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جعله

Root entry · 26 derived lemmas

The root جعله (ja'ala) primarily concerns the act of making, creating, or causing something to be. It extends to placing, appointing, considering, and transforming. The root also encompasses concepts of agreement, reward, and specific natural phenomena.

Derived headwords

جَعَلَ، كَمَنَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to make, to createboth

    To bring something into existence, to fashion or produce it.

  2. 2.
    to place, to putboth

    To set something down or position it in a particular location.

  3. 3.
    to appoint, to designateboth

    To assign a role, status, or name to someone or something.

  4. 4.
    to consider, to deemboth

    To regard something or someone in a particular way.

  5. 5.
    to transform, to changeboth

    To alter the state or form of something.

  6. 6.
    to assume, to intendboth

    To begin or set out to do something.

  7. 7.
    to attribute, to ascribeboth

    To assign a quality or characteristic to something.

وجعل الظلمات والنور — And He made the darkness and the light
وجعلناكم أمة وسطا — And We have made you a community of the middle way
جعل الله الكعبة البيت الحرام قياما — Allah has made the Ka'bah, the Sacred House, a standing (support) for mankind
فجعلنا عاليها سافلها — And We turned them upside down
وجعلوا الملائكة الذين هم عباد الرحمن إناثا — And they made the angels, who are servants of the Most Merciful, females
جَعْلًاnoun
  1. 1.
    making, creationboth

    The act of making or creating something.

  2. 2.
    placing, puttingboth

    The act of placing or putting something.

  3. 3.
    reward, feeboth

    A payment or reward given for a service or action.

جَعَالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    reward, feeboth

    A payment or reward given for a specific task or work performed.

  2. 2.
    bribeboth

    A payment made to influence someone's conduct, often illicitly.

اجْتَعَلَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make itclassical

    To create or fashion something.

  2. 2.
    to put itclassical

    To place something.

  3. 3.
    to throw itclassical

    To cast or throw something, especially one part upon another.

وَجَعَلَ يَفْعَلُverb
  1. 1.
    to begin to doboth

    To start or commence an action.

  2. 2.
    to set about doingboth

    To undertake or engage in an activity.

وقد جعلت إذا ما قمت يثقلني ... ثوبي فأنهض نهض الشارب الثمل — And when I stood, my garment began to weigh me down... so I rose like a drunken drinker
تَجَاعَلُواverb
  1. 1.
    to make it between themclassical

    To establish something as a mutual agreement or arrangement among themselves.

تجاعلوا الشيء: جعلوه بينهم — They made the thing: they put it between them.
جُعَالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    bribeboth

    A payment given to influence someone, often illicitly.

  2. 2.
    reward for a warriorclassical

    A payment given to a warrior who fights on behalf of another.

جُعَالnoun
  1. 1.
    pot linerclassical

    A piece of cloth or material used to line a pot.

أَجْعَلَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to give itclassical

    To bestow or grant something.

  2. 2.
    to make it love matingclassical

    To cause a female animal to desire mating.

مُجْعَلadjective
  1. 1.
    desiring matingclassical

    Describing a female animal that has reached the stage of desiring to mate.

اسْتَجْعَلَتْverb
  1. 1.
    she desired matingclassical

    Used for a female animal that has become receptive to mating.

جَعْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    date palm shootclassical

    A young shoot or sucker of a date palm tree.

  2. 2.
    short palm treeclassical

    A date palm tree that is short in stature.

  3. 3.
    inferior palm treeclassical

    A date palm tree of poor quality or yield.

  4. 4.
    missed palm treeclassical

    A date palm tree that is difficult to reach or harvest.

جُعُلnoun
  1. 1.
    male date palmclassical

    A male date palm tree, analogous to 'ba'l' (husband).

جَعَلnoun
  1. 1.
    black, ugly manclassical

    A man who is dark-skinned and unattractive.

  2. 2.
    obstinate personclassical

    A person who is persistent or stubborn in their arguments or actions.

  3. 3.
    watchman, spyclassical

    Someone who keeps watch or spies on others.

  4. 4.
    small insectclassical

    A type of small crawling creature.

مَجْعَلَةadjective
  1. 1.
    abundant in date palmsclassical

    Describing land that has many date palm trees.

مَاءٌ جَعَلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    water with many date palmsclassical

    Water in a location where date palms are abundant.

  2. 2.
    water where animals diedclassical

    Water in which animals have perished.

جَعَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be abundant (water)classical

    Used to describe water that is plentiful.

  2. 2.
    to die (animals in water)classical

    Used for animals that die in water.

أَجْعَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be abundant (water)classical

    To become plentiful, referring to water.

  2. 2.
    to die (animals in water)classical

    To perish, referring to animals in water.

جَعُولnoun
  1. 1.
    ostrich chickclassical

    A young ostrich.

بَنُو جُعَالname
  1. 1.
    Banu Ju'al tribeclassical

    A historical Arab tribe.

جُعَيْلname
  1. 1.
    Ju'ayl al-Ashja'iclassical

    A companion of the Prophet Muhammad.

كَعْب بْن جُعَيْلname
  1. 1.
    Ka'b ibn Ju'aylclassical

    A poet.

جَاعِلnoun
  1. 1.
    giverboth

    One who gives or bestows something.

مُجْتَعِلnoun
  1. 1.
    takerclassical

    One who receives or takes something.

الجُعْلnoun
  1. 1.
    shortness in fatnessclassical

    A condition of being somewhat stout or plump.

  2. 2.
    obstinacy, persistenceclassical

    Stubbornness or persistent adherence to a course of action.

جَاعَلَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to bribe himboth

    To give someone a bribe.

Parallel reading

وجعل الظلمات والنور
And He made the darkness and the light
وجعلناكم أمة وسطا
And We have made you a community of the middle way
جعل الله الكعبة البيت الحرام قياما
Allah has made the Ka'bah, the Sacred House, a standing (support) for mankind
فجعلنا عاليها سافلها
And We turned them upside down
وجعلوا الملائكة الذين هم عباد الرحمن إناثا
And they made the angels, who are servants of the Most Merciful, females
إنا جعلناه قرآنا عربيا
Indeed, We have made it an Arabic Qur'an
وقد جعلت إذا ما قمت يثقلني ... ثوبي فأنهض نهض الشارب الثمل
And when I stood, my garment began to weigh me down... so I rose like a drunken drinker
تجاعلوا الشيء: جعلوه بينهم
They made the thing: they put it between them.
والقدر: أنزلها بالجعال
And the pot: to lower it with the pot liner.
والكلبة وغيرها: أحبت السفاد، كاستجعلت، فهي مجعل
And the female dog and others: she desired mating, like 'istaj'alat', so she is 'maj'al'.
والجعالة، مثلثة، وككتاب وقفل وسفينة: ما جعله له على عمله
And 'al-ju'alah', with three vowelizations, and like 'kitab', 'qufl', and 'safinah': what he made for him for his work.
والجعول، كجرول: ولد النعام
And 'al-ja'ul', like 'jarwal': the chick of the ostrich.
والجعل، محركة: القصر في سمن، واللجاج
And 'al-ja'l', with harakah: shortness in fatness, and obstinacy.