vegetables.
الجَشَبnoun
  1. 1.
    pomegranate rindclassical

    The dry, rough outer peel of a pomegranate.

والجشب: قشور الرمان، يمانية. — And al-jashab: pomegranate rinds, a Yemeni term.
بنو جشيبname
  1. 1.
    Banu Jashibclassical

    A lineage or tribe named Jashib.

وبنو جشيب: بطن. — And Banu Jashib: a clan/lineage.

Parallel reading

لا يزال يقع على البقل.
It continues to refer to herbs/vegetables.
روضاً بجشاب الندى مأدوماً
A meadow with coarse, dew-soaked vegetation.
وكلام جشيب: جاف خشن.
And speech that is jashib: dry and rough.
لها منطق، لا هذريان طما به ... سفاه، ولا بادي الجفاء، جشيب
She has speech, not rambling foolishness that overwhelms with ignorance, nor showing any outward harshness, jashib.
وسقاء جشيب: غليظ خلق.
And a waterskin jashib: thick in its making.
ومرة جشوب: خشنة، وقيل قصيرة.
And a woman jashub: coarse, and it is said short.
كواحدة الأدحي لا مشمعلة، ... ولا جحنة، تحت الثياب، جشوب
Like one of the eggs in the nest, not tall and slender, ... nor short and stout, under the clothes, jashub.
والجشب: قشور الرمان، يمانية.
And al-jashab: pomegranate rinds, a Yemeni term.
وبنو جشيب: بطن.
And Banu Jashib: a clan/lineage.