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جعفل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of overturning, throwing down, or felling, often in the context of combat or riding. It can also describe a state of being overturned or a person who has been killed and is bloated.

Derived headwords

جَعْفَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to fell, to throw downboth

    To cause someone to fall from a mount or to the ground, often by striking them.

  2. 2.
    to overturnboth

    To flip something over, causing it to be upside down.

مُجَعْفَلadjective
  1. 1.
    overturned, fallenclassical

    Describing an animal, particularly a camel, that has been overturned or felled.

مُجَعْفِلadjective
  1. 1.
    overturned, fallenclassical

    Describing an animal, particularly a camel, that has been overturned or felled.

الجَعْفَلِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    bloated corpseclassical

    A dead person who is swollen, likely due to decomposition.

Parallel reading

جعفله: صرعه
He felled him: he threw him down.
وطعنه فجعفله إذا قلبه عن السرج فصرعه
And he stabbed him, felling him, meaning he overturned him from the saddle and threw him down.
وراء راكضة، ما تستجن بجنة، ... بعير حلال غادرته مجعفل
Behind a runner, not seeking shelter behind a shield... a camel that was left behind, overturned.
والمجعفل المقلوب
And 'al-muja'fil' means overturned.
ومجعفل نعت لحلال وهو مركب من مراكب النساء
And 'muja'fil' is an adjective for a camel, which is a type of conveyance for women.
والجعفليل القتيل المنتفخ
And 'al-ja'falil' is the bloated corpse.