جءف

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of being thrown down, struck, or felled. It also extends to meanings of fear, panic, and being hollowed out or falling.

Derived headwords

جَأَفَهُverb

1.
to strike downboth
To throw someone down or strike them forcefully.
2.
to frightenboth
To startle or frighten someone.

جَأْفًاnoun

1.
striking downclassical
The act of being struck down or felled.
2.
fearboth
A state of panic or intense fear.

اجْتَأَفَهُverb

1.
to strike downclassical
To fell or strike down, similar to 'ja'afahu'.
2.
to be struckclassical
To be struck or felled by something.

اجْتَأَفَverb

1.
to be struck downclassical
To be felled or struck down, often used in the context of being overwhelmed.

مُجَأَفًاadjective

1.
struck downclassical
One who has been struck down or felled.
2.
frightenedboth
One who is overcome with fear or panic.

الجَأْفnoun

1.
fearboth
A type of panic or intense fear.

جُئِفَverb

1.
to be frightenedboth
To be overcome with fear or panic.

مَجْؤُوفadjective

1.
frightenedboth
One who is overcome with fear or panic.
2.
hungryboth
Experiencing hunger.

الجُؤَافnoun

1.
fearboth
The state of being fearful or panicked.

انجَأَفَتْverb

1.
to fallboth
To fall down, to be uprooted and collapse, like a tree.

جَأَفَverb

1.
to frightenboth
To cause fear or panic.

جُؤُوفadjective

1.
frightenedboth
One who is overcome with fear or panic.

جَآفٌّnoun

1.
shoutingclassical
A loud cry or shouting.

Parallel reading

جَأَفَهُ جَأْفًا واجْتَأَفَهُ: صَرَعَهُ

He struck him down with a strike and he struck him down: he felled him.

ولوا تكبهم الرماح، كأنهم ... نخل جأفت أصوله

They turned away, spears striking them, as if they were ... palm trees whose roots were felled.

واستمعوا قولا به يكوى النطف، ... يكاد من يتلى عليه يجتئف

And listen to a saying with which the embryos are seared, ... he who has it recited over him almost falls down.

الجَأْفُ ضرب من الفزع والخوف

Al-ja'f is a type of panic and fear.

كأن تحتي ناشطا مجأفا

As if beneath me was a lively, frightened one.

وجَأَفَهُ: بمعنى ذعره

And he frightened him: meaning he made him panic.

وانجَأَفَتِ النخلة وانجَأَثَتْ كانْجَعَفَتْ إذا انْقَعَرَتْ وسَقَطَتْ

And the palm tree fell and collapsed like it collapsed when it was uprooted and fell.

وجُئِفَ الرجلُ جَأْفًا، بسكون الهمزة في المصدر: فزع وذعر، فهو مجؤوف

And the man was frightened with ja'fan, with sukoon on the hamza in the masdar: he panicked and was terrified, so he is maj'oof.

ومثله جُئِثَ، فهو مجؤوث

And like it, he was terrified, so he is maj'ooth.

وقد جُئِفَ أشدَّ الجَأْفِ فهو مجؤوف مثل مجعوف أي خائف

And he was greatly frightened with al-ja'f, so he is maj'oof like maj'oof, meaning fearful.

والاسم الجُؤَاف

And the noun is al-ju'af.

ورجلٌ مجأفٌ: لا فؤاد له

And a man is maj'af: he has no heart (is cowardly).

ورجلٌ مجؤوفٌ مثل مجعوف: جائعٌ، وقد جُئِفَ

And a man is maj'oof like maj'oof: hungry, and he has been hungry.

وجَآفٌّ: صياح

And ja'afun: shouting.