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جردح

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of elongation or stretching, particularly of the neck, and also describes elevated landforms like mounds or hills.

Derived headwords

جَرْدَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to stretch one's neckboth

    To elongate one's neck, as if stretching it out.

جُرْدَاحnoun
  1. 1.
    mound of earthclassical

    A small hill or mound of earth.

جَرْدَاحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    mound of earthclassical

    A small hill or mound of earth.

مُجَرَّدَحadjective
  1. 1.
    with a stretched headclassical

    Describing someone whose head appears elongated or stretched, possibly due to the shape of the land or a posture.

Parallel reading

جردح عنقه: كأنه أطاله.
He stretched his neck: as if he elongated it.
وجرداح وجرداحة من الأرض، بكسرهما: وهي إكام الأرض.
And jurdah and jardahah of the land, with their kasra: which are the mounds of the earth.
ومننه: غلام مجردح الرأس.
And from it: a boy with a stretched head.