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جع

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of eating or consuming, specifically earth or mud. It also extends to concepts of throwing, rough terrain, intense sounds, and the actions associated with animals like camels.

Derived headwords

جَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to eat mudclassical

    To consume earth or mud.

جَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to throw mud atclassical

    To throw mud at someone.

الجُعْجُعnoun
  1. 1.
    low rough groundclassical

    That which is low and rough in the land.

  2. 2.
    narrow rough placeclassical

    A narrow and rough place, similar to الجعجاع.

الجُعْجَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    rough landclassical

    The land in general, especially if rough.

  2. 2.
    battlefieldclassical

    The scene of a battle.

  3. 3.
    unstable placeclassical

    A bad resting place where one cannot settle.

  4. 4.
    strong roaring stallionclassical

    A strong stallion that roars intensely.

الجُعْجَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of a millstoneclassical

    The noise made by a grinding millstone.

  2. 2.
    slaughtering a camelclassical

    The sound of slaughtering a camel.

  3. 3.
    camels' noisesclassical

    The sounds of camels when they gather together.

  4. 4.
    moving camelsclassical

    The act of moving camels to make them kneel or to confine them, or to make them rise.

  5. 5.
    camel kneelingclassical

    A camel kneeling down.

  6. 6.
    making a camel kneelclassical

    Causing a camel to kneel.

  7. 7.
    confinementclassical

    Being held or confined.

  8. 8.
    unsettled sittingclassical

    Sitting without stability or reassurance.

تَجَعْجَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to fall to the ground in painclassical

    To strike oneself on the ground due to pain or distress.

Parallel reading

أكل الطين
to eat mud
فلانا: رماه بالطين
and [to do something to] a person: to throw mud at them.
ما تطامن من الأرض
that which is low and rough in the land.
الموضع الضيق الخشن، كالجعجاع
the narrow rough place, like the جعجاع.
الأرض عامة
the land in general.
معركة الحرب
the battlefield.
مناخ سوء لا يقر فيه صاحبه
a bad resting place where one cannot settle.
الفحل الشديد الرغاء
the strong roaring stallion.
صوت الرحى
the sound of the millstone.
نحر الجزور
the slaughtering of a camel.
أصوات الجمال إذا اجتمعت
the sounds of camels when they gather together.
تحريك الإبل للإناخة أو الحبس، أو للنهوض
the moving of camels to make them kneel or to confine them, or to make them rise.
بروك البعير، وتبريكه
a camel kneeling down, and causing it to kneel.
الحبس، والقعود على غير طمأنينة
confinement, and sitting without stability.
أسمع جعجعة ولا أرى طحنا
I hear a rumbling but see no grinding.
يضرب للجبان يوعد ولا يوقع، وللبخيل يعد ولا ينجز
It is said of the coward who is threatened but does not act, and of the miser who promises but does not fulfill.
ضرب بنفسه الأرض من وجع
he struck himself on the ground from pain.