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الجبخ

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of playing games of chance, specifically with dice. It also extends to meanings concerning places with palm trees or, in a poetic context, stones.

Derived headwords

الجَبْخnoun
  1. 1.
    Playing diceclassical

    The act of rolling dice in a game of chance or gambling.

أَجْبَاخnoun
  1. 1.
    Places with palm treesclassical

    Locations characterized by the presence of numerous palm trees.

  2. 2.
    Stonesclassical

    In poetic usage, refers to stones.

Parallel reading

إجالتك الكعاب في القمار
Your rolling of the dice in gambling.
الأجباخ: أمكنة فيها نخيل
Al-ajbakh: places with palm trees.
وفي قول طرفة: الحجارة
And in the saying of Tarfa: stones.