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جظه

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to forceful actions like expelling, overthrowing, and sexual intercourse. It also extends to concepts of excessive growth, obesity, and arrogance.

Derived headwords

جَظَهَverb
  1. 1.
    to expelboth

    To drive someone out or away forcefully.

  2. 2.
    to overthrowboth

    To cause someone to fall or be overthrown, often violently.

  3. 3.
    to have intercourseclassical

    Specifically used for a man having sexual intercourse with a woman.

  4. 4.
    to grow fatboth

    To become obese or excessively fat, especially in a period of ease or confinement.

أَجَظَverb
  1. 1.
    to become arrogantboth

    To act with haughtiness, pride, and insolence.

  2. 2.
    to become rebelliousboth

    To grow stubborn, disobedient, and defiant.

الجِظّadjective
  1. 1.
    corpulentboth

    Describing a person or animal as large, stout, and overweight.

Parallel reading

طرده
he expelled him
صرعه
he overthrew him
المرأة: جامعها
the woman: he had intercourse with her
عدا
he grew fat
سمن في قصر
he grew fat in confinement
بالغصة: كظه
with a lump in the throat: he choked
تكبر
he became arrogant
عتا
he became rebellious
الضخم
the large/corpulent one