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الجفيظ

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the state of being swollen or bloated, particularly in the context of a dead body. It extends to the general concept of fullness and can also refer to something on the verge of death.

Derived headwords

الجَفِيظadjective
  1. 1.
    bloated, swollenboth

    Describing a dead body that has become swollen and bloated.

الجَحْفَظnoun
  1. 1.
    filling, fullnessclassical

    The act or state of being filled or full.

  2. 2.
    ship's ballastclassical

    The ballast placed in a ship to ensure stability.

اجْفَاظَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to become swollenboth

    The passive form of the verb, indicating that something has become swollen or bloated.

اجْفَأَظَّتْverb
  1. 1.
    to become swollenboth

    An alternative form of the verb, also meaning to become swollen or bloated.

مُجْفَئِظadjective
  1. 1.
    on the verge of deathclassical

    Describing something or someone that is close to death, in a state of extreme weakness or decline.

Parallel reading

الجفيظ: المقتول المنتفخ.
Al-Jafīẓ: the swollen, dead person.
والجفظ: الملء، وقلس السفينة.
And al-Jafẓ: the filling, and the ballast of a ship.
واجفاظت الجيفة واجفأظت، كاحمار واطمأن: انتفخت.
And the carcass became swollen and it became bloated, like 'iḥmārra and 'iṭma'anna: it swelled up.
وكل ما أصبح على شفا الموت فمجفئظ، كمطمئن.
And everything that becomes on the brink of death is majfa'iẓ, like muṭma'inn.