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جعدب

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of swelling, gathering, or forming into a cohesive mass. It is associated with natural phenomena like rain bubbles and spiderwebs, as well as physical structures and even personal names.

Derived headwords

الجَعْدَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Swelling; bubbleclassical

    Refers to a swelling or bubble, particularly those formed from rainwater.

  2. 2.
    Spider's webclassical

    Specifically refers to the web of a spider, its house.

  3. 3.
    Gathered massclassical

    The accumulated or gathered part of something.

الكَعْدَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Swelling; bubbleclassical

    Refers to a swelling or bubble, particularly those formed from rainwater.

  2. 2.
    Spider's webclassical

    Specifically refers to the web of a spider, its house.

جَعْدَبname
  1. 1.
    Nameboth

    A proper name.

جَعْدَبَةname
  1. 1.
    Name of a manclassical

    A proper name of a man from Medina.

Parallel reading

الجعدبة: الحجاة والحبابة
Al-Ja'dabah: the swelling and the bubble.
وإن أمرك كحق الكهول، أو كالجعدبة، أو كالكعدبة
And your affair is like the house of the old men, or like the Ja'dabah, or like the Ka'dabah.
الجعدبة والكعدبة: النفاخات التي تكون من ماء المطر
Al-Ja'dabah and Al-Ka'dabah: the bubbles that are from rainwater.
والكهول: العنكبوت
And Al-Kuhool: the spider.
وحقها: بيتها
And its house: its dwelling.
وقيل: الكعدبة والجعدبة: بيت العنكبوت
And it was said: Al-Ka'dabah and Al-Ja'dabah: the house of the spider.
الجعدبة من الشيء: المجتمع منه
Al-Ja'dabah from a thing: what is gathered from it.
وجعدب وجعدبة: اسمان
And Ja'dab and Ja'dabah: two names.
وجعدبة: اسم رجل من أهل المدينة
And Ja'dabah: the name of a man from the people of Medina.