جعع

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes concepts related to rough, difficult, or constricted terrain, and by extension, hardship, confinement, and forceful actions like stopping or pressing. It also encompasses sounds associated with animals and machinery.

Derived headwords

الجُعْجَاعnoun

1.
Rough/hard groundboth
Refers to land that is rough, hard, elevated, or difficult to traverse. It can also specifically mean solid ground.
2.
Difficult terrainclassical
Land that is difficult to traverse, possibly due to its unevenness or lack of vegetation.
3.
Battlefieldclassical
The ground where heroes fight; a battlefield.
4.
Bad resting placeclassical
A place of rest that is unfavorable, perhaps due to unevenness or hardship.
5.
Confinement/hardshipclassical
A place of confinement or hardship.

إذا الجونة الكدراء نالت مبيتنا، ... أناخت بجعجاع جناحا وكلكلا — When the dark-humped she-camel reached our resting place, ... she knelt on the hard ground, spreading her wings and chest.

الجَعْجَعnoun

1.
Low-lying groundclassical
Refers to a low-lying or sunken part of the land where water might collect.
2.
Confinementclassical
The act of being confined or held back.
3.
Sound of millstoneclassical
The noise made by a millstone or similar grinding apparatus.

والجعجع والجفجف من الأرض المتطامن — And the Ja'ja' and Jafjaf are the low-lying parts of the earth.

جعجع بالبعيرverb

1.
To make a camel kneelboth
To cause a camel to kneel or lie down, often forcefully.
2.
To slaughter a camelclassical
To slaughter a camel in a specific place.

جعجع بالبعير: نحره في ذلك الموضع — He made the camel kneel: he slaughtered it in that place.

يتجعجعverb

1.
To be low-lyingclassical
To be low-lying, referring to land where water might gather.
2.
To kneel downclassical
To kneel down, especially when referring to a camel.

وأردته على يتجعجع — And I made it kneel on the low-lying ground.

مكان جعجع وجعجاعnoun

1.
Narrow, rough placeclassical
A place that is narrow, rough, and coarse.

وبما أبركها في مناخ ... جعجع — And in a narrow, rough resting place, he made her kneel.

جعجع القومverb

1.
People knelt downclassical
The people knelt down or dismounted.

جعجع القوم أي أناخوا — The people knelt down, meaning they dismounted.

جعجع فلان فلاناverb

1.
To accuse of eating mudclassical
To accuse someone of throwing 'al-jawa', which is mud.

وجع فلان فلانا إذا رماه بالجعو، وهو الطين — And 'Ja'a'a' someone means to accuse him of throwing 'al-jawa', which is mud.

جعverb

1.
To eat mudclassical
To eat mud.

وجع إذا أكل الطين — And 'Ja'' if he ate mud.

فحل جعجاعadjective

1.
Rampaging studclassical
A male animal, particularly a camel, that makes loud noises or bellows excessively.

ويطفن بجعجاع، كأن جرانه ... — And they circle around a rampaging stud, whose throat...

الجعجعةnoun

1.
Sound of camelsclassical
The collective sounds of camels when they gather.
2.
Causing camels to kneel/riseclassical
The act of moving camels to kneel or to rise.
3.
Confinementclassical
The act of being confined or held in a place.
4.
Sound of millstoneclassical
The noise made by a millstone or similar apparatus.
5.
Empty talkclassical
Loud talk or boasting without action; empty noise.
6.
Harassmentclassical
To cause distress or annoyance, especially in demanding payment.
7.
Disruptionclassical
The act of causing people to move or be scattered.

والجعجعة: أصوات الجمال إذا اجتمعت — And the Ja'ja'ah: the sounds of camels when they gather.

جعجع الإبلverb

1.
To make camels kneel/riseclassical
To move camels to kneel down or to rise up.
2.
To confine camelsclassical
To hold camels back or confine them.

جعجع الإبل وجعجع بها: حركها للإناخة أو النهوض — He made the camels kneel and made them kneel or rise: he moved them to kneel or to rise.

جعجعواverb

1.
They knelt downclassical
They knelt down or dismounted.
2.
They settled in barren landclassical
They settled in a place where there is no pasture.

إذا جعجعوا بين الإناخة والحبس — When they settled between kneeling and confinement.

جعجع بهمverb

1.
To make them kneelclassical
To cause them to kneel or dismount.
2.
To confine themclassical
To hold them back or confine them.
3.
To trouble themclassical
To cause them distress or trouble.

جعجع بهم أي أناخ بهم وألزمهم الجعجاع — He made them kneel, meaning he made them dismount and forced them into the difficult terrain.

يجعجعاverb

1.
To remain steadfastclassical
To remain steadfast and not go beyond, referring to adhering to the Quran.

أن يجعجعا عند القرآن ولا يجاوزاه — That they remain steadfast at the Quran and do not go beyond it.

جعجع البعيرverb

1.
Camel kneltclassical
The camel knelt down or lay down.

حتى أنخنا عزه فجعجعا — Until we made its pride kneel, and it knelt down.

نجعجعverb

1.
To hold back livestockclassical
To hold back livestock, especially when it is undesirable.

ثم نجعجع فيها الجزر نجعجعها: نحبسها على مكروهها — Then we hold back the livestock in it; we hold them back against their will.

المَحْبِسnoun

1.
The place of confinementclassical
A place of confinement or detention.

والجعجاع: المحبس — And the Ja'ja': the place of confinement.

الجعجعةnoun

1.
Confinementclassical
The act of being confined or detained.
2.
Lack of stabilityclassical
Sitting without being settled or stable.
3.
Pressing a debtorclassical
To put pressure on a debtor during a demand for payment.
4.
Scattering peopleclassical
The act of scattering people or causing them to disperse.

والجعجعة: القعود على غير طمأنينة — And the Ja'ja'ah: sitting without stability.

جعجع بهverb

1.
To agitate himclassical
To agitate him or cause him to move.
2.
To confine himclassical
To confine him or hold him back.
3.
To press himclassical
To put pressure on him, especially in a demand.

وجعجع به: أزعجه — And Ja'ja'a him: he agitated him.

جعجعverb

1.
Sound of millstoneclassical
The sound of a millstone or similar object.

والجعجع والجعجعة: صوت الرحى ونحوها — And the Ja'ja' and Ja'ja'ah: the sound of the millstone and the like.

متجعجعadjective

1.
Kneeling with painclassical
An animal that has fallen to the ground, kneeling due to pain or injury.

أو بارك متجعجع — Or a kneeling one that has fallen.

Parallel reading

إذا الجونة الكدراء نالت مبيتنا، ... أناخت بجعجاع جناحا وكلكلا

When the dark-humped she-camel reached our resting place, ... she knelt on the hard ground, spreading her wings and chest.

وقال نهيكة الفزاري: صبرا بغيض بن ريث، إنها رحم ... حبتم بها فأناختكم بجعجاع

And Nahika al-Fazzari said: Be patient, O enemy of Rayth, it is a womb... you desired it, so your kneeling was on hard ground.

وشعث نشاوى من كرى، عند ضمر، ... أنخن بجعجاع جديب المعرج

And dusty, sleepy from slumber, near lean camels, ... they knelt on barren, difficult ground.

والجعجع: ما تطامن من الأرض.

And the Ja'ja': what is low-lying from the earth.

جعجع بالبعير: نحره في ذلك الموضع.

He made the camel kneel: he slaughtered it in that place.

والجعجع والجفجف من الأرض المتطامن، وذلك أن الماء يتجفجف فيه فيقوم أي يدوم

And the Ja'ja' and Jafjaf are the low-lying parts of the earth, and that is because water collects in it and remains.

وبما أبركها في مناخ ... جعجع، ينقب فيه الأظل

And in a rough, narrow resting place, he made her kneel, where the shadows dig.

وجعجع القوم أي أناخوا

And the people knelt down, meaning they dismounted.

إذا علون أربعا بأربع، ... بجعجع موصية بجعجع، أنن أنات النفوس الوجع

When they rose four on four, ... on rough ground leading to rough ground, they endured the pains of souls.

وجع فلان فلانا إذا رماه بالجعو، وهو الطين

And 'Ja'a' someone means to accuse him of throwing 'al-jawa', which is mud.

وجع إذا أكل الطين

And 'Ja'' if he ate mud.

ويطفن بجعجاع، كأن جرانه ... نجيب على جال من النهر أجوف

And they circle around a rampaging stud, whose throat... like a noble one on the bank of a hollow river.

والجعجعة: أصوات الجمال إذا اجتمعت.

And the Ja'ja'ah: the sounds of camels when they gather.

عود إذا جعجع بعد الهب

A camel that makes noise when it kneels after rising.

كأن جلود النمر جيبت عليهم، ... إذا جعجعوا بين الإناخة والحبس

As if leopard skins were sewn onto them, ... when they settled between kneeling and confinement.

فأخذنا عليهم «2» أن يجعجعا عند القرآن ولا يجاوزاه

So we took a pledge from them that they would remain steadfast at the Quran and not go beyond it.

حتى أنخنا عزه فجعجعا

Until we made its pride kneel, and it knelt down.

ثم نجعجع فيها الجزر نجعجعها: نحبسها على مكروهها.

Then we hold back the livestock in it; we hold them back against their will.

والجعجاع: المحبس.

And the Ja'ja': the place of confinement.

والجعجعة: الحبس.

And the Ja'ja'ah: the confinement.

والجعجاع: مناخ السوء من حدب أو غيره.

And the Ja'ja': the bad resting place, whether uneven or otherwise.

والجعجعة: القعود على غير طمأنينة.

And the Ja'ja'ah: sitting without stability.

والجعجعة: التضييق على الغريم في المطالبة.

And the Ja'ja'ah: pressing the debtor in the demand.

والجعجعة: التشريد بالقوم، وجعجع به: أزعجه.

And the Ja'ja'ah: scattering the people, and Ja'ja'a him: he agitated him.

أن جعجع بالحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب أي أزعجه وأخرجه

That you should agitate and expel Al-Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib.

والجعجع والجعجعة: صوت الرحى ونحوها

And the Ja'ja' and Ja'ja'ah: the sound of the millstone and the like.

أسمع جعجعة ولا أرى طحنا

I hear noise but see no grinding.

فأبدهن حتوفهن فهارب ... بذمائه، أو بارك متجعجع

So he brought them their deaths, so one escaped with his blood, or one knelt down, fallen.