جير

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to oaths, affirmations, and specific geographical locations. It also encompasses terms for structures, physical sensations, and personal names derived from these concepts.

Derived headwords

جَيْرparticle

1.
oath, affirmationclassical
An oath or affirmation, often used to express certainty or truth.
2.
yes, indeedclassical
Used as an affirmative response, similar to 'yes' or 'indeed'.

جَيْرٌ لَا أَفْعَلُparticle

1.
truly notclassical
An emphatic negation, meaning 'truly not' or 'certainly not'.

ولا جير لا أفعل — and certainly not, I will not do it

الجَيْرnoun

1.
palace, high placeclassical
Refers to a palace or a high, elevated place.
2.
height, loftinessclassical
Signifies height or loftiness.

الجَيَّارnoun

1.
plaster, cementclassical
A type of plaster or cement, specifically 'saruuj'.
2.
heat in the chestclassical
A sensation of heat in the chest, caused by anger (rage) or hunger.

الجَائِرnoun

1.
heat in the chestclassical
A sensation of heat in the chest, caused by anger or hunger.

جَيْرname

1.
place name (Egypt)classical
A place name, specifically a district or area in Egypt.

جِيْرَةname

1.
place name (Hejaz)classical
A place name, a village or settlement in the Hejaz region, belonging to the tribe of Kinanah.

جَيْرَوَيْهname

1.
personal nameclassical
A personal name, borne by a hadith narrator (müḥaddith).

ويوسف بن جيرويه — And Yusuf ibn Jairooyah

مُجَيَّرadjective

1.
small, concaveclassical
Describing a basin or trough that is small, concave, or plastered.
2.
plasteredclassical
Covered with plaster.

وحوض مجير — and a plastered basin

جَيْرَانname

1.
place name (Isfahan)classical
A place name, a village or settlement in Isfahan, from which several hadith narrators originated.
2.
place name (between Siraf and Oman)classical
A place name, located between Siraf and Oman.

وجيران، بالكسر: ة بأصفهان — and Jayran, with kasra: a village in Isfahan

الجَيْرَانِيُّونname

1.
people from Jayranclassical
People who are attributed to or originate from the place named Jayran.

والهذيل بن عبد الله الجيرانيون المحدثون — and Al-Hudhayl ibn Abdullah, the Jayraniyyun hadith scholars

جَيْرُونname

1.
Damascusclassical
A name for Damascus, or a specific gate within it.
2.
gate of Damascusclassical
Specifically, the gate of Damascus near the grand mosque.
3.
attributed to King Jayrunclassical
Named after or attributed to King Jayrun, possibly because it was his fortress.

وجيرون، بالفتح: دمشق، أو بابها الذي بقرب الجامع — and Jayrun, with fatha: Damascus, or its gate near the grand mosque

Parallel reading

جير، بكسر الراء، وقد ينون، وكأين: يمين، أي: حقا، أو بمعنى: نعم أو أجل.

Jayr, with kasra, and sometimes with tanween, and like 'kayn': an oath, meaning: truly, or in the sense of: yes or indeed.

ويقال: جير لا أفعل، ولا جير لا أفعل، أي لا حقا

And it is said: 'Jayr la af'al' (I will not do it), and 'la jayr la af'al' (truly not, I will not do it), meaning not truly.

والجير، محركة: القصر، والقماءة.

And al-Jayr, with movement (vowels): the palace, and loftiness.

والجيار، مشددة: الصاروج، وحرارة في الصدر غيظا أو جوعا، كالجائر

And al-Jiyyar, with shadda: the plaster (saruuj), and heat in the chest from rage or hunger, like al-Ja'ir.

وع بنواحي البحرين.

And a place in the regions of Bahrain.

وجير، كبقم: كورة بمصر.

And Jayr, like 'buqam': a district in Egypt.

وجيرة، ككيسة: ع بالحجاز لكنانة.

And Jirah, like 'kisa': a village in the Hejaz belonging to Kinanah.

ويوسف بن جيرويه، كنفطويه: محدث.

And Yusuf ibn Jairooyah, like 'naftawayh': a hadith scholar.

وحوض مجير: مصغر، أو مقعر، أو مجصص.

And a basin 'mujayyir': small, or concave, or plastered.

وجيران، بالكسر: ة بأصفهان، منها: محمد بن إبراهيم، وأحمد بن محمد بن سهل، والهذيل بن عبد الله الجيرانيون المحدثون

And Jayran, with kasra: a village in Isfahan, among them: Muhammad ibn Ibrahim, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Sahl, and Al-Hudhayl ibn Abdullah, the Jayraniyyun hadith scholars.

وصقع بين سيراف وعمان.

And a region between Siraf and Oman.

وجيرون، بالفتح: دمشق، أو بابها الذي بقرب الجامع، عن المطرزي، أو منسوب إلى الملك جيرون، لأنه كان حصنا له، وباب الحصن باق هائل.

And Jayrun, with fatha: Damascus, or its gate near the grand mosque, according to Al-Mutarrizi, or attributed to King Jayrun, because it was a fortress for him, and the gate of the fortress remains, immense.