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جندف

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root describes individuals or animals characterized by shortness and stoutness, often with a coarse or unrefined physical build. It can also refer to a specific gait associated with short stature.

Derived headwords

الجَنْدَفnoun
  1. 1.
    short and stout personboth

    A person who is short and stocky, with a well-built, compact physique.

الجَنَادِفnoun
  1. 1.
    coarse, stout peopleclassical

    Refers to people who are coarse, large, and stout in build.

  2. 2.
    stout camelsclassical

    Describes camels that are stout and large in build.

  3. 3.
    short, stout buildboth

    A description of a short and stocky physical build.

  4. 4.
    gait of the shortclassical

    The manner of walking characterized by a side-to-side shoulder movement, attributed to short people.

جُنَادِفadjective
  1. 1.
    short and stoutboth

    Describing someone as short and stout, with a thick build.

  2. 2.
    short-neckedboth

    Specifically refers to a man who is stout and has a short neck.

جُنَادِفَةadjective
  1. 1.
    stout (female)classical

    Used to describe a female animal, like a she-camel, or a female slave who is stout and short.

Parallel reading

الجندف: القصير الملزز.
Al-jandaf: The short and stocky one.
والجنادف: الجافي الجسيم من الناس والإبل،
And al-janādif: The coarse, stout ones among people and camels,
وناقة جنادفة وأمة جنادفة كذلك،
And a stout she-camel and a stout female slave likewise,
ولا توصف به الحرة.
And a freeborn woman is not described by it.
والجنادف: القصير الملزز الخلق،
And al-janādif: The one who is short, stocky in creation,
وقيل: الذي إذا مشى حرك كتفيه، وهو مشي القصار.
And it is said: one who, when he walks, moves his shoulders, and this is the gait of short people.
ورجل جنادف: غليظ قصير الرقبة؛
And a janādif man: stout with a short neck;
جنادف لاحق بالرأس منكبه،
Janādif, his shoulder is close to his head,
كأنه كودن يوشى بكلاب
As if he were a kudan (type of wild ass) adorned with patches
من معشر كحلت باللؤم أعينهم،
From a people whose eyes have been kohl-lined with baseness,
وقص الرقاب موال غير صياب
And the cutters of necks, clients not of good lineage
الجنادف، بالضم، القصير الغليظ الخلقة.
Al-janādif, with damma, the short, stout of creation.