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الجخدب

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something large, stout, and robust. It is used for large creatures, particularly insects like locusts and beetles, and also for lions, signifying their powerful build. It can also refer to a specific individual.

Derived headwords

الجخدبadjective
  1. 1.
    Large, stout, thickboth

    Describing something that is large, thick, and robust in build.

الجخادبnoun
  1. 1.
    Large locust/beetleboth

    A large and stout type of locust, beetle, or other similar insect.

الجخادبةnoun
  1. 1.
    Large locust/beetleboth

    A large and stout type of locust, beetle, or other similar insect.

الجخادباءnoun
  1. 1.
    Large locust/beetleboth

    A large and stout type of locust, beetle, or other similar insect.

أبو جخادبname
  1. 1.
    Lionclassical

    A name or epithet for a lion, referring to its large and formidable nature.

أبو جخادبىname
  1. 1.
    Lionclassical

    A name or epithet for a lion, referring to its large and formidable nature.

الجخدبnoun
  1. 1.
    Lionboth

    A lion, characterized by its large and powerful build.

الجخدبname
  1. 1.
    Abu al-Salt al-Kuficlassical

    The name of Abu al-Salt al-Kufi, a genealogist.

Parallel reading

الجخدب بالضم، والجخادب والجخادبة والجخادباء، ويقصر، وأبو جخادب وأبو جخادبى، بضمهما: الضخم الغليظ
Al-Jahdub (with damma), and al-Jakhādib, al-Jakhādibah, and al-Jakhādibā' (shortened), and Abu Jakhādib and Abu Jakhādibī (both with damma): the large, thick.
وضرب من الجنادب ومن الجراد ومن الخنفساء ضخم
And a type of large locusts, and of grasshoppers, and of beetles.
والجخدب، كقنفذ وجندب: الأسد
And al-Jahdub, like Qunfudh and Jandab: the lion.
وكجعفر: اسم أبي الصلت الكوفي النسابة
And like Ja'far: the name of Abu al-Salt al-Kufi, the genealogist.