جعبر

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something thick, stout, or short, often with negative connotations of being unrefined or unattractive. It extends to actions of striking someone down and to individuals who are short and stocky.

Derived headwords

الجَعْبَرnoun

1.
thick qāʿabclassical
A thick, coarse qāʿab (a type of vessel) whose carving was not well-executed.

الجَعْبَرَةnoun

1.
short, unattractive womanclassical
A short and unattractive woman.

الجَعْبَرِيَّةnoun

1.
short, unattractive womanclassical
A short and unattractive woman.

جَعْبَرadjective

1.
short and stocky manclassical
A man who is short and stocky, with a thick build.

جَعْبَرِيّadjective

1.
short and stocky manclassical
A man who is short and stocky, with a thick build.

جَعْبَرَةverb

1.
to strike downclassical
To strike someone down, to fell them.

Parallel reading

الجعبر: القعب الغليظ الذي لم يحكم نحته.

Al-Jaʿbar: The thick qāʿab (vessel) whose carving was not well-executed.

والجعبرة والجعبرية: القصيرة الدميمة؛

And al-Jaʿbarah and al-Jaʿbarīyah: the short, unattractive (woman);

يمسين عن قس الأذى غوافلا، ... لا جعبريات ولا طهاملا

They spend the evening heedless of the harm of gossip, ... not short and unattractive, nor large and bulky.

ورجل جعبر وجعبري: قصير متداخل؛

And a man is Jaʿbar and Jaʿbarī: short and stocky;

وقال يعقوب: قصير غليظ؛

And Yaʿqūb said: short and thick;

والمرأة جعبرة.

And the woman is Jaʿbarah.

وضربه فجعبره أي صرعه.

And he struck him, so he Jaʿbarah-ed him, meaning he felled him.