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جذر

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of an origin, root, or base of something, whether literal like a plant's root or abstract like the origin of a lineage or a concept. It also extends to meanings of cutting, uprooting, and completeness, particularly in mathematical contexts.

Derived headwords

جَذَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to cut off, uprootboth

    To sever something completely, removing it from its base or origin.

جَذْرnoun
  1. 1.
    root, originboth

    The fundamental base or source of anything, whether a plant, a person's lineage, or an abstract concept.

  2. 2.
    base of the neckclassical

    The point where the neck connects to the body.

  3. 3.
    root of the tongueclassical

    The base or origin of the tongue.

  4. 4.
    root of the penisclassical

    The base or origin of the penis.

جِذْرnoun
  1. 1.
    root, originboth

    The fundamental base or source of anything, often used interchangeably with 'jathr' (فتح).

  2. 2.
    root of calculationclassical

    The base number or result in a mathematical calculation, especially in multiplication.

جُذُورnoun
  1. 1.
    rootsboth

    The plural form of 'jathr' or 'jithr', referring to the origins or bases of multiple things.

جَذْر الحِسَابnoun
  1. 1.
    square rootclassical

    The number which, when multiplied by itself, produces a given number; the base of a calculation.

يَجْذِرُverb
  1. 1.
    to be proficient, masterclassical

    To be skilled and authoritative in a matter, such that one does not need assistance or correction.

جَاذِيadjective
  1. 1.
    skilled, proficientclassical

    Possessing strong hands or being adept, particularly in the context of skilled labor or combat.

مُجَذِّرadjective
  1. 1.
    short and thickclassical

    Describing someone or something as short, stout, and with rough extremities.

مُجَذَّرadjective
  1. 1.
    short and thickclassical

    An alternative form describing someone or something as short, stout, and with rough extremities.

جَذْرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    root of the skullclassical

    The base or origin of the skull, where it connects to the spine.

انْجَذَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to be cut off, severedclassical

    To become separated or broken off, often used for relationships or connections.

جُؤْذَرnoun
  1. 1.
    young cow, calfclassical

    A young bovine animal, specifically a calf.

جَوْذَرnoun
  1. 1.
    young cow, calfclassical

    A variant pronunciation or spelling of 'ju'dhar', referring to a young bovine.

جِيذَرnoun
  1. 1.
    young cow, calfclassical

    Another variant pronunciation or spelling of 'ju'dhar', referring to a young bovine.

بَقَرَة مُجَذِّرadjective
  1. 1.
    cow with a calfclassical

    A female bovine that has given birth to a young one.

Parallel reading

جَذَرَ الشيءَ يَجْذِرُهُ جَذْرًا: قَطَعَهُ واسْتَأْصَلَهُ.
Jathara a thing, yajthuruhu jathran: to cut it off and uproot it.
وَجَذْرُ كلِّ شيءٍ: أَصْلُهُ.
And the jathr of everything is its origin.
وَالجَذْرُ: أَصْلُ اللِّسانِ وأَصْلُ الذَّكَرِ وأَصْلُ كلِّ شيءٍ.
And al-jathr is the origin of the tongue, the origin of the penis, and the origin of everything.
إِنَّهُ لَشَدِيدُ جَذْرِ اللِّسانِ وشَدِيدُ جَذْرِ الذَّكَرِ أَي أَصْلُهُ؛
He is strong in the origin of the tongue and strong in the origin of the penis, meaning its root.
رَأَتْ كُمَرًا مِثْلَ الجَلامِيدِ أَفْتَحَتْ ... أَحالِيلَها، حَتَّى اسْمَأَدَّتْ جُذُورَها
She saw testicles like hard stones, they opened ... their ducts, until their roots grew large.
نَزَلَتِ الأَمانَةُ في جَذْرِ قُلُوبِ الرِّجالِ أَي في أَصْلِها؛
Trust descended into the root of men's hearts, meaning into its origin.
الجَذْرُ: الأَصْلُ مِنْ كلِّ شيءٍ؛
Al-jathr: the origin of everything.
وَسَامِعَتَيْنِ تَعْرِفُ العِتْقَ فِيهِمَا، ... إِلَى جَذْرٍ مَدْلُوكِ الكُعُوبِ مُحَدَّدِ
And two ears, you recognize antiquity in them, ... towards a root with smoothed knuckles, sharp.
وَأَصْلُ كلِّ شيءٍ: جِذْرُهُ، بِالْفَتْحِ؛ عَنِ الأَصْمَعِيِّ، وَجِذْرُهُ، بِالْكَسْرِ؛ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو.
And the origin of everything is its jithr (with fath); from Al-Asma'i, and its jithr (with kasr); from Abu Amr.
وَالجِذْرُ أَصْلُ حِسابٍ ونَسَبٍ.
And al-jithr is the origin of calculation and lineage.
وَجَذْرُ العُنُقِ: مَغْرِزُها؛
And the jathr of the neck is its insertion point.
عَلَى جَذْرِ السَّوالِفِ، مِغْفَرُ
Upon the root of the temples, a helmet.
مَا جَذْرُهُ أَي مَا يَبْلُغُ تَمامَهُ؟
What is its jathr? meaning, what reaches its completion?
وَفِي حَدِيثِ الزُّبَيْرِ: احْبِسِ المَاءَ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الجَذْرَ ؛ يُرِيدُ مَبْلَغَ تَمامِ الشُّرْبِ مِنْ جَذْرِ الحِسابِ
And in the hadith of Az-Zubayr: Hold the water until it reaches the jathr; he means the point of complete drinking from the jathr of calculation.
وَقِيلَ: أَرَادَ أَصْلَ الحائِطِ، وَالمَحْفُوظُ بِالدَّالِ المُهْمَلَةِ، وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَ.
And it was said: he meant the base of the wall, and what is preserved with the unpointed dal, and it has preceded.
وَفِي حَدِيثِ عَائِشَةَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الجِذْرِ، قَالَ: هُوَ الشَّاذَرْوانُ الفارِغُ مِنَ البِناءِ حَوْلَ الكَعْبَةِ.
And in the hadith of Aisha: I asked him about al-jithr, he said: It is the empty foundation surrounding the Kaaba.
وَالمُجَذِّرُ: القَصِيرُ الغَلِيظُ الشَّثْنُ الأَطْرافِ،
And al-mujaththir: the short, thick, with rough extremities.
إِنَّ الخِلافَةَ لَمْ تَزَلْ مَجْعُولَةً ... أَبَدًا عَلَى جَاذِي اليَدَيْنِ مُجَذِّرِ
Indeed, the caliphate has always been placed ... forever upon the skilled-handed, short and stout one.
وَأَنْشَدَ أَبُو عَمْرٍو: البَهْتَرُ المُجَدَّرُ الزَّواكِ
And Abu Amr recited: The short, stout, swaying one.
وَالبَهْتَرُ: القَصِيرُ. وَالمُجَدَّرُ: الغَلِيظُ، وَكَذَلِكَ الجَادِرُ.
And al-bahthar: the short. And al-mujaddar: the thick, and likewise al-jādir.
وَأَرَهَا: نَكَحَهَا. وَالقاسِحُ: الصُّلْبُ.
And araha: he had intercourse with her. And al-qāsih: the hard.
وَقِيلَ: القُنْفُرُشُ أَيْضًا، بِغَيْرِ ياءٍ؛
And it is also said: al-qunfurush, without ya;
قَدْ قَرَّنُونِي بِعَجُوزٍ جَحْمَرِشٍ، ... تَحِبُّ أَنْ يُغْمَزَ فِيهَا القُنْفُرُشُ
They have paired me with an old, robust woman, ... who loves for the thick penis to be rubbed in her.
وَناقَةٌ مُجَذِّرَةٌ: قَصِيرَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ.
And a mujaththirah she-camel: short and strong.
جَذَرْتُ الشَّيءَ جَذْرًا وَأَجْذَرْتُهُ اسْتَأْصَلْتُهُ.
Jathartu the thing jathran and ajdarthuhu: I uprooted it.
وَالجُؤْذَرُ والجَوْذَرُ: وَلَدُ البَقَرَةِ، وَفِي الصِّحاحِ: البَقَرَةُ الوَحْشِيَّةُ، والجَمْعُ جَآذِرُ.
And al-ju'dhar and al-jawdhar: the young of the cow, and in As-Sihah: the wild cow, and the plural is ja'ādhir.
وَبَقَرَةٌ مُجَذِّرٌ: ذاتُ جُؤْذَرٍ؛
And a mujaththir cow: having a calf.
وَالجِيذَرُ: لُغَةٌ في الجَوْذَرِ.
And al-jīdhar: a dialectal variant of al-jawdhar.