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جشب

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes coarseness, roughness, and harshness, particularly in relation to food and living conditions. It extends to describe people, animals, and even abstract concepts like hardship.

Derived headwords

جَشِبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be coarseboth

    Said of food, meaning it is coarse, rough, or unrefined.

  2. 2.
    to be harshclassical

    Said of living, meaning to be harsh or difficult.

جَشَبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    coarseboth

    Describing food that is coarse, rough, or unrefined.

  2. 2.
    harshclassical

    Describing a harsh or difficult life.

جَشِبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    coarseboth

    Describing food that is coarse, rough, or unrefined.

مِجْشَابٌadjective
  1. 1.
    very coarseclassical

    An intensive form describing something extremely coarse, especially food.

جَشِيبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    coarseboth

    Describing something coarse, rough, and unpleasant.

  2. 2.
    unpleasant to eatboth

    Describing food that is unpleasant to eat.

مَجْشُوبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    coarseboth

    Describing something coarse, rough, or unrefined.

جَشَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to grindclassical

    To grind something, like grain, into coarse particles.

جَشَبَ اللهُ شَبَابَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to take away youthclassical

    An expression meaning God took away his youth or made it bad and ugly.

الجَشُوبُnoun
  1. 1.
    coarse womanclassical

    A woman who is coarse, short, and rough in demeanor or appearance.

الجَشِيبُadjective
  1. 1.
    coarseclassical

    Describing anything coarse, rough, and ugly.

  2. 2.
    unpleasant to eatclassical

    Describing something that is unpleasant to eat.

جَشُوبَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    coarsenessclassical

    The state or quality of being coarse, rough, or harsh.

بَنُو جَشِيبٍname
  1. 1.
    Banu Jashibclassical

    A tribal name, referring to a clan or lineage.

جَشِيبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    largeclassical

    Describing a person who is large, brave, and strong.

جَشِيبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    harsh livingclassical

    Describing a harsh or difficult way of life.

الجَشَبُnoun
  1. 1.
    pomegranate rindclassical

    The coarse outer peel or rind of a pomegranate.

Parallel reading

جَشِبَ الطعامُ، كنصر وسمع، فهو جَشِبٌ وجَشِبٌ ومِجْشَابٌ وجَشِيبٌ ومَجْشُوبٌ، أي: غليظٌ، أوبلا أدم.
Food is coarse, like in nasara and sami'a, so it is jashibun, jashibun, mijshabun, jashibun, and majshubun, meaning: coarse, or unrefined and lacking fat.
وجَشَبَهُ: طَحَنَهُ جريشاً
And jashabahu: meaning he ground it coarsely.
واللهُ شَبَابَهُ: أذهَبَهُ، أو رَدَّأَهُ وأقْمَأَهُ.
And God jashaba his youth: meaning He took it away, or made it bad and ugly.
والجَشُوبُ: المرأةُ الخَشِنَةُ القَصِيرَةُ.
And al-jashub: is the coarse, short woman.
والجَشِيبُ: الخَشِنُ الغَلِيظُ البَشِيعُ من كل شيءٍ، والسيِّئُ المَأْكَلِ، وقد جَشِبَ، ككَرُمَ، جُشُوبَةً.
And al-jashib: is the coarse, rough, ugly thing of every kind, and the bad to eat, and it has become jashiba, like karuma, with jashubah.
وبَنُو جَشِيبٍ، كأَمِيرٍ: بَطْنٌ.
And Banu Jashib, like amir: is a clan.
وكَمِنْبَرٍ: الضَّخْمُ الشُّجَاعُ.
And like minbar: meaning the large, brave one.
وكَمُعْظَمٍ: الخَشِنُ المَعِيشَةِ.
And like mu'dham: meaning the one with a harsh livelihood.
والجَشَبُ، بالضم: قُشُورُ الرُّمَّانِ.
And al-jashab, with damma: means pomegranate rinds.