الجوف

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

The root الجوف (al-jawf) primarily denotes hollowness, emptiness, or a cavity. It extends to refer to the interior of something, such as the abdomen or the deep part of the night. It also encompasses geographical locations and descriptive terms for things that are hollow or spacious.

Derived headwords

الجَوْفnoun

1.
Hollow part of the earthclassical
The low, hollowed, or depressed part of the earth's surface.
2.
Abdomenboth
The belly or stomach, referring to the internal cavity.
3.
Spaciousnessclassical
The quality of being wide, open, or spacious.

الأَجْوَافnoun

1.
Tents of workersclassical
The tents or dwellings of workers, specifically referring to those of tax collectors (ʿummāl).

جَوْفُ اللَّيْلِ الآخِرnoun

1.
Last third of the nightclassical
The latter part of the night, specifically the last third, which is considered the fifth of the six divisions of the night.

الأَجْوَفَانnoun

1.
Abdomen and private partsclassical
A dual term referring to the belly (abdomen) and the private parts (فرج).

الأَجْوَفadjective

1.
Great-bellied lionclassical
A description of a lion that has a large or wide belly.
2.
Defective verb (middle weak)classical
In morphology, a verb whose middle radical (the 'ayn) is a weak letter (alif, waw, or ya).
3.
Spaciousclassical
Wide, open, or hollow.

الجَوْفِيّadjective

1.
Spaciousclassical
Possessing spaciousness or hollowness, similar to 'ajwaf'.
2.
Fish (type of)classical
A type of fish.

الجَوْفَاءadjective

1.
Wide bucketclassical
A bucket that is wide or capacious.
2.
Hollow reed/treeclassical
A reed or tree that is hollow or empty inside.

الجَائِفَةnoun

1.
Abdominal woundclassical
A stab wound that penetrates deeply into the abdomen or body cavity.

جَوَائِفnoun

1.
Deep hollowsclassical
Plural of 'ja'ifah', referring to deep, hollowed places, often used for depressions in the land.

جَوَائِفُ النَّفْسِnoun

1.
Inner cavities of the soulclassical
The hollow or recessed parts within the soul, related to the breath or spirit.

المُجَوَّفadjective

1.
Great-belliedclassical
Having a large or wide belly.
2.
Having a cavityboth
Something that contains a hollow space or cavity.
3.
Animal with white markings reaching the bellyclassical
A description of an animal, particularly a horse, whose white markings extend up to its belly.
4.
Heartlessclassical
Figuratively, someone without a heart or compassion.

الجُوفَانnoun

1.
Donkey's penisclassical
The penis of a male donkey.

أَجْفَتْهُ الطَّعْنَةُverb

1.
The wound reached its coreclassical
The stab wound penetrated deeply, reaching the victim's core or vital cavity.

جَفَتْهُ بِهَاverb

1.
It reached its coreclassical
Similar to 'ajfat-hu', meaning the wound reached the core of the body.

البَابَ رَدَدْتُهُverb

1.
To push back the doorclassical
To push or shut a door.

تَجَوَّفَهُverb

1.
To enter its cavityboth
To go into the hollow or interior of something.

اجْتَافَهُverb

1.
To enter its cavityclassical
Synonymous with 'tajawwafa-hu', meaning to enter the hollow part of something.

اسْتَجَافَ المَكَانَverb

1.
To find the place hollowclassical
To discover or perceive a place to be hollow or empty.

اسْتَجَافَ الشَّيْءَverb

1.
To find the thing spaciousclassical
To find something to be wide, spacious, or hollow.

اسْتَجْوَفَverb

1.
To find the thing spaciousclassical
Synonymous with 'istajafa', meaning to find something to be spacious or hollow.

Parallel reading

المطمئن من الأرض

The hollowed part of the earth.

و منك: بطنك

And from you: your abdomen.

وأهل الغور يسمون فساطيط عمالهم: الأجواف

And the people of the Ghawr call the tents of their tax collectors: Al-Ajwaf.

و"جوف الليل الآخر" في الحديث، أي: ثلثه الآخر

And 'the latter part of the night' in the hadith, meaning: its last third.

والأجوفان: البطن والفرج

And the two hollows: the abdomen and the private parts.

والجوف، محركة: السعة

And Al-Jawf, with vowel movement: spaciousness.

والأجوف: الأسد العظيم الجوف

And Al-Ajwaf: the lion with a great belly.

و في الاصطلاح الصرفي: المعتل العين

And in morphological terminology: the one with a weak middle radical.

والجوفاء من الدلاء: الواسعة

And Al-Jawfaa' of buckets: the wide one.

والجائفة: طعنة تبلغ الجوف

And Al-Ja'ifah: a stab wound that reaches the core.

وتلعة جائفة: قعيرة

And a hollowed-out hillside: a depression.

وجوائف النفس: ما تقعر من الجوف في مقار الروح

And the inner hollows of the soul: what is recessed from the interior in the place of the spirit.

والمجوف، كمخوف: العظيم الجوف

And Al-Mujawwaf, like Makhoof: the great-bellied one.

ومن لا قلب له

And one who has no heart.

وأجفته الطعنة: بلغت بها جوفه

And the wound 'ajfat-hu: it reached its core.

والباب: رددته

And the door: I pushed it back.

وتجوفه: دخل جوفه

And 'tajawwafa-hu': to enter its cavity.

كاجتافه

Like 'ijtafa-hu'.

واستجاف المكان: وجده أجوف

And 'istajafa' the place: he found it hollow.

والشيء: اتسع

And the thing: it became spacious.

كاستجوف

Like 'istajawafa'.