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كالجعظ

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes someone who is large or imposing in stature and character, often with negative connotations of being ill-tempered, especially around food. It also extends to meanings related to being short, and in a verbal form, to fleeing.

Derived headwords

كَالْجَعْظadjective
  1. 1.
    Large, imposingclassical

    Describing someone who is great or imposing in their own person or stature.

  2. 2.
    Ill-tempered, peevishclassical

    Describing someone of bad character who becomes displeased or irritable, particularly when it comes to food.

مَنَعَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To push away, repelboth

    To push someone or something away; to repel or ward off.

أَجْعَظَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To push away, repelclassical

    To push someone or something away; to repel or ward off. This is the causative form of 'to push away'.

الْجَعْظَانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Short personclassical

    A term referring to a short person.

الْجَعْظَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Short personclassical

    A term referring to a short person.

أَجْعَظَverb
  1. 1.
    To flee, run awayclassical

    To flee or run away from a place or situation.

Parallel reading

وهو العظيم في نفسه
And he is the one who is great in himself.
والسيئ الخلق الذي يتسخط عند الطعام
And the one of bad character who becomes displeased at food.
وكمنعه: دفعه
And 'to push away' (منعه): to push it away.
كأجعظه
Like 'to cause it to be pushed away' (أجعظه).
والجعظانة والجعظان، بكسرهما: القصير
And Al-Ja'ẓānah and Al-Ja'ẓān, with kasra on both: the short one.
وأجعظ: هرب
And 'to flee' (أجعظ): he fled.