جرف

Root entry · 26 derived lemmas

The root جرف (j-r-f) primarily denotes the act of scraping, eroding, or sweeping away, often by water or a tool. It extends to concepts of taking a large amount, destruction, and even specific types of landforms or diseases.

Derived headwords

جَرَفَverb

1.
to scrape offboth
To remove something from the surface of the earth, like scraping soil or debris.
2.
to sweep awayboth
To carry away completely or largely, often by a flood or strong force.
3.
to erodeboth
For a flood to wear away or excavate the side of a valley or riverbed.
4.
to consumeclassical
To take or consume entirely, referring to food or resources.

جرف الشيء يجرفه، بالضم، جرفا واجترفه: أخذه أخذا كثيرا — He scraped the thing, scraping it, taking it in large quantities.

وجرفت الطين: كسحته — And I scraped the mud: I swept it away.

جرف السيل الوادي يجرفه جرفا: جوخه — The flood eroded the valley, eroding it, hollowing it out.

وجرف النبات: أكل عن آخره — And the plants were consumed: eaten to the last.

اجْتَرَفَverb

1.
to scrape offboth
To scrape something off the face of the earth, implying removal.
2.
to take a lotboth
To take a large amount of something.
3.
to sweep awayboth
To sweep away or carry off completely.

اجترافك الشيء عن وجه الأرض حتى يقال: كانت المرأة ذات لثة فاجترفها الطبيب أي استحاها عن الأسنان قطعا — Your scraping a thing from the face of the earth until it is said: the woman had gums, and the doctor scraped them off the teeth by cutting.

اجترفه: أخذه أخذا كثيرا — He took it in large quantities.

المِجْرَفnoun

1.
scraperboth
A tool used for scraping or sweeping, especially mud.
2.
poor personclassical
A poor person, akin to 'maharif' (one who is deprived).

والمجرف والمجرفة: ما جرف به — And the scraper and the shovel: what is used for scraping.

المِجْرَفَةnoun

1.
shovelboth
A tool for scraping, like a shovel used for mud.

والمجرف والمجرفة: ما جرف به — And the scraper and the shovel: what is used for scraping.

ومنه سمي المجرفة — And from this the shovel is named.

بنان مجرفadjective

1.
greedy eaterclassical
Describing a hand or person that takes a lot of food; a voracious eater.

أعددت للقم بنانا مجرفا — I prepared for the bite a greedy hand.

الجُرْفnoun

1.
eroded bankboth
What the flood has eroded and eaten away from the earth, especially the side of a valley or river.
2.
abyssclassical
A deep pit or chasm, a precipice.
3.
fertile landclassical
Rich, abundant pasture and intertwined vegetation.
4.
large amount of wealthclassical
A large quantity of property, both movable and immovable.
5.
place nameclassical
A place name near Medina, originally referring to an area eroded by floods.

والجرف والجرف مثل عسر وعسر ما تجرفته السيول وأكلته من الأرض — And al-jurf and al-jurf, like 'usr and 'usr, is what the floods have eroded and eaten from the earth.

والجرف ما أكل السيل من أسفل شق الوادي والنهر — And al-jurf is what the flood has eaten from the bottom of the side of the valley and the river.

أم من أسس بنيانه على شفا جرف هار — Or he who founded his building on the brink of a crumbling precipice.

الجُرُفnoun

1.
eroded bankboth
What the flood has eroded and eaten away from the earth, especially the side of a valley or river.
2.
abyssclassical
A deep pit or chasm, a precipice.
3.
fertile landclassical
Rich, abundant pasture and intertwined vegetation.
4.
large amount of wealthclassical
A large quantity of property, both movable and immovable.
5.
place nameclassical
A place name near Medina, originally referring to an area eroded by floods.

جُرِفَverb

1.
to be erodedboth
To be worn away or excavated by a flood.
2.
to be swept awayboth
To be carried away completely or largely.

وقد جرفته السيول تجريفا وتجرفته — And the floods have eroded it, eroding it and sweeping it away.

تَجْرِيفnoun

1.
erosionboth
The act of being eroded or swept away by floods.

وقد جرفته السيول تجريفا وتجرفته — And the floods have eroded it, eroding it and sweeping it away.

سَيْل جَرَّافadjective

1.
sweeping floodboth
A flood that sweeps away everything in its path due to its intensity.

وسيل جراف وجاروف: يجرف ما مر به من كثرته يذهب بكل شيء — And a sweeping flood and a torrent: it sweeps away whatever passes by it due to its abundance, taking everything.

جَرَّافadjective

1.
sweepingboth
Describing something that sweeps away or carries off a lot, like a flood or a plague.
2.
voracious eaterboth
A person who eats a lot and leaves nothing behind.
3.
strong in intercourseclassical
Describing a man who is potent or vigorous in sexual relations.
4.
large measureclassical
A large, capacious measure for grain.

ورجل جراف: يأتي على الطعام كله — And a man who is 'jarraf': he consumes all the food.

والجارف طاعون كان في زمن ابن الزبير وورد ذكره في الحديث طاعون الجارف — And al-jarif is a plague that occurred in the time of Ibn al-Zubayr, and it is mentioned in the hadith as the plague of al-jarif.

جارُوفnoun

1.
torrentboth
A powerful stream or flood that sweeps away everything.

أَجْرَفَverb

1.
to graze in fertile landclassical
To let camels graze in a fertile, abundant pasture.
2.
to be struck by a sweeping floodclassical
For land to be affected by a flood that sweeps away everything.

أجرف الرجل إذا رعى إبله في الجرف، وهو الخصب والكلأ الملتف — The man 'ajrafa' if he grazed his camels in al-jurf, which is fertile land and intertwined vegetation.

وأجرفت الأرض: أصابها سيل جراف — And the land 'ajrafat': it was struck by a sweeping flood.

الجُرْفَةnoun

1.
a portion removedclassical
A portion of something that has been removed or gone, especially from wealth.
2.
a type of camel brandingclassical
A specific mark on camels, made by cutting and folding skin, especially on the thigh or dewlap.
3.
a piece of breadclassical
A piece or crumb of bread.

وجرف في ماله جرفة إذا ذهب منه شيء — And he lost a 'jurfa' from his wealth if something went from it.

والجرفة من «3» سمات الإبل: أن تقطع جلدة من جسد البعير دون أنفه من غير أن تبين — And al-jurfa from the brands of camels: is to cut a piece of skin from the camel's body without its nose, without it being detached.

وجرف الخبز أي كسره، الواحدة جرفة — And he broke the bread, meaning he crumbled it, the single piece is 'jurfa'.

المَجْرُوفadjective

1.
emaciatedclassical
Thin and weak, having lost much of one's substance or fat.

ومجرف ومتجرف: مهزول — And 'majraf' and 'mutajarrif': emaciated.

وكبش متجرف: ذهب عامة سمنه — And a ram 'mutajarrif': most of its fat has gone.

مُتَجَرِّفadjective

1.
emaciatedclassical
Thin and weak, having lost much of one's substance or fat.

ومجرف ومتجرف: مهزول — And 'majraf' and 'mutajarrif': emaciated.

وكبش متجرف: ذهب عامة سمنه — And a ram 'mutajarrif': most of its fat has gone.

المَجَارِفnoun

1.
poor personclassical
A poor person, similar to 'maharif' (one who is deprived).

والمجرف والمجارف: الفقير كالمحارف؛ عن يعقوب، وعده بدلا وليس بشيء — And al-majraf and al-majaref: the poor person like al-muharif; from Ya'qub, he considered it a substitute and it is nothing.

رجل مجرفadjective

1.
impoverishedclassical
A man whose wealth has been swept away by time, rendering him poor.

ورجل مجرف: قد جرفه الدهر أي اجتاح ماله وأفقره — And a man 'mujraf': time has swept him away, meaning it has devastated his wealth and impoverished him.

رجل مجارفadjective

1.
unproductiveclassical
A man who does not acquire any good; unproductive or useless.

رجل مجارف ومحارف، وهو الذي لا يكسب خيرا — A man 'mujarif' and 'muharif', and he is one who does not gain any good.

الجُرَافnoun

1.
large measureclassical
A large, capacious measure for grain.
2.
type of measurementclassical
A specific way or method of measuring, often large quantities.

الجراف مكيال ضخم — Al-juraf is a huge measure.

ويقال لضرب من الكيل جراف وجراف — And a type of measurement is called 'juraf' and 'juraf'.

سيف جرافadjective

1.
sweeping swordclassical
A sword that cuts through or sweeps away everything it encounters.

وسيف جراف: يجرف كل شيء — And a sweeping sword: it sweeps away everything.

الجُرْفَةnoun

1.
camel brandclassical
A specific mark on camels, made by cutting and folding skin, especially on the dewlap.

قال سيبويه: بنوه على فعلة استغنوا بالعمل عن الأثر، يعني أنهم لو أرادوا لفظ الأثر لقالوا الجرف أو الجراف كالمشط والخباط، فافهم — Sibawayh said: they derived it from 'fa'la' and dispensed with the trace, meaning if they wanted the word for the trace, they would have said 'al-jurf' or 'al-juraf' like 'al-mishat' and 'al-khabbat', so understand.

الجُرَيْفnoun

1.
dried leavesclassical
Dried leaves of the fig tree.

والجرف والجريف: يبيس الحماط — And al-jurf and al-jurayf: dried fig leaves.

الجُرَافname

1.
a man's nameclassical
The name of a man.

أمن عمل الجراف، أمس، وظلمه وعدوانه — Is it from the actions of Al-Juraf, yesterday, and his injustice and aggression?

الجَوْرَفnoun

1.
ostrichclassical
A male ostrich.

قال أبو العباس: ومن قاله بالفاء جورف فقد صحف — Abu al-Abbas said: and whoever says it with 'fa' (جورف) has made a mistake.

أرض جِرَافَةadjective

1.
uneven landclassical
Land that is uneven, rough, or varied.

أرض جرفة مختلفة وقدح جرف، ورجل جرف كذلك — Uneven, varied land and a rough cup, and a man similarly rough.

Parallel reading

اجترافك الشيء عن وجه الأرض حتى يقال: كانت المرأة ذات لثة فاجترفها الطبيب أي استحاها عن الأسنان قطعا.

Your scraping a thing from the face of the earth until it is said: the woman had gums, and the doctor scraped them off the teeth by cutting.

والجرف: الأخذ الكثير.

And al-jurf: taking a lot.

جرف الشيء يجرفه، بالضم، جرفا واجترفه: أخذه أخذا كثيرا.

He scraped the thing, scraping it, taking it in large quantities.

والمجرف والمجرفة: ما جرف به.

And the scraper and the shovel: what is used for scraping.

وجرفت الطين: كسحته، ومنه سمي المجرفة.

And I scraped the mud: I swept it away, and from this the shovel is named.

وبنان مجرف: كثير الأخذ من الطعام؛ أنشد ابن الأعرابي: أعددت للقم بنانا مجرفا، ...

And a greedy hand: taking a lot of food; Ibn al-A'rabi recited: I prepared for the bite a greedy hand, ...

وجرف السيل الوادي يجرفه جرفا: جوخه.

And the flood eroded the valley, eroding it, hollowing it out.

والجرف والجرف مثل عسر وعسر ما تجرفته السيول وأكلته من الأرض، وقد جرفته السيول تجريفا وتجرفته؛

And al-jurf and al-jurf, like 'usr and 'usr, is what the floods have eroded and eaten from the earth, and the floods have eroded it, eroding it and sweeping it away;

قال رجل من طيء: فإن تكن الحوادث جرفتني، ... فلم أر هالكا كابني زياد

A man from Tayy said: If misfortunes have eroded me, ... I have not seen a perished one like my son Ziyad.

والجرف ما أكل السيل من أسفل شق الوادي والنهر، والجمع أجراف وجروف وجرفة، فإن لم يكن من شقه فهو شط وشاطئ.

And al-jurf is what the flood has eaten from the bottom of the side of the valley and the river, and the plural is ajraf, juruf, and jurfa; if it is not from its side, it is a bank and a shore.

وسيل جراف وجاروف: يجرف ما مر به من كثرته يذهب بكل شيء، وغيث جارف كذلك.

And a sweeping flood and a torrent: it sweeps away whatever passes by it due to its abundance, taking everything, and a sweeping rain is similar.

أم من أسس بنيانه على شفا جرف هار .

Or he who founded his building on the brink of a crumbling precipice.

وأجرفت الأرض: أصابها سيل جراف.

And the land 'ajrafat': it was struck by a sweeping flood.

والجرف المال الكثير من الصامت والناطق.

And al-jurf is abundant wealth, both movable and immovable.

والطاعون الجارف الذي نزل بالبصرة كان ذريعا فسمي جارفا جرف الناس كجرف السيل.

And the sweeping plague that descended upon Basra was widespread, so it was named 'jarif' because it swept away people like a flood.

ورجل جراف: شديد النكاح؛ قال جرير: يا شب ويلك ما لاقت فتاتكم، ... والمنقري جراف غير عنين؟

And a man 'jarraf': strong in intercourse; Jarir said: O Shab, woe to you, what your fragments have encountered, ... And Al-Munqari is 'jarraf' and not impotent?

ورجل جراف: يأتي على الطعام كله؛ قال جرير: وضع الخزير فقيل: أين مجاشع؟ ... فشحا جحافله جراف هبلع

And a man 'jarraf': he consumes all the food; Jarir said: The wild boar was placed, and it was said: Where are Majashi'? ... So his jaws were filled, a voracious, gluttonous eater.

ورجل جراف شديد الأكل لا يبقي شيئا، ومجرف ومتجرف: مهزول.

And a man 'jarraf' is a strong eater who leaves nothing, and 'majraf' and 'mutajarrif' mean emaciated.

وجرف في ماله جرفة إذا ذهب منه شيء؛ عن اللحياني، ولم يرد بالجرفة هاهنا المرة الواحدة إنما عنى بها ما عني بالجرف.

And he lost a 'jurfa' from his wealth if something went from it; from Al-Lihyani, and 'jurfa' here does not mean a single instance, but rather what is meant by 'jurf'.

والمجرف والمجارف: الفقير كالمحارف؛ عن يعقوب، وعده بدلا وليس بشيء.

And al-majraf and al-majaref: the poor person like al-muharif; from Ya'qub, he considered it a substitute and it is nothing.

ورجل مجرف: قد جرفه الدهر أي اجتاح ماله وأفقره.

And a man 'mujraf': time has swept him away, meaning it has devastated his wealth and impoverished him.

والجراف مكيال ضخم؛ وقوله: بالجراف الأكبر، يقال: كان لهم من الهواني «2» مكيالا ضخما وافيا.

And al-juraf is a huge measure; and his saying: with the larger 'juraf', it is said: they had a large, ample measure of the 'hawani'.

ويقال لضرب من الكيل جراف وجراف؛ قال الراجز: كيل عداء بالجراف القنقل ... من صبرة، مثل الكثيب الأهيل

And a type of measurement is called 'juraf' and 'juraf'; the poet said: Measuring with rapid succession with the 'juraf' al-qanqal ... from a heap, like a towering dune.

وسيف جراف: يجرف كل شيء.

And a sweeping sword: it sweeps away everything.

والجرفة من «3» سمات الإبل: أن تقطع جلدة من جسد البعير دون أنفه من غير أن تبين.

And al-jurfa from the brands of camels: is to cut a piece of skin from the camel's body without its nose, without it being detached.

قال سيبويه: بنوه على فعلة استغنوا بالعمل عن الأثر، يعني أنهم لو أرادوا لفظ الأثر لقالوا الجرف أو الجراف كالمشط والخباط، فافهم.

Sibawayh said: they derived it from 'fa'la' and dispensed with the trace, meaning if they wanted the word for the trace, they would have said 'al-jurf' or 'al-juraf' like 'al-mishat' and 'al-khabbat', so understand.

والجرف والجريف: يبيس الحماط.

And al-jurf and al-jurayf: dried fig leaves.

والجراف: اسم رجل؛ أنشد سيبويه: أمن عمل الجراف، أمس، وظلمه ... وعدوانه أعتبتمونا براسم؟

And Al-Juraf: the name of a man; Sibawayh recited: Is it from the actions of Al-Juraf, yesterday, and his injustice ... and his aggression that you have made us accept a sign?

وفي حديث أبي بكر، رضي الله عنه: أنه مر يستعرض الناس بالجرف ؛ اسم موضع قريب من المدينة وأصله ما تجرفه السيول من الأودية.

And in the narration of Abu Bakr, may God be pleased with him: that he passed by reviewing the people at Al-Juruf; a place name near Medina, and its origin is what the floods erode from the valleys.

والجرف: أخذك الشيء عن وجه الأرض بالمجرفة.

And al-jurf: your taking something from the face of the earth with a shovel.

وجرف الخبز أي كسره، الواحدة جرفة، ويروى باللام بدل الراء.

And he broke the bread, meaning he crumbled it, the single piece is 'jurfa', and it is narrated with 'lam' instead of 'ra'.

قال بعضهم الجورف الظليم؛ وأنشد لكعب بن زهير المزني: كأن رحلي، وقد لانت عريكتها، ... كسوته جورفا أغصانه حصفا «1»

Some of them said Al-Jawraf is the ostrich; and it was recited from Ka'b bin Zuhayr Al-Muzani: As if my saddle, and its nature had softened, ... I covered it with a 'jawraf' whose branches were dry leaves.

وقال غيره من أعراب قيس: أرض جرفة مختلفة وقدح جرف، ورجل جرف كذلك.

And others from the Arabs of Qays said: uneven, varied land and a rough cup, and a man similarly rough.