جعد

Root entry · 28 derived lemmas

The root جعد (ja'ada) primarily relates to the concept of being curly, contracted, or compact, often applied to hair, physical build, or even texture. It can also denote qualities like being strong, dense, or even stingy, depending on the context and specific derived form.

Derived headwords

جَعْدadjective

1.
curlyboth
Describing hair that is not straight or smooth, but rather wavy or coiled.
2.
compactly builtboth
Referring to a person or animal that is strongly and compactly formed, not loose or sprawling.
3.
stingyclassical
Describing a person who is miserly or ungenerous.
4.
shortclassical
Describing something that is short in length or stature.

شعر جعد — curly hair

رجل جعد الشعر — a man with curly hair

رجل جعد — a compactly built man

رجل جعد — a stingy man

رجل جعد — a short man

جُعُودَةnoun

1.
curlinessboth
The state or quality of being curly, especially referring to hair.
2.
compactnessboth
The quality of being compactly built or strongly formed.

بين الجعودة — between curliness (describing hair)

من الجعودة — from compactness (describing build)

جَعَادَةnoun

1.
curlinessclassical
A state of being curly, similar to جعودة.

جعد جعودة وجعادة — curly, with curliness (both nouns)

تَجَعُّدverb

1.
to become curlyboth
The process of hair becoming curly or wavy.
2.
to contractclassical
To become drawn together or shrunken.

جعد جعودة وتجعد — became curly, and it became curly

جَعَّدَverb

1.
to make curlyboth
To cause something, typically hair, to become curly.
2.
to contractclassical
To cause something to shrink or draw together.

جعده صاحبه تجعيداً — his companion made it curly

تَجْعِيدnoun

1.
curlingboth
The act or process of making something curly.
2.
crimpingboth
The process of creating waves or curls in hair.

زينه التجعيد — curling adorned it

جَعْدَةnoun

1.
curly-haired womanboth
A female person with curly hair.
2.
a type of plantclassical
A specific herb or shrub that grows in certain terrains.
3.
shortnessclassical
The quality of being short, especially in reference to a foot or leg.

والأنثى جعدة — and the female (is) جعدة

الجعدة: حشيشة تنبت على شاطئ الأنهار — Al-Ja'dah: a herb that grows on riverbanks

قدم جعدة: قصيرة من لؤمها — a short foot due to its baseness

جِعْدَانnoun

1.
curly hairclassical
Plural of جَعْد, referring to curly hair.
2.
compactly built peopleclassical
Plural of جَعْد, referring to people with a compact build.

وسود جعاد الرقاب — and black, curly-necked (camels or people)

جُعَادnoun

1.
curly hairclassical
A collective noun for curly hair.

وسود جعاد الرقاب — and black, curly-necked

جَعْدِيّadjective

1.
curlyclassical
Relating to or characterized by curls.

جَعْدُ اليدينadjective

1.
stingy-handedclassical
Describing someone who is stingy or miserly with their hands.

ورجل جعد اليدين: بخيل — and a man stingy-handed: stingy

جَعْدُ الأصابعadjective

1.
short-fingeredclassical
Describing someone with short fingers.

ورجل جعد الأصابع: قصيرها — and a man short-fingered: meaning his fingers are short

جَعْدُ القدمadjective

1.
short-footedclassical
Describing someone with short feet.

ولا جعد القدم — nor short-footed

جَعْدnoun

1.
a type of plantclassical
A specific herb or shrub, often found near water or in mountains.

والجعد نبت على شاطئ الأنهار — And Al-Ja'd is a plant on the banks of rivers.

جَعَادِيدnoun

1.
colostrum substanceclassical
A thick, yellowish substance found in the initial milk of a mother animal.

والجعاديد والصعارير أول ما تنفتح الأحاليل باللبإ — And Al-Ja'adid and Al-Sa'arir are the first things that come out of the udder with colostrum.

جَعْدُودَةnoun

1.
compactness of buildclassical
The quality of being tightly knit or strongly built.

جَعْدَةname

1.
a tribe nameclassical
The name of a tribe or a progenitor of a tribe.

وبنو جعدة: حي من قيس — And Banu Ja'dah: a tribe from Qays

جُعَيْدname

1.
a proper nameclassical
A male given name.

وجعيد: اسم — And Ju'ayd: a name

جَعْدnoun

1.
dense soilclassical
Soil that is moist and compacted.

وتراب جعد ند — and moist, dense soil

تَجَعَّدَverb

1.
to become denseclassical
To become compacted or clotted, referring to soil or foam.

وجعد الثرى وتجعد: تقبض وتعقد — and the soil became dense and contracted

زَبَدٌ جَعْدnoun

1.
foamy frothclassical
Foam that is piled up and dense.

واعتم بالزبد الجعد الخراطيم — and the foam covered the nostrils

حَيْسٌ مُجَعَّدnoun

1.
coarse foodclassical
A type of food that is coarse and not smooth.

وتخلط بالمأقوط حيسا مجعدا — and mixes coarse food with Al-Ma'qut

جَعْدَةnoun

1.
a type of grassclassical
A green plant that grows in mountain ravines or plains.

وقيل: هي شجرة خضراء تنبت في شعاب الجبال بنجد — And it was said: it is a green tree that grows in the mountain ravines of Najd.

جَعْدname

1.
epithet for a wolfclassical
A kunya (epithet) used for a wolf.

وقد كني بأبي الجعد والذئب يكنى أبا جعدة — And the wolf is given the kunya Abu Al-Ja'd and Abu Ja'dah

جَعَادَةname

1.
epithet for a wolfclassical
A kunya (epithet) used for a wolf.

كما الذئب يكنى أبا جعده — just as the wolf is called Abu Ja'dah

جَعْدadjective

1.
dense-hairedclassical
Describing an animal with thick, dense hair or wool.

وبعير جعد: كثير الوبر جعده — and a camel Ja'd: meaning its wool is abundant and curly.

جُعُودَةnoun

1.
prominence of cheekboneclassical
The quality of a cheekbone being prominent or protruding, as opposed to being flat or smooth.

والجعودة في الخد: ضد الأسالة — And Al-Ju'udah in the cheek: the opposite of smoothness (being prominent).

جَعْدadjective

1.
prominent-cheekedclassical
Describing a face with prominent cheekbones.

وخد جعد: غير أسيل — and a prominent-cheeked face: not smooth.

Parallel reading

الجعد من الشعر: خلاف السبط، وقيل هو القصير؛ عن كراع.

Al-Ja'd of hair: the opposite of straight, and it was said it is short; according to Kara'.

شعر جعد: بين الجعودة، جعد جعودة وجعادة وتجعد وجعده صاحبه تجعيدا، ورجل جعد الشعر: من الجعودة، والأنثى جعدة، وجمعهما جعاد؛

Curly hair: characterized by curliness; it became curly, with curliness and it became curly, and his companion made it curly. And a man with curly hair: from curliness. And the female is Ja'dah, and their plural is Ja'aad;

وسود جعاد الرقاب، ... مثلهم يرهب الراهب «1» .

And black, curly-necked (camels or people), ... like them, the hermit is awed.

والجعد من الرجال: المجتمع بعضه إلى بعض، والسبط: الذي ليس بمجتمع،

And Al-Ja'd among men: one whose parts are gathered together, and Al-Sabt: one who is not gathered.

قالت سليمى: لا أحب الجعدين، ... ولا السباط، إنهم مناتين

Salima said: I do not love the two types of Ja'd, ... nor the Sabt, they are (too) loose.

وبالمحض حتى آض جعدا عنطنطا، ... إذا قام ساوى غارب الفحل غاربه

And with pure milk until he became long and tall, ... when he stood, his shoulder matched the shoulder of the stallion.

فجعله جعدا، وهو طويل عنطنط؛

So he made him Ja'd, and he was long and tall;

أنا الرجل الجعد الذي تعرفونه «2» .

I am the Ja'd man whom you know.

يا رب جعد فيهم، لو تدرين، ... يضرب ضرب السبط المقاديم

Perhaps among them is a Ja'd man, if you knew, ... who strikes like the straight-haired leading the vanguard.

إذا كان الرجل مداخلا مدمج الخلق أي معصوبا فهو أشد لأسره وأخف إلى منازلة الأقران،

If a man is well-built, compact in creation, meaning tightly bound, he is stronger in his grip and lighter in confronting equals,

على ناقة جعدة أي مجتمعة الخلق شديدة.

On a Ja'dah camel, meaning compactly built and strong.

أحدهما أن يكون معصوب الجوارح شديد الأسر والخلق غير مسترخ ولا مضطرب،

One is that he be tightly bound in his limbs, strong in his grip and build, neither loose nor disordered,

والثاني أن يكون شعره جعدا غير سبط لأن سبوطة الشعر هي الغالبة على شعور العجم من الروم والفرس،

And the second is that his hair be curly, not straight, because straightness of hair is dominant among the non-Arabs, the Romans and Persians,

وجعودة الشعر هي الغالبة على شعور العرب، فإذا مدح الرجل بالجعد لم يخرج عن هذين المعنيين.

And curliness of hair is dominant among the Arabs, so if a man is praised for being Ja'd, it does not deviate from these two meanings.

أحدهما أن يقال رجل جعد إذا كان قصيرا متردد الخلق،

One is to say a man is Ja'd if he is short and of a hesitant build,

والثاني أن يقال رجل جعد إذا كان بخيلا لئيما لا يبض حجره،

And the second is to say a man is Ja'd if he is stingy, mean, whose hand does not open,

وإذا قالوا رجل جعد السبوطة فهو مدح، إلا أن يكون قططا مفلفلا كشعر الزنج والنوبة فهو حينئذ ذم؛

And if they say a man has Ja'd straightness (of hair), it is praise, unless it is very curly and kinky like the hair of the Zanj and Nubians, then it is blame;

قد تيمتني طفلة أملود ... بفاحم، زينه التجعيد

A smooth young girl has captivated me ... with jet-black hair, adorned by curling.

إن جاءت به جعدا ؛

If she bore him Ja'd (curly-haired).

ما فعل النفر السود الجعاد؟

What happened to the black, curly-haired group?

ويقال للكريم من الرجال: جعد، فأما إذا قيل فلان جعد اليدين أو جعد الأنامل فهو البخيل،

And the generous man is called Ja'd, but if it is said so-and-so is Ja'd al-Yadayn (stingy-handed) or Ja'd al-Anamil (short-fingered), he is stingy,

لا تعذليني بضرب جعد «3» .

Do not blame me for the stingy strike.

من فائض الكفين غير جعد

From overflowing palms, not stingy.

ورجل جعد الأصابع: قصيرها؛

And a man with short fingers: meaning his fingers are short;

من فائض الكفين غير جعد

From overflowing palms, not stingy.

ولا جعد القدم

Nor short-footed.

زعموا أن الجعد السخي، قال: ولا أعرف ذلك.

They claimed that Al-Ja'd is generous, he said: I do not know that.

إلى الأبيض الجعد ابن عاتكة الذي ... له فضل ملك، في البرية، غالب

To the noble, generous (or curly-haired) son of 'Atikah, who ... has a dominant superiority in the land,

وتراب جعد ند، وثرى جعد مثل ثعد إذا كان لينا.

And soil that is dense and moist, and ground that is dense like wet earth if it is soft.

وجعد الثرى وتجعد: تقبض وتعقد.

And the soil became dense and contracted: it became drawn together and clumped.

وزبد جعد: متراكب مجتمع وذلك إذا صار بعضه فوق بعض على خطم البعير أو الناقة، يقال: جعد اللغام؛

And Ja'd foam: piled up and gathered, and that is when some of it becomes piled on top of others on the snout of a male or female camel, it is said: the saliva became foamy;

تنجو إذا جعلت تدمى أخشتها، ... واعتم بالزبد الجعد الخراطيم

She speeds along when her nostrils begin to bleed, ... and the foamy froth covered the nostrils.

وحيس جعد ومجعد: غليظ غير سبط؛

And Ja'd and Muj'add food: coarse, not smooth;

خذامية أدت لها عجوة القرى، ... وتخلط بالمأقوط حيسا مجعدا

A thorny plant brought her the dates of the village, ... and she mixes coarse food with Al-Ma'qut.

والجعد نبت على شاطئ الأنهار.

And Al-Ja'd is a plant on the banks of rivers.

والجعدة: حشيشة تنبت على شاطئ الأنهار وتجعد.

And Al-Ja'dah: a herb that grows on riverbanks and becomes curly/compact.

وقيل: هي شجرة خضراء تنبت في شعاب الجبال بنجد، وقيل: في القيعان؛

And it was said: it is a green tree that grows in the mountain ravines of Najd, and it was said: in the plains;

الجعدة خضراء وغبراء تنبت في الجبال، لها رعثة مثل رعثة الديك طيبة الريح تنبت في الربيع وتيبس في الشتاء، وهي من البقول يحشى بها المرافق؛

Al-Ja'dah is green and dusty, growing in the mountains, it has a plume like a rooster's plume, pleasant-smelling, growing in spring and drying in winter, and it is among the herbs used to stuff cushions;

الجعدة بقلة برية لا تنبت على شطوط الأنهار وليس لها رعثة؛

Al-Ja'dah is a wild herb that does not grow on riverbanks and does not have a plume;

هي شجرة طيبة الريح خضراء، لها قضب في أطرافها ثمر أبيض تحشى بها الوسائد لطيب ريحها إلى المرارة ما هي، وهي جهيدة يصلح عليها المال، واحدتها وجماعتها جعدة؛

It is a pleasant-smelling green tree, it has branches with white fruit at their ends, used to stuff pillows for its pleasant smell, with a hint of bitterness, and it is a hardy plant on which livestock graze, its singular and plural is Ja'dah;

والجعاديد والصعارير أول ما تنفتح الأحاليل باللبإ، فيخرج شيء أصفر غليظ يابس فيه رخاوة وبلل، كأنه جبن، فيندلص من الطبي مصعررا أي يخرج مدحرجا،

And Al-Ja'adid and Al-Sa'arir are the first things that come out of the udder with colostrum, a yellowish, thick, dry substance with softness and moisture, like cheese, which emerges from the teat, rolling out,

الجعدة ما بين صمغي الجدي من اللبإ عند الولادة.

Al-Ja'dah is the substance between the gum-like parts of the kid's colostrum at birth.

والجعودة في الخد: ضد الأسالة، وهو ذم أيضا.

And Al-Ju'udah in the cheek: the opposite of smoothness, and it is also a dispraise.

وخد جعد: غير أسيل.

And a prominent-cheeked face: not smooth.

وبعير جعد: كثير الوبر جعده.

And a Ja'd camel: its wool is abundant and curly.

وقد كني بأبي الجعد والذئب يكنى أبا جعدة وأبا جعادة وليس له بنت تسمى بذلك؛

And the wolf is given the kunya Abu Al-Ja'd and Abu Ja'dah, and it does not have a daughter named that;

ومستطعم يكنى بغير بناته، ... جعلت له حظا من الزاد أوفرا

And one seeking food is given a kunya other than his daughters, ... I made for him a larger share of the provisions.

وقالوا هي الخمر تكنى الطلا، ... كما الذئب يكنى أبا جعده

And they said wine is called Al-Tala, ... just as the wolf is called Abu Ja'dah.

أي كنيته حسنة وعمله منكر.

Meaning his kunya is good and his deed is evil.

وبنو جعدة: حي من قيس وهو أبو حي من العرب هو جعدة بن كعب بن ربيعة بن عامر بن صعصعة، منهم النابغة الجعدي.

And Banu Ja'dah: a tribe from Qays, and he is the ancestor of a tribe of Arabs, Ja'dah ibn Ka'b ibn Rabi'ah ibn 'Amir ibn Sa'sa'ah, among them is Al-Nabighah Al-Ja'di.

فوارس أبلوا في جعادة مصدقا، ... وأبكوا عيونا بالدموع السواجم

Knights who endured in Ja'adah with sincerity, ... and made eyes weep with flowing tears.

وجعيد: اسم، وقيل: هو الجعيد بالألف واللام فعاملوا الصفة «4».

And Ju'ayd: a name, and it was said: it is Al-Ju'ayd with the definite article, so they treated it as an adjective.