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جهبل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of ugliness, large size, and agedness, particularly in reference to women and mountain goats.

Derived headwords

الجهبلةnoun
  1. 1.
    Ugly womanboth

    A woman who is ugly and unsightly.

الجهبلnoun
  1. 1.
    Aged mountain goatboth

    An old male mountain goat.

  2. 2.
    Large mountain goatclassical

    A large or great male mountain goat.

Parallel reading

الجهبلة: المرأة القبيحة الدميمة.
Al-Jahbalah: the ugly, unsightly woman.
والجهبل: المسن من الوعول،
And al-Jahbal: the aged male mountain goat,
وقيل: العظيم منها؛
and it was said: the large one of them;
قال: يحطم قرني جبلي جهبل
He said: 'He breaks the horns of a mighty mountain goat.'