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الجءجاء

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of defeat, retreat, and fear. It also encompasses a specific call to camels for drinking and a term for the chest.

Derived headwords

الجَأْجَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    defeatclassical

    The state of being defeated or overcome.

  2. 2.
    chestclassical

    The part of the body between the neck and the abdomen; the breast.

جَأْجَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to call camels to drinkclassical

    To call camels using the sound 'ji' ji' to encourage them to drink water.

الجِيءnoun
  1. 1.
    call to camelsclassical

    The sound or utterance used to call camels to drink.

تَجَأْجَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to desistclassical

    To cease an action or activity; to stop.

  2. 2.
    to retreatclassical

    To move back or withdraw from a position or situation.

  3. 3.
    to endclassical

    To come to a conclusion or final point.

  4. 4.
    to fearclassical

    To be afraid of something or someone; to be intimidated by.

Parallel reading

الجَأْجَاء، بالمد: الهزيمة
Al-ja'ja' (with elongation): defeat.
وكهدهد: الصدر
And like 'hudhud': the chest.
ج: الجآجئ
Plural: al-ja'aji'.
و ة: بالبحرين
And a place name: in Bahrain.
وجأجأ بالإبل: دعاها للشرب بجئ جئ
And he called the camels with 'ja'ja'a': he called them to drink with 'ji' ji'.
والاسم: الجيء، بالكسر
And the noun: al-ji', with kasra.
وتجأجأ: كف، ونكص، وانتهى
And taj'aja'a: he desisted, retreated, and ended.
و عنه: هابه
And from it: he feared it.