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جرجم

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

The root جرجم primarily relates to actions of consuming, destroying, and falling. It extends to meanings of being struck down, collapsing, and also describes certain groups of people.

Derived headwords

جَرْجَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to eatclassical

    To eat food, used as a substitute for جرجب.

  2. 2.
    to drinkclassical

    To drink a beverage.

  3. 3.
    to demolishclassical

    To demolish or dismantle a house.

  4. 4.
    to strike downclassical

    To strike someone down, to cause them to fall.

  5. 5.
    to collapseclassical

    To collapse or fall down, used for a wall or a person.

تَجَرْجَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to collapseclassical

    To collapse and fall down, used for a wall or a person.

  2. 2.
    to shrink and become stillclassical

    To shrink, become still, and settle down, used for wild animals in their dens, often due to fear.

مُجَرْجَمadjective
  1. 1.
    stricken downclassical

    One who has been struck down or fallen.

كأنهم من فائظ مجرجم — As if they were from a fallen, stricken one
جَرَاجِمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    people of Ajamclassical

    A group of non-Arabs from the region of Al-Jazira.

  2. 2.
    Nabataeans of Shamclassical

    A group identified as the Nabataeans of the Levant.

  3. 3.
    brigandsclassical

    Brigands or robbers who plunder and steal from people.

Parallel reading

جرجم الطعام: أكله، على البدل من جرجب.
Jarjama food: to eat it, as a substitute for jarjaba.
وجرجم الشراب: شربه.
And jarjama the drink: to drink it.
وجرجم البيت: هدمه أو قوضه.
And jarjama the house: to demolish or dismantle it.
وتهدم الحائط وتجرجم هو: سقط.
And the wall collapsed and he tajargama: fell.
ثم جرجم بعضها على بعض أي أسقط.
Then some of them jarjama over others, meaning they were dropped.
والمجرجم: المصروع
And al-mujargam: the one struck down.
وجرجم الرجل: صرعه.
And jarjama the man: he struck him down.
وتجرجم الوحشي وغيره في وجاره: تقبض وسكن، وقد جرجمه الخوف.
And the wild animal and others tajargama in their dens: they became contracted and still, and fear jarjama them.
أنت رجل جريء وفي جبالنا هذه جراجمة يحتربون الناس أي لصوص يستلبون الناس وينتهبونهم.
You are a brave man, and in these mountains of ours are jarajimah who plunder people, meaning thieves who strip people and raid them.
والجراجمة: قوم من العجم بالجزيرة.
And al-jarajimah: a people of non-Arabs in Al-Jazira.
ويقال: الجراجمة نبط الشام
And it is said: Al-Jarajimah are the Nabataeans of Sham.
لو أن جمع الروم والجراجما
If the armies of the Romans and the Jarajimah