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الجوب

Root entry · 37 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of piercing, cutting, making holes, and responding or answering. It extends to physical objects like large buckets, armor, shields, and hearths, as well as abstract notions like news and places. The root also encompasses actions of traveling, extending, and wearing.

Derived headwords

الجوبnoun
  1. 1.
    piercingboth

    The act of piercing or making a hole.

  2. 2.
    cuttingboth

    The act of cutting.

  3. 3.
    large bucketclassical

    A large bucket, often used for drawing water.

  4. 4.
    woman's armorclassical

    A piece of armor worn by a woman.

  5. 5.
    shieldboth

    A shield used for protection.

  6. 6.
    hearthclassical

    A hearth or brazier.

  7. 7.
    manclassical

    A man.

اجتيابnoun
  1. 1.
    piercingboth

    The act of piercing or making a hole, similar to the root meaning.

المجوبnoun
  1. 1.
    shieldclassical

    A shield, similar to 'al-jawb'.

المجوبnoun
  1. 1.
    hearthclassical

    A hearth or brazier, similar to 'al-jawb'.

الإجابnoun
  1. 1.
    responseboth

    The act of responding or answering.

الإجابةnoun
  1. 1.
    responseboth

    The act of responding or answering.

  2. 2.
    answeringboth

    The act of answering a call or question.

الجابةnoun
  1. 1.
    responseboth

    A response or answer.

و"أساء سمعا، فأساء جابة" — and he heard badly, so he responded badly
المجوبةnoun
  1. 1.
    responseboth

    A response or answer.

الجيبةnoun
  1. 1.
    answerboth

    An answer or response.

  2. 2.
    pocketboth

    A pocket in a garment.

الجوبةnoun
  1. 1.
    holeboth

    A hole or pit.

  2. 2.
    depression in skinclassical

    A low-lying area or depression in the skin.

  3. 3.
    gap between housesclassical

    A gap or space between houses.

  4. 4.
    open spaceclassical

    An open, smooth space between two areas of land.

جوبnoun
  1. 1.
    holesclassical

    Plural of 'jawbah', meaning holes or pits.

أجوبverb
  1. 1.
    to traverseboth

    To traverse or travel through the land.

  2. 2.
    to fulfillclassical

    To fulfill or carry out a دعوة (دعوة - invitation/prayer).

أي الليل أجوب دعوة — Which part of the night do I traverse a prayer?
جبت الأرضverb phrase
  1. 1.
    to traverse the landclassical

    To travel extensively across the land.

الجوائبnoun
  1. 1.
    emergent newsclassical

    Emergent or sudden news.

جائبةadjective
  1. 1.
    novelclassical

    Novel, extraordinary, or surprising (referring to news).

وهل من جائبة خبر — And is there any surprising news?
وجابةnoun
  1. 1.
    responseclassical

    A response or answer.

جأبتهverb
  1. 1.
    to pierce itclassical

    To pierce it (with hamza).

انجابتverb
  1. 1.
    to extend neckclassical

    A she-camel extending its neck for milking.

وانجابت الناقة — And the she-camel extended its neck
استجوبهverb
  1. 1.
    to question himboth

    To question someone.

استجابهverb
  1. 1.
    to respond to himboth

    To respond to someone.

استجاب لهverb
  1. 1.
    to respond to himboth

    To respond to someone or grant their request.

تجاوبواverb
  1. 1.
    to respond to each otherboth

    They responded to each other.

وتجاوبوا — And they responded to each other
الجابتانname
  1. 1.
    two placesclassical

    Two places named Al-Jabatan.

جابانname
  1. 1.
    a man's nameclassical

    A man's name.

  2. 2.
    a place nameclassical

    A place name, possibly in Wasit.

  3. 3.
    a region in Yemenclassical

    A region in Yemen.

تجوبname
  1. 1.
    a tribeclassical

    A tribe from Himyar.

تجيب بن كندةname
  1. 1.
    a lineageclassical

    A lineage or branch of the tribe of Kinda.

بنت ثوبان بن سليمname
  1. 1.
    a woman's nameclassical

    A woman named Bint Thawban bin Sulaym.

اجتاب القميصverb phrase
  1. 1.
    to wear the shirtboth

    To wear a shirt.

اجتفرهاverb phrase
  1. 1.
    to excavate itboth

    To excavate a well.

و البئر: احتفرها — and the well: to excavate it
جبت القميصverb
  1. 1.
    to make a pocketboth

    To make a pocket in a shirt.

أجوبهverb
  1. 1.
    to make a pocketboth

    To make a pocket in it (a shirt).

أجيبهverb
  1. 1.
    to make a pocketboth

    To make a pocket in it (a shirt).

جوبتهverb
  1. 1.
    to make a pocketboth

    To make a pocket in it (a shirt).

مجوبةadjective
  1. 1.
    partially rained uponclassical

    An area that has received some rain.

وأرض مجوبة — and land that was partially rained upon
الجائب العينname
  1. 1.
    lionclassical

    A lion.

جوابname
  1. 1.
    a titleclassical

    A title, 'Jawwab', given to Malik bin Ka'b.

جوبانname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A place name, possibly a Persian loanword (Kūpān).

Parallel reading

الجوب: الخرق، كالاجتياب، والقطع، والدلو العظيمة، ودرع للمرأة، والترس، كالمجوب، كمنبر، والكانون، ورجل، وع.
Al-Jawb: piercing, like al-ijtiyab, and cutting, and a large bucket, and a woman's armor, and a shield, like al-majūb, like minbar, and a hearth, and a man, etc.
والإجاب والإجابة والجابة والمجوبة، والجيبة، بالكسر: الجواب، و"أساء سمعا، فأساء جابة"، لا غير.
And al-ijāb, and al-ijābah, and al-jābah, and al-majūbah, and al-jībah, with kasra: the answer, and "he heard badly, so he responded badly", nothing else.
والجوائب: الأخبار الطارئة.
And al-jawā'ib: emergent news.
وهل من جائبة خبر، أي: طريفة خارقة
And is there any surprising news, meaning: novel and extraordinary.
وجابة المدرى: لغة في جأبته بالهمز.
And wajabat al-midrā: a dialectal variant of j'abathu with hamza.
وانجابت الناقة: مدت عنقها للحلب.
And the she-camel 'injābat: she extended her neck for milking.
واستجوبه، واستجابه، واستجاب له.
And he questioned him, and he responded to him, and he responded to him.
وتجاوبوا: جاوب بعضهم بعضا.
And they responded to each other: one responded to another.
والجابتان: موضعان.
And al-Jābatān: two places.
وجابان: رجل، وة بواسط، ومخلاف باليمن.
And Jābān: a man, and a town in Wasit, and a region in Yemen.
وتجوب: قبيلة من حمير.
And Tajūb: a tribe from Himyar.
وتجيب بن كندة: بطن، وبنت ثوبان بن سليم.
And Tajīb bin Kindah: a lineage, and Bint Thawbān bin Sulaym.
واجتاب القميص: لبسه، و البئر: احتفرها.
And he wore the shirt: he put it on, and the well: he excavated it.
وجبت القميص أجوبه وأجيبه، وجوبته: عملت له جيبا.
And he made the shirt, I make its pocket, I make its pocket, and he made its pocket: he made a pocket for it.
وأرض مجوبة، كمعظمة: أصاب المطر بعضها.
And a 'majūbah' land, like 'mu'aẓẓamah': some of it was struck by rain.
والجائب العين: الأسد.
And al-Jā'ib al-'ayn: the lion.
وجواب، ككتان: لقب مالك بن كعب.
And Jawwāb, like kattān: the title of Malik bin Ka'b.
وجوبان، بالضم: ة بمرو، معرب: كوبان.
And Jūbān, with dammah: a town in Marw, a Persianized word: Kūpān.