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جبج

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root describes the process of gaining significant weight or bulk after a period of weakness or emaciation. It specifically refers to the body becoming large and robust.

Derived headwords

جَبَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to become corpulentclassical

    To become large and heavy in body after being weak or thin.

جَبْجَابadjective
  1. 1.
    corpulentclassical

    Describing someone whose body has become large and bulky, especially after a period of weakness.

Parallel reading

قد جبج إذا عظم جسمه بعد ضعف.
He has become corpulent if his body grew large after weakness.