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جرفس

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes things that are large, stout, and strong, particularly in animals like camels and men. It also extends to concepts of strong binding and the powerful, fierce nature of a lion.

Derived headwords

الجرفاسnoun
  1. 1.
    stout camelclassical

    A stout and large camel.

  2. 2.
    large-headed camelclassical

    A camel described as having a large head.

الجرافسnoun
  1. 1.
    stout manclassical

    A stout and strong man.

  2. 2.
    large-headed camelclassical

    A camel described as having a large head.

الجرفاسnoun
  1. 1.
    stout manclassical

    A stout and strong man.

الجرنفسnoun
  1. 1.
    stout manclassical

    A stout and strong man.

الجرفسةnoun
  1. 1.
    strong bindingclassical

    The state of being strongly bound or tied.

جرفسهverb
  1. 1.
    to throw downclassical

    To throw someone or something down forcefully.

جرفسةnoun
  1. 1.
    throwing downclassical

    The act of throwing someone or something down forcefully.

مجرفساadjective
  1. 1.
    having a large beardclassical

    Describing a beard that is large and thick, extending between the jaws.

جرفاسname
  1. 1.
    lionclassical

    One of the names for a lion, signifying its strength and fierceness.

Parallel reading

الجرفاس والجرافس من الإبل: الغليظ العظيم، وقيل: العظيم الرأس.
Al-jurfās and al-jarāfis of camels: the stout, the large, and it is said: the large-headed.
والجرافس والجرفاس: الضخم الشديد من الرجال، وكذلك الجرنفس.
And al-jarāfis and al-jurfās: the huge and strong among men, and likewise al-jarnafas.
والجرفسة: شدة الوثاق.
And al-jurfasah: the intensity of the binding.
وجرفسه جرفسة: صرعه
And he threw him down with a jurfasah: he felled him.
كأن كبشا ساجسيا أربسا، ... بين صبيي لحيه مجرفسا
Like two rams, one white and one dark, ... between the two sides of his beard, large and bushy.
يقول: كأن لحيته بين فكيه كبش ساجسي، يصف لحية عظيمة
He means: as if his beard between his jaws is like a white ram, describing a large beard.
كل شيء أوثقته، فقد قعطرته، قال: وهي الجرفسة
Whatever you have bound strongly, you have secured it, he said: and it is al-jurfasah.
وجرفاس: من أسماء الأسد.
And jurfās: is one of the names of the lion.