جيا

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

The root جيا (j-y-a) primarily relates to places where water collects, often stagnant or unpleasant. It also extends to a container for cooking pots and a specific place name.

Derived headwords

الجِيَةnoun

1.
Water collection placeboth
A place where water gathers, similar to الجِيئة (al-ji'ah).
2.
Stagnant poolclassical
A stagnant, foul-smelling pool of water.
3.
Low-lying groundclassical
A low-lying area of land, from which the plural جي (ji) is derived.

الجِيَاءnoun

1.
Pot containerclassical
A container for a cooking pot.

الجِيَاوَةnoun

1.
Pot containerclassical
Another term for the container of a cooking pot.

جيnoun

1.
Low groundclassical
The plural of الجِيَة (al-jiyah), referring to low-lying areas of land.
2.
Place nameclassical
A place name, specifically a city in Isfahan, considered an Arabized loanword.
3.
Valleyclassical
A valley located between Mecca and Medina.

جِيَاءnoun

1.
Bad waterclassical
Bad, foul, or brackish water, possibly mixed with urine.

جَيَّاتnoun

1.
Of the type of Jiclassical
Referring to something of the type or origin of Ji, the city in Isfahan.

جَايَانِيverb

1.
To meet meclassical
He met me or came towards me.

مُجَايَاةnoun

1.
Meetingclassical
The act of meeting or encountering someone.

جِيَاءnoun

1.
Stagnant waterclassical
Stagnant water in a low-lying area.

Parallel reading

الموضع الذي يجتمع فيه الماء كالجيئة

The place where water gathers, like al-ji'ah.

هي الركية المنتنة

It is the foul-smelling well.

الجية الماء المستنقع في الموضع، غير مهموز، يشدد ولا يشدد.

Al-jiyah is stagnant water in a place, without hamza, it can be geminated or not.

الجية، بكسر الجيم، فعلة من الجو، وهو ما انخفض من الأرض، وجمعها جي

Al-jiyah, with a kasra on the jim, is a pattern from 'jaw', which is low-lying ground, and its plural is ji.

من فوقه شعف قر، وأسفله ... جي تنطق بالظيان والعتم

Above it is sparse vegetation, and below it... low ground where the wild olive and the nightshade grow.

أنه مر بنهر جاور جية منتنة

That he passed by a river adjacent to a foul-smelling pool.

الجية، بالكسر غير مهموز: مجتمع الماء في هبطة، وقيل: أصلها الهمز، وقد تخفف الياء.

Al-jiyah, with a kasra and without hamza: a gathering of water in a depression, and it is said its origin is hamza, and the ya may be lightened.

وتركوك بين قرنها والجية

And they left you between its peak and the water pool.

الجية بوزن النية، والجية بوزن المرة، مستنقع الماء.

Al-jiyah (with kasra) weighs like 'niyyah', and al-jiyah (with kasra) weighs like 'marratun', a stagnant pool of water.

هو الذي تسيل إليه المياه

It is that to which the waters flow.

يقال له جية وجيأة وكل من كلام العرب.

It is called jiyah and ji'ah, and both are from the speech of the Arabs.

وجية من ماء أي ماء ناقع خبيث، إما ملح وإما مخلوط ببول.

And a jiyah of water, meaning foul, potent water, either salty or mixed with urine.

الجياء: وعاء القدر، وهي الجئاوة

Al-jiya': the container of the cooking pot, and it is al-ji'awah.

ثلاثة زائفات ضرب جيات

Three counterfeit coins of the type of Ji.

نظرت ورائي نظرة الشوق، بعد ما ... بدا الجو من جي لنا والدساكر

I looked behind me with a longing gaze, after ... the landscape of Ji and its fortresses appeared to us.

وفي الحديث ذكر جي، بكسر الجيم وتشديد الياء، واد بين مكة والمدينة.

And in the hadith, Ji is mentioned, with a kasra on the jim and a shadda on the ya, a valley between Mecca and Medina.

جاياني مجاياة: قابلني

Jayani mujayah: he met me.

جاياني الرجل من قرب قابلني.

The man approached me closely, he met me.

مر بي مجاياة، غير مهموز، أي مقابلة.

He passed by me in a meeting, without hamza, meaning an encounter.

وجياوة: حي من قيس قد درجوا ولا يعرفون، والله أعلم.

And Jiyaawah: a tribe from Qays who have perished and are unknown, and God knows best.