جمخ

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes arrogance, pride, and boasting. It also extends to meanings related to forceful action, such as sending horses, playing games, and leaping. Additionally, it can refer to the flow of water or the spoilage of meat.

Derived headwords

الجَمْخnoun

1.
Arroganceboth
Arrogance or excessive pride.
2.
Flowingclassical
The act of flowing, particularly of a torrent or stream.

الجَفْخnoun

1.
Arroganceclassical
Arrogance or excessive pride, synonymous with الجَمْخ.

جمخَverb

1.
To boastboth
To act with pride or to boast.
2.
To send forthclassical
To send forth or propel, especially horses or dice.
3.
To leapclassical
To leap or jump.
4.
To spoilclassical
For meat to change or spoil, similar to خَمَجَ.

جمخاnoun

1.
Boastingboth
The act of boasting or acting proudly.
2.
Sending forthclassical
The act of sending forth or propelling.
3.
Leapingclassical
The act of leaping or jumping.
4.
Flowingclassical
The act of flowing.

جامخadjective

1.
Proudboth
A person who is proud or boastful.

جموحadjective

1.
Proudboth
A person who is proud or boastful.

جميخadjective

1.
Proudclassical
A person who is proud or boastful.

جامخهverb

1.
To compete in prideboth
To compete with someone in pride or boasting.

جماخاnoun

1.
Competition in prideboth
The act of competing with someone in pride or boasting.

جمخ الخيلverb

1.
To send horsesclassical
To send horses forth or propel them.

جمخ الكعابverb

1.
To propel diceclassical
To propel dice, as in a game.

جمخ بهاverb

1.
To send them forthclassical
To send them forth or propel them, referring to horses or dice.

الجمخ مثل الجبخnoun

1.
Propelling diceclassical
The act of propelling dice, similar to الجَبْخ.

جمخ الصبيان بالكعابverb

1.
To play with diceclassical
For children to play with dice, tossing them back and forth.

جبخواverb

1.
To playclassical
To play, especially children playing with dice.

جمخ الكعبverb

1.
To stand uprightclassical
For a die to stand upright.

انجمخverb

1.
To stand uprightclassical
For a die to stand upright.

جمخverb

1.
To leapclassical
To leap or jump.

الجمخnoun

1.
Flowingclassical
The flowing of a torrent or stream.

جمخ اللحمverb

1.
Meat to spoilclassical
For meat to change or spoil.

كخمجverb

1.
To spoilclassical
To spoil or become putrid, used for meat.

Parallel reading

الجمخ والجفخ: الكبر.

Al-jamkh and al-jafkh: arrogance.

جمخ يجمخ جمخا: فخر.

Jamakha yajmakhu jamkhan: he boasted.

ورجل جامخ وجموخ وجميخ: فخير.

And a man is jamikh, jamūkh, and jamīkh: boastful.

وجامخه جماخا: فاخره.

And he competed with him in boasting (jāmakha-hu jamākhan): he boasted against him.

وجمخ الخيل والكعاب يجمخها جمخا وجمخ بها: أرسلها ودفعها؛

And he propelled the horses and the dice, propelling them (yajmakhu-hā jamkhan) and propelling with them (jamakha bi-hā): he sent them forth and pushed them;

وجمخ الصبيان بالكعاب مثل جبخوا أي لعبوا متطارحين لها.

And the children propelled the dice like they played (jabakhū) meaning they played tossing them back and forth.

وجمخ الكعب وانجمخ: انتصب.

And the die stood upright (jamakha al-kaʿb wa-njamakha): it stood erect.

وجمخ جمخا: قفز.

And he leaped (jamakha jamkhan): he jumped.

والجمخ: السيلان.

And al-jamkh: flowing.

وجمخ اللحم: تغير كخمج.

And meat spoiled (jamakha al-laḥm): it changed like it became putrid (ka-khamaja).