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جعن

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of contraction, gathering, and physical ailments. It is also used to denote a specific type of person or a proper name.

Derived headwords

جَعَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to contractclassical

    To become contracted or shrunken.

  2. 2.
    to acheclassical

    To suffer from body aches and pains.

جُعْنَةname
  1. 1.
    Ju'nahclassical

    A proper name of an Arab.

جُعُونَةname
  1. 1.
    Ju'unahclassical

    A proper name of an Arab, derived from the root 'ja'an' (contraction/ache).

جَعْنadjective
  1. 1.
    short and stoutclassical

    Describing a man who is short and stout.

  2. 2.
    contractedclassical

    Possessing the quality of contraction or being shrunken.

جَعُونadjective
  1. 1.
    short and stoutclassical

    A man who is short and stout.

جَعْوnoun
  1. 1.
    gatheringclassical

    The act of gathering or collecting things.

Parallel reading

ورجل جعونة إذا كان قصيرا سمينا
And a man is Ju'unah if he is short and stout.
الجَعْن فعل ممات
Al-Ja'n is a defunct verb form.
وهو التقبض
And it is contraction.
جعونة اسم رجل مشتق من الجعن
Ju'unah is the name of a man derived from al-Ja'n.
وهو وجع الجسد وتكسره
And it is body ache and its breaking.
ويجوز أن يكون مشتقا من الجعو
And it is permissible for it to be derived from al-Ja'w.
وهو جمع الشيء
And it is the gathering of a thing.
وتكون النون زائدة
And the 'noon' is an addition.