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جلفع

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

The root جلفع (j-l-f-ʿ) primarily denotes largeness, thickness, and robustness, often applied to animals, particularly camels, and sometimes to human features like gums. It can also refer to an elderly or mature female.

Derived headwords

الجِلَنْفَعnoun
  1. 1.
    elderly womanclassical

    An elderly woman, a term most often used to describe females.

  2. 2.
    robust camelclassical

    A robust, fully developed, and strong camel. The feminine form is with 'taa' marbuta'.

  3. 3.
    large and wideclassical

    Something large and wide, or wide-waisted.

  4. 4.
    thick-lippedclassical

    Referring to gums that are thick with flesh, possibly by analogy.

جلنفعةnoun
  1. 1.
    elderly female camelclassical

    An elderly female camel that is still strong and has some vitality. It can also refer to a large, well-formed, and capacious female camel.

اجلنفعverb
  1. 1.
    to become thick/robustclassical

    To become thick, robust, or large.

Parallel reading

المسن، أكثر ما توصف به الإناث.
The elderly one, most often described of females.
وخطب رجل امرأة إلى نفسها، وكانت امرأة برزة قد انكشف وجهها وراسلت، فقالت: إن سألت عني بني فلان أنبئت عني بما يسرك، وبنو فلان ينبئونك بما يزيدك في رغبة، وعند بني فلان مني خبر، فقال الرجل: وما علم هؤلاء بك؟ فقالت: في كل قد نكحت، قال: يا ابنة أم، أراك جلنفعة قد خزمتها الخزائم
A man proposed to a woman, and she was a prominent woman whose face was uncovered and she had corresponded. She said: If you ask about me from the Banu Fulan, you will be informed about me with what pleases you, and the Banu Fulan will inform you with what increases your desire, and the Banu Fulan have news of me. The man said: And what do these people know about you? She said: In all of them I have been married. He said: O daughter of a mother, I see you as an elderly woman whose nose-ring has been fitted.
قالت: كلا ولكني جوالة بالرجل عنتريس.
She said: No, but I am one who roams with a strong man.
والجلنفع من الإبل: الغليظ التام الشديد، والأنثى بالهاء؛
And the jilinf' of camels: the thick, complete, strong one, and the female is with 'taa' marbuta'.
أين الشظاظان وأين المربعه؟ ... وأين وسق الناقة الجلنفعه؟
Where are the two shinbones and where is the shoulder blade? ... And where is the load of the robust female camel?
على أن الجلنفعة هنا قد تكون المسنة، وقد قيل: ناقة جلنفع، بغير هاء.
However, the jilinf'ah here might be the elderly one, and it has been said: a jilinf' camel, without 'taa' marbuta'.
ناقة جلنفعة قد أسنت وفيها بقية، واستشهد بهذا الرجز.
An elderly female camel that has aged and still has some vigor, and this verse was cited as evidence.
والجلنفعة من النوق: الجسيمة وهي الواسعة الجوف التامة؛
And the jilinf'ah of female camels: the large one, which is capacious-waisted and complete.
جلنفعة تشق على المطايا، ... إذا ما اختب رقراق السراب
A large camel that is burdensome to the mounts, ... when the shimmering of the mirage is deceptive.
والجلنفع: الضخم الواسع؛
And the jilinf': the huge and wide one.
عيدية، أما القرا فمضبر ... منها، وأما دفها فجلنفع
A large she-camel; as for her hump, it is lean from her, but as for her flank, it is wide.
وقيل: الجلنفع الواسع الجوف التام، وقيل: الجلنفع الجسيم الضخم الغليظ، إن كان سمحا أو غير سمح.
And it was said: the jilinf' is the capacious-waisted, complete one. And it was said: the jilinf' is the large, huge, thick one, whether it is yielding or not.
ولثة جلنفعة كثيرة اللحم، وقيل: إنما هو على التشبيه،
And a jilinf'ah gum, thick with flesh, and it was said: it is only by way of simile.