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جمل

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of gathering, collecting, and bringing things together. It also extends to meanings related to patience, moderation, and refinement, often in the context of actions or appearance. Additionally, it encompasses terms for melted fat and specific types of accounting.

Derived headwords

جَمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to gatherboth

    To collect or bring together scattered things.

  2. 2.
    to melt fatboth

    To melt fat, specifically for consumption or use.

جَمَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    to beautifyboth

    To make something beautiful or presentable.

  2. 2.
    to gatherboth

    To collect or bring together scattered things.

  3. 3.
    to melt fatboth

    To melt fat, specifically for consumption or use.

تَجَمَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    to eat melted fatclassical

    To consume melted fat (al-jamīl).

  2. 2.
    to behave gracefullyboth

    To act with refinement, modesty, or grace.

اِجْتَمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to melt fatclassical

    To melt fat.

  2. 2.
    to roast meatclassical

    To roast meat and collect its drippings.

  3. 3.
    to gatherclassical

    To collect or bring together.

جَمِيلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    melted fatboth

    Melted fat, often used as a condiment or for cooking.

  2. 2.
    beautyboth

    A quality of being pleasing to the senses or mind.

جَمَالٌnoun
  1. 1.
    beautyboth

    The quality or aggregate of qualities that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight.

  2. 2.
    refinementboth

    A state of being refined, elegant, or modest.

جُمْلَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    groupboth

    A collection or aggregate of things, considered as a whole.

  2. 2.
    sentenceboth

    A complete unit of expression in speech or writing.

  3. 3.
    summaryboth

    A brief statement or account of the main points of something.

جُمْلَةً وَاحِدَةًadverbial phrase
  1. 1.
    all at onceboth

    In a single, undivided unit or instance.

حِسَابُ الْجُمَّلِnoun phrase
  1. 1.
    gematriaclassical

    A system of assigning numerical values to letters, used for calculation or interpretation.

مُجَامِلٌparticiple
  1. 1.
    patiently waitingclassical

    One who holds back a response or action, harboring resentment until a later time.

مُجَامَلَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    conciliationclassical

    The act of appeasing or making amends, often through pleasantries.

تَجَمُّلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    eating melted fatclassical

    The act of eating melted fat (al-jamīl).

اِجْتِمَالٌnoun
  1. 1.
    melting fatclassical

    The act of melting fat.

  2. 2.
    anointingclassical

    The act of anointing oneself with melted fat.

جَمَّالٌnoun
  1. 1.
    melted fatclassical

    Melted fat, specifically the liquid part.

جَمُولٌnoun
  1. 1.
    fat womanclassical

    A stout or corpulent woman.

  2. 2.
    melted fatclassical

    Melted fat.

أَجْمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to moderateboth

    To act with moderation, patience, or temperance, especially in pursuit or action.

  2. 2.
    to gatherboth

    To collect or bring together scattered things.

  3. 3.
    to melt fatclassical

    To melt fat.

اِجْمِلْverb
  1. 1.
    be moderateboth

    An imperative form meaning to act with moderation or temperance.

جَمَالُname
  1. 1.
    name of a placeclassical

    A place name mentioned in poetry.

جَمِيلٌname
  1. 1.
    male nameboth

    A proper male given name.

جُمْلَةٌname
  1. 1.
    female nameclassical

    A proper female given name.

جَمَلٌname
  1. 1.
    female nameclassical

    A proper female given name.

الْجَمَلَانِname
  1. 1.
    poets' nameclassical

    The name of a group of Arab poets.

Parallel reading

والمجامل: الذي لا يقدر على جوابك فيتركه ويحقد عليك إلى وقت ما
Al-mujāmil: one who is unable to respond to you, so he leaves it and harbors resentment against you until a certain time.
جمالك أيها القلب القريح، ... ستلقى من تحب فتستريح
Your composure, O wounded heart, ... you will meet whom you love and find rest.
الزم تجملك وحياءك ولا تجزع جزعا قبيحا
Adhere to your composure and modesty, and do not despair with ugly despair.
وجامل الرجل مجاملة: لم يصفه الإخاء وماسحه بالجميل
And he treated the man with conciliation: brotherhood did not purify him, and he did not touch him with kindness.
اجمل إن كنت جاملا، فإذا ذهبوا إلى الحال قالوا: إنه لجميل
Be moderate if you are to be conciliatory; and when they referred to the state, they said: he is indeed moderate.
والزم الأمر الأجمل
And adhere to the most moderate course of action.
أخو الحرب أما صادرا فوسيقه ... جميل، وأما واردا فمغامس
The brother of war, whether departing his provisions are moderate, and whether arriving he is a plunderer.
معنى قول جميل هنا أنه إذا اطرد وسيقة لم يسرع بها ولكن يتئد ثقة منه ببأسه
The meaning of Jamil's saying here is that when he drives his provisions, he does not hurry them but proceeds deliberately, confident in his might.
الرزق مقسوم فأجمل في الطلب
Sustenance is portioned, so be moderate in seeking it.
ويقال للشحم المذاب جميل
And melted fat is called jamīl.
نقابل جوعهم بمكللات، ... من الفرني، يرعبها الجميل
We meet their hunger with well-fed ones, ... from the oven, the melted fat terrifies them.
وجمل الشيء: جمعه
And to jamila a thing: to gather it.
والجميل: الشحم يذاب ثم يجمل أي يجمع
And al-jamīl: fat that is melted and then jamīl, meaning gathered.
لعن الله اليهود حرمت عليهم الشحوم فجملوها وباعوها وأكلوا أثمانها
May God curse the Jews; fats were forbidden to them, so they melted them down, sold them, and ate their prices.
يأتوننا بالسقاء يجملون فيه الودك
They bring us the waterskin in which they melt the fat.
واجتمل: كاشتوى
And ijtamala: is like ishtawa (to roast).
تجملي وتعففي أي كلي الجميل واشربي العفافة
Be moderate and abstinent, meaning eat the melted fat and drink the leftover milk.
جملك الله أي أذابك كما يذاب الشحم
May God make you jamūl, meaning may He melt you as fat is melted.
أبشري بهذه الشحمة المجمولة التي تذوب في حلقك
Rejoice in this melted fat that dissolves in your throat.
والاجتمال: الادهان به
And al-ijtimāl: anointing oneself with it.
فاشتوى ليلة ريح واجتمل
So he roasted on a windy night and melted fat.
وأجمل له الحساب كذلك
And he summarized the calculation for him likewise.
لولا نزل عليه القرآن جملة واحدة
Why was the Quran not revealed to him all at once?
كتاب فيه أسماء أهل الجنة والنار أجمل على آخرهم فلا يزاد فيهم ولا ينقص
A book containing the names of the people of Paradise and Hell, summarized at its end, so no one is added to them nor taken away.
وأجملت الحساب إذا جمعت آحاده وكملت أفراده
And you have summarized the calculation when you have gathered its units and completed its individuals.
حتى علمنا، ولولا نحن قد علموا، ... حلت شليلا عذاراهم وجمالا
Until we knew, and if not for us they would have known, ... they settled their reins and their place called Jamāl.