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جءفه

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concepts of causing someone to fall, frightening them, or uprooting something. It also extends to the sound of shouting and the state of being hungry or terrified.

Derived headwords

جَأَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to fell, to knock downboth

    To cause someone to fall down, often forcefully.

  2. 2.
    to frighten, to terrifyboth

    To cause someone to be startled, scared, or terrified.

تَجْئِيفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    felling, knocking downclassical

    The act of causing someone to fall.

  2. 2.
    frightening, terrifyingclassical

    The act of causing fear or terror.

جَأَفَ الشجرةverb
  1. 1.
    to uproot a treeboth

    To pull a tree out from its roots.

اِنْجَأَفَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to be uprootedboth

    To be pulled out from the roots, referring to a tree.

جَأْفَادٌnoun
  1. 1.
    shoutingclassical

    A loud and intense cry or sound.

المَجْؤُوفadjective
  1. 1.
    hungryboth

    Experiencing a strong desire for food.

  2. 2.
    terrifiedboth

    In a state of extreme fear or dread.

Parallel reading

جَأَفَهُ، كَمَنَعَهُ: صَرَعَهُ
He felled him, like 'man'a-hu': he knocked him down.
وَذَعَرَهُ وَأَفْزَعَهُ
And he frightened him and terrified him.
كَجَأَفَهُ تَجْئِيفًا
Like he terrified him, a terrifying.
وَالشَّجَرَةَ: قَلَعَهَا مِنْ أَصْلِهَا
And the tree: he uprooted it from its base.
فَانْجَأَفَتْ
And it was uprooted.
وَكَشَدَّادٍ: الصِّيَاحُ
And like 'shaddad': shouting.
وَالمَجْؤُوفُ: الجَائِعُ
And the مجؤوف: the hungry one.
وَالمَذْعُورُ
And the terrified one.