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جرا

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of youth, early stages, and the crop or pouch of a bird. It encompasses terms for childhood, immaturity, and the anatomical part of a bird used for storing food.

Derived headwords

جِرَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    youth, childhoodclassical

    The early stage of life, specifically childhood or adolescence.

الجريnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of fishclassical

    A specific kind or species of fish.

الجِرْيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    crop, gizzardboth

    The crop or gizzard of a bird, a part of the digestive system used for storing and grinding food.

جريتكnoun
  1. 1.
    your crop/gizzardclassical

    Referring to the crop or gizzard belonging to someone, specifically a bird.

الجَرِيئَةnoun
  1. 1.
    crop, gizzard (variant)classical

    An alternative or variant term for the crop or gizzard of a bird.

Parallel reading

كان ذلك في أيام جرائها، بالفتح، أي صباها.
That was in the days of its youth, with the fatḥa, meaning its childhood.
والجري: ضرب من السمك.
And al-jiry: a type of fish.
والجرية: الحوصلة، ومن جعلهما ثنائيين فهما فعلي وفعلية، وكل منهما مذكور في موضعه.
And al-jiryat: the crop, and whoever considers them dual forms, they are fa'lī and fa'liyya, and each of them is mentioned in its place.
الفراء: يقال ألقه في جريتك، وهي الحوصلة.
Al-Farra': It is said, 'Throw it into your crop, which is the gizzard.'
أبو زيد: هي القرية والجرية والنوطة لحوصلة الطائر؛ هكذا رواه ثعلب عن ابن نجدة بغير همز، وأما ابن هانئ: فإنه الجريئة، مهموز، لأبي زيد.
Abu Zayd: It is al-qarya, al-jiryat, and al-nawṭa for the crop of the bird; thus, Tha'lab narrated it from Ibn Najdah without hamza, but as for Ibn Hani': he narrated it as al-jarī'a, with hamza, from Abu Zayd.