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الجف

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of gathering, collecting, and abundance, often in the context of people or wealth. It also extends to meanings of dryness, emptiness, and containers, as well as specific geographical and military terms.

Derived headwords

الجُفّnoun
  1. 1.
    large group of peopleboth

    A large gathering or multitude of people.

  2. 2.
    container for palm spatheclassical

    A sheath or covering for the spathe of a palm tree, or its husk.

  3. 3.
    leather containerclassical

    A container made of leather that is not sealed.

  4. 4.
    old waterskinclassical

    An old, worn waterskin that has been cut in half to resemble a bucket.

  5. 5.
    base of a palm treeclassical

    The base or trunk of a palm tree.

  6. 6.
    old manclassical

    An elderly man.

  7. 7.
    barrierclassical

    A barrier or dam seen between oneself and the Qibla (direction of prayer).

  8. 8.
    empty vesselclassical

    Anything hollow or empty inside, like a nut or a hollowed-out object.

  9. 9.
    manager of wealthclassical

    One who manages or looks after wealth.

جُفّةnoun
  1. 1.
    large group of peopleboth

    A large gathering or multitude of people.

  2. 2.
    entiretyclassical

    The whole or entirety of something.

جَفّverb
  1. 1.
    to dryboth

    To become dry or withered.

  2. 2.
    to collectclassical

    To gather or collect something, especially wealth.

  3. 3.
    to stopclassical

    To cease or stop, often used in the context of stopping a horse.

  4. 4.
    to gatherclassical

    To gather or collect something, like animals.

  5. 5.
    to hold backclassical

    To hold back or restrain, especially animals, out of fear of an attack.

جَفّواverb
  1. 1.
    they collectedclassical

    They gathered and took away their wealth.

جَفّواverb
  1. 1.
    they driedboth

    They became dry or withered.

جَفّواverb
  1. 1.
    they stoppedclassical

    They stopped or ceased.

جَفّواverb
  1. 1.
    they gatheredclassical

    They gathered animals.

جَفّواverb
  1. 1.
    they held backclassical

    They held back animals out of fear.

جَفّفverb
  1. 1.
    to dry (transitive)both

    To cause something to become dry.

جَفّفْتَverb
  1. 1.
    you driedboth

    You caused something to become dry.

تَجِفّverb
  1. 1.
    it driesboth

    It becomes dry.

تَجِفّverb
  1. 1.
    it driesboth

    It becomes dry.

تَجِفّverb
  1. 1.
    it driesboth

    It becomes dry.

تَبِشّverb
  1. 1.
    it driesclassical

    It becomes dry.

جُفُوفاًnoun
  1. 1.
    drynessboth

    The state or quality of being dry.

جَفَافاًnoun
  1. 1.
    drynessboth

    The state or quality of being dry.

الجَفَافnoun
  1. 1.
    drynessboth

    The state or quality of being dry.

  2. 2.
    what has driedclassical

    That which has dried or become desiccated.

  3. 3.
    fallen herbageclassical

    What falls or scatters from dried herbage or fodder.

جَفَاف الطيرnoun
  1. 1.
    bird's nestclassical

    A wide nest for birds, belonging to certain tribes, containing many places for birds.

الجَفْجَفnoun
  1. 1.
    elevated landclassical

    Land that is elevated but not rough.

  2. 2.
    strong windclassical

    A strong, powerful wind.

  3. 3.
    circular plainclassical

    A wide, circular plain or depression in the ground.

  4. 4.
    low groundclassical

    A low-lying area of land, the opposite of elevated ground.

  5. 5.
    talkative personclassical

    A very talkative or verbose person.

جَفَاجِفnoun
  1. 1.
    appearanceclassical

    One's appearance, form, or attire.

التَجْفَافnoun
  1. 1.
    armorclassical

    A piece of war equipment worn by a horse and rider for protection in battle.

  2. 2.
    dryingboth

    The act or process of drying something.

جَفْجَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to wear armorclassical

    To equip a horse or person with armor for war.

  2. 2.
    to dryboth

    To dry something.

  3. 3.
    to fluff upclassical

    A bird fluffs its feathers or moves over its eggs, covering them with its wings.

  4. 4.
    to be damp and dryclassical

    A garment becomes wet and then dries, retaining some moisture.

  5. 5.
    to rustleclassical

    The sound of a procession or group moving, like a rustling sound.

  6. 6.
    to stopclassical

    To stop or halt, especially animals, in haste due to fear of an attack.

  7. 7.
    to gatherclassical

    To gather or collect animals.

  8. 8.
    to drive hardclassical

    To drive livestock forcefully until they are packed together.

تَجَفْجَفَverb
  1. 1.
    to fluff upclassical

    A bird fluffs its feathers or moves over its eggs, covering them with its wings.

  2. 2.
    to be damp and dryclassical

    A garment becomes wet and then dries, retaining some moisture.

اجْتَفّverb
  1. 1.
    to consumeclassical

    To finish or consume everything in a container.

Parallel reading

وجاؤوا جفة واحدة
And they came as one large group.
وجفوا أموالهم
And they gathered their wealth.
وجفة الموكب: هزيزه
And the jaffah of the procession: its rustling sound.
والضم: الدلو العظيمة
And with dammah: a large bucket.
وهو جف مال
And he is a manager of wealth.
وجفاف الطير، كغراب: ع لأسد وحنظلة واسعة
And jafaf al-tayr, like ghurab: a wide nest for Asad and Hanzalah, containing many places for birds.
وجففت يا ثوب، كدببت، تجف، كتدب وتعض، وكبششت تبش، جفوفا وجفافا، كسحاب
And you, O garment, dried, like dababt, yajiffu, like tadubbu and ta'uddu, and tabashshashtu tabashshu, jufufan and jafafan, like sahabi.
والجفجف: الأرض المرتفعة ليست بالغليظة
And al-jafjaf: elevated land that is not rough.
والريح الشديدة
And a strong wind.
والقاع المستدير الواسع
And a wide, circular plain.
والوهدة من الأرض، ضد
And a low-lying area of land, the opposite.
والمهذار
And a verbose person.
وجفاجفك: هيئتك، ولباسك
And jafajifuk: your appearance, and your clothing.
والتجفاف، بالكسر: آلة للحرب يلبسه الفرس والإنسان ليقيه في الحرب
And al-tajfaf, with kasrah: a piece of war equipment that a horse and person wear to protect them in war.
وجفف الفرس: ألبسه إياه
And he armored the horse: he equipped it with it.
وبالفتح: التيبيس، كالتجفيف
And with fatha: drying, like al-tajfif.
وتجفجف الطائر: انتفش
And the bird tajafjafa: it fluffed up.
أو تحرك فوق البيضة وألبسها جناحيه
Or it moved over the egg and covered it with its wings.
والثوب: ابتل ثم جف وفيه ندى
And the garment: it became wet then dry, and there was dew on it.
وجفجفة الموكب: حفيفهم في السير
And jafjafat al-mawkib: their rustling sound in movement.
وجفجف: حبس، وجمع، ورد إبله بالعجلة مخافة الغارة
And he jafjafa: he stopped, and gathered, and turned back his camels in haste for fear of an attack.
والنعم: ساقه بعنف حتى ركب بعضه بعضا
And the livestock: he drove them forcefully until some rode on others.
واجتف ما في الإناء: أتى عليه
And he ajtaffa what was in the vessel: he finished it.