الجدب

Root entry · 26 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of barrenness, dryness, and lack of fertility, particularly in land. It extends to meanings of deficiency, defect, and hardship, and metaphorically to falsehood and misfortune.

Derived headwords

جَدَبَverb

1.
to be barrenboth
To become dry, infertile, and unproductive, especially referring to land.
2.
to be deficientclassical
To suffer from a lack or deficiency, implying hardship or scarcity.

جَدْبnoun

1.
barrennessboth
The state of being dry, infertile, and unproductive; drought.
2.
defectclassical
A flaw, fault, or deficiency.
3.
hardshipclassical
A state of difficulty or scarcity.

الْجَدْبnoun

1.
barrennessboth
The state of being dry, infertile, and unproductive; drought.
2.
defectclassical
A flaw, fault, or deficiency.

الجدب: المحل، والعيب — Barrenness: dryness, and defect.

أَجْدَبَverb

1.
to make barrenboth
To cause land to become barren or infertile.
2.
to afflict with droughtboth
To cause a people or land to suffer from drought or scarcity.

أَجْدَبَ الأَرْضَverb

1.
to find land barrenclassical
To discover or perceive the land to be in a state of barrenness or infertility.

أجدب الأرض: وجدها جدبة — He found the land barren.

أَجْدَبَ الْقَوْمَverb

1.
to afflict with droughtboth
To cause a group of people to suffer from drought or scarcity.

أجدب القوم: أصابهم الجدب — And He afflicted the people: drought befell them.

جَدْبَةnoun

1.
barrennessboth
A state of barrenness or infertility.

مَكَانٌ جَدْبٌadjective

1.
barren placeboth
A location that is dry, infertile, and unproductive.

مكان جدب — a barren place

مَكَانٌ جَدُوبٌadjective

1.
barren placeboth
A location that is dry, infertile, and unproductive.

مكان جدوب — a barren place

مَجْدُوبadjective

1.
barrenboth
Describing land or a place that is infertile and unproductive.

مجدوب — barren

جَدِيبadjective

1.
barrenboth
Describing land or a place that is infertile and unproductive.

جديب — barren

الْجَدُوبَةnoun

1.
barrennessboth
The state or quality of being barren, infertile, or dry.

بين الجدوبة — between barrenness

أَرْضٌ جَدْبَةٌadjective

1.
barren landboth
Land that is infertile and unproductive.

أرض جدبة — barren land

أَرْضُونَ جَدُوبٌadjective

1.
barren landsboth
Lands that are infertile and unproductive.

أرضون جدوب — barren lands

أَرْضُونَ جَدْبٌadjective

1.
barren landsboth
Lands that are infertile and unproductive.

أرضون جدب — barren lands

جَدُوبَةnoun

1.
barrennessboth
The state of being barren, infertile, or dry.

وقد جدب، كخشن، جدوبة — And it became barren, like khashuna, a state of barrenness.

جَدَبَnoun

1.
barrennessboth
The state of being barren, infertile, or dry.

وقد جدب، كخشن، جدوبة، وجدب — And it became barren, like khashuna, a state of barrenness, and barrenness.

أَجَادِبnoun

1.
barren placesclassical
Plural of a word meaning barren or infertile places.

وكانت فيه أجادب، قيل: جمع أجدب جمع جدب — And there were in it barren places, it is said: a plural of ajdab, a plural of jadb.

فَلَاةٌ جَدْبَاءadjective

1.
barren desertboth
A desert or vast empty land that is infertile and unproductive.

وفلاة جدباء: مجدبة — And a barren desert: infertile.

الْمَجْدَابnoun

1.
barren landclassical
Land that is unlikely to become fertile or productive.

والمجداب: الأرض التي لا تكاد تخصب — And al-majdab: the land that scarcely becomes fertile.

جَدْبٌnoun

1.
barrennessclassical
A name for the state of barrenness or drought.

وجدب، كهجف: اسم للجدب — And jadb, like hajaf: a name for barrenness.

جُنْدُبnoun

1.
locustboth
A type of grasshopper, specifically a locust.
2.
nameboth
Used as a proper name.

والجندب والجندب والجندب، كدرهم: جراد م، واسم — And al-jundub, al-jundub, and al-jundub, like dirham: locusts, m. (meaning plural), and a name.

أُمُّ جُنْدُبnoun

1.
calamityclassical
A great misfortune or disaster.
2.
treacheryclassical
Betrayal or deceit.
3.
injusticeclassical
Unfairness or wrongdoing.

أم جندب: الداهية، والغدر، والظلم — Umm jundub: the calamity, and treachery, and injustice.

الْجَادِبadjective

1.
liarclassical
One who habitually tells falsehoods.

والجادب: الكاذب — And al-jadib: the liar.

أَتَجَدَّبُverb

1.
to dislikeclassical
To find something unpleasant or undesirable, specifically the prospect of accompanying someone.

وما أتجدب أن أصحبك — And I do not dislike accompanying you.

أَجْدَابِيَةname

1.
Ajdabiyahclassical
A place name, possibly referring to a location near a sandy area.

وأجدابية: د قرب برقة — And Ajdabiyah: a place near Burqah.

Parallel reading

الجدب: المحل، والعيب

Barrenness: dryness, and defect.

يجدبه ويجدبه

It makes it barren and it makes it barren.

والجادب: الكاذب

And al-jadib: the liar.

والجندب والجندب والجندب، كدرهم: جراد م، واسم

And al-jundub, al-jundub, and al-jundub, like dirham: locusts, m. (meaning plural), and a name.

أم جندب: الداهية، والغدر، والظلم

Umm jundub: the calamity, and treachery, and injustice.

وقعوا في أم جندب

They fell into Umm jundub (i.e., they committed injustice).

أجدب الأرض: وجدها جدبة

He found the land barren.

والقوم: أصابهم الجدب

And the people: drought befell them.

مكان جدب وجدوب ومجدوب وجديب، بين الجدوبة

A barren place, and barren, and barren, and barren, between barrenness.

وأرض جدبة، وأرضون جدوب وجدب

And barren land, and barren lands and barren lands.

وقد جدب، كخشن، جدوبة، وجدب وأجدب

And it became barren, like khashuna, a state of barrenness, and barrenness, and it became barren.

وكانت فيه أجادب، قيل: جمع أجدب جمع جدب

And there were in it barren places, it is said: a plural of ajdab, a plural of jadb.

وفلاة جدباء: مجدبة

And a barren desert: infertile.

والمجداب: الأرض التي لا تكاد تخصب

And al-majdab: the land that scarcely becomes fertile.

وجدب، كهجف: اسم للجدب

And jadb, like hajaf: a name for barrenness.

وما أتجدب أن أصحبك: ما أستوخم

And I do not dislike accompanying you: I do not find it unpleasant.

وأجدابية: د قرب برقة

And Ajdabiyah: a place near Burqah.