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جلمد

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes hardness, solidity, and large, heavy objects, particularly rocks and stones. It extends to concepts of large, dense groups of animals and, metaphorically, to burdens or weight.

Derived headwords

الجلمدnoun
  1. 1.
    rock, stoneboth

    A large, hard piece of rock or stone.

  2. 2.
    heavy burdenclassical

    Metaphorically, one's weight or burden.

الجلمودnoun
  1. 1.
    rock, stoneboth

    A large, hard piece of rock or stone, sometimes specified as smaller than 'jandal' (a large rock).

  2. 2.
    stone for crushingclassical

    A stone, about the size of a kid's head, used for crushing nuts or other items.

جلمدةnoun
  1. 1.
    hardnessclassical

    The quality of being hard, stony, or rocky.

  2. 2.
    herd of cattleclassical

    A large herd of cattle.

جلامدnoun
  1. 1.
    large stonesboth

    Plural of 'jalamid', referring to large stones or rocks.

جلاميدهnoun
  1. 1.
    his burdensclassical

    His heavy burdens or weight.

جلمدةadjective
  1. 1.
    stony, rockyclassical

    Describing land that is stony or rocky.

جلمدadjective
  1. 1.
    loud-voicedclassical

    Describing a man with a loud or strong voice.

جلمدnoun
  1. 1.
    large herd of camelsclassical

    A large, dense herd of camels.

  2. 2.
    large herd of cattleclassical

    A large herd of cattle.

ضأن جلمدnoun
  1. 1.
    large flock of sheepclassical

    A flock of sheep numbering over one hundred.

الجلمدnoun
  1. 1.
    rock in shallow waterclassical

    A rock found in shallow water.

ذات الجلاميدname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

Parallel reading

الجلمد والجلمود: الصخر
Al-jalamid and al-jamud: the rock.
وقيل: الجلمد والجلمود أصغر من الجندل قدر ما يرمى بالقذاف
And it is said: Al-jalamid and al-jamud are smaller than al-jandal, about the size that can be thrown by a sling.
وسط رجام الجندل الجلمود
In the midst of the heaps of large rocks, the solid rock.
وقيل: الجلامد كالجراول
And it is said: Al-jalamid are like al-jarawil (large water skins, implying large round objects).
وأرض جلمدة: حجرة
And a jalamidah land: stony.
الجلمود مثل رأس الجدي ودون ذلك شيء تحمله بيدك قابضا على عرضه ولا يلتقي عليه كفاك جميعا، يدق به النوى وغيره
Al-jamud is like the head of a kid, and smaller than that is something you carry in your hand by its width, such that your hands do not meet around it, used to crush kernels and other things.
فجاء بجلمود له مثل رأسه، ... ليسقي عليه الماء بين الصرائم
So he came with a jalamud (stone) like its head, ... to water upon it between the enclosures.
الجلمد أتان الضحل، وهي الصخرة التي تكون في الماء القليل
Al-jalamid is the mother-rock of the shallow, which is the rock found in little water.
ورجل جلمد وجلمد: شديد الصوت
And a jalamid man: loud-voiced.
والجلمد: القطيع الضخم من الإبل
And al-jalamid: the large herd of camels.
أو مائه تجعل أولادها لغوا، وعرض المائه الجلمد
Or its water, you make its offspring insignificant, and its water is challenged by the strong (camel).
وضأن جلمد: تزيد على المائة
And a jalamid flock of sheep: exceeding one hundred.
وألقى عليه جلاميده أي ثقله؛ عن كراع
And he cast upon him his jalamid, meaning his burden; from Kara'.
الجلمدة البقرة، والجلمد: الإبل الكثيرة والبقر
Al-jalamdah is the cow, and al-jalamid: the many camels and cattle.
وذات الجلاميد: موضع
Dhat al-jalamid: a place.