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الجحدر

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of shortness, being low, and falling or rolling. It also extends to movement, specifically flight, and can denote large size or a proper name.

Derived headwords

الجَحْدَرadjective
  1. 1.
    shortboth

    Describing someone or something as being short in stature or low to the ground.

جَحْدَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to throw downclassical

    To cause someone or something to fall forcefully.

  2. 2.
    to roll downclassical

    To cause something to tumble or roll downwards.

تَجَحْدَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to moveclassical

    To initiate movement, often in preparation for flight.

  2. 2.
    to flyclassical

    To take flight or begin to fly.

الجُحَادِرِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    greatclassical

    Describing something as large or immense.

جُحَدْرname
  1. 1.
    Jahdarboth

    A proper name for a male individual.

Parallel reading

القصير.
The short one.
وجحدره: صرعه، ودحرجه.
And he threw him down, and rolled him.
وتجحدر الطائر: تحرك، فطار.
And the bird moved, it flew.
والجحادري، بالضم: العظيم.
And al-Juhādirī, with the damma: the great one.
وجحدر، كجعفر: رجل.
And Jahdar, like Ja'far: a man.