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جلع

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a physical state of the mouth, specifically the lips not closing over the teeth, or a woman's immodesty. It extends to concepts of unveiling, stripping, and a lack of shyness, as well as various animals and abstract qualities.

Derived headwords

جَلَعَverb
  1. 1.
    lips not closingboth

    The mouth, specifically the lips, do not close over the teeth.

  2. 2.
    woman immodestclassical

    A woman does not cover herself when alone with her husband.

أَجْلَعadjective
  1. 1.
    lips not closingboth

    Having lips that do not close over the teeth.

جَلِعadjective
  1. 1.
    lips not closingboth

    Having lips that do not close over the teeth.

جَلَعَverb
  1. 1.
    unveilclassical

    To become unveiled or exposed.

جَلَعَverb
  1. 1.
    strip foreskinclassical

    To remove the foreskin from the glans.

جُلُوعnoun
  1. 1.
    unveilingclassical

    The act of becoming unveiled or exposed.

جَلَعَverb
  1. 1.
    strip off garmentclassical

    To take off or strip off a garment.

جَلَعَverb
  1. 1.
    strip foreskinclassical

    To remove the foreskin from the glans.

جَلِعَverb
  1. 1.
    lack shynessclassical

    To be immodest or lacking in shyness.

جَلْعَةadjective
  1. 1.
    lacking shynessclassical

    A woman who is immodest or lacks shyness.

جَالِعَةadjective
  1. 1.
    lacking shynessclassical

    A woman who is immodest or lacks shyness.

جَلِعadjective
  1. 1.
    lacking shynessclassical

    Immodest or lacking in shyness.

جَالِعadjective
  1. 1.
    lacking shynessclassical

    Immodest or lacking in shyness.

جَلْعَمadjective
  1. 1.
    lacking shynessclassical

    Immodest or lacking in shyness; the 'm' is an augmentative.

جَلْعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    human mockeryclassical

    Something that causes a person to laugh or mock.

جَلْعَلَعnoun
  1. 1.
    stubborn camelclassical

    A stubborn or strong-willed camel.

  2. 2.
    hedgehogclassical

    A hedgehog.

  3. 3.
    beetleclassical

    A beetle.

  4. 4.
    hyenaclassical

    A hyena.

جَلْعَلَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    stubborn camelclassical

    A stubborn or strong-willed camel.

  2. 2.
    hedgehogclassical

    A hedgehog.

  3. 3.
    beetleclassical

    A beetle, specifically one that is half mud and half animal.

  4. 4.
    hyenaclassical

    A hyena.

اِنْجَلَعَverb
  1. 1.
    become clearclassical

    To become clear, manifest, or revealed.

مُجَالَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    quarrel over gamblingclassical

    A dispute or quarrel over gambling, drinking, or division.

Parallel reading

جلع فمه، كفرح، فهو أجلع وجلع، ككتف: لا تنضم شفتاه على أسنانه
His mouth was 'jal' (lips not closing over teeth), like 'faraha', so he is 'ajla'' and 'jal' (like 'katifa'): his lips do not close over his teeth.
أو هو الذي لا يزال يبدو فرجه
Or he is one whose private parts are always visible.
وكأمير: المرأة لا تستر نفسها إذا خلت مع زوجها
And like 'amira': the woman does not cover herself if she is alone with her husband.
والجالع: السافر
And the 'jalic': the unveiled one.
وقد جلعت، كمنع، جلوعا
And she became unveiled, like 'mana'a', with 'julu''.
وثوبها: خلعته
And her garment: she took it off.
والغلام غرلته: حسرها عن الحشفة
And the boy his foreskin: he uncovered it from the glans.
وجلعت، كفرح، فهي جلعة، كفرحة، وجالعة: قليلة الحياء
And she was immodest, like 'faraha', so she is 'jal'ah', like 'farhah', and 'jalicah': lacking shyness.
وهو جلع وجالع وجلعم، والميم زائدة
And he is 'jal' and 'jalic' and 'jal'am', and the 'm' is augmentative.
والجلعة، ms0946 محركة: مضحك الإنسان
And the 'jal'ah', [vowelized]: the mockery of a person.
والجلعلع، كسفرجل، وقد يضم أوله، وقد تضم اللام أيضا، من الإبل: الحديد النفس
And the 'jal'al' (like 'safrajal'), and its first letter may be dhammaed, and the 'lam' may also be dhammaed, from the camels: the stubborn of spirit.
والقنفذ، والخنفساء، كالجلعلعة، وتضم، أو خنفساء نصفها طين ونصفها حيوان، والضبع
And the hedgehog, and the beetle, like the 'jal'alah', and its [first letter] is dhammaed, or a beetle half mud and half animal, and the hyena.
وانجلع: انكشف
And 'injala': it became clear/unveiled.
والمجالعة: التنازع في قمار أو شراب أو قسمة
And 'mujalacah': quarreling over gambling, or drink, or a division.