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جفله

Root entry · 36 derived lemmas

The root جفله (j-f-l) primarily relates to sudden movement, displacement, and scattering. It encompasses actions like peeling, scraping, throwing, fleeing, and being startled. It also extends to concepts of gathering, large quantities, and even specific terms for time and animals.

Derived headwords

جَفَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to peelboth

    To remove the outer layer or skin of something.

  2. 2.
    to scrapeboth

    To remove something by scraping, like mud.

  3. 3.
    to cast offboth

    To throw off or discard, like meat from bone.

  4. 4.
    to throw ashoreboth

    For the sea to cast fish onto the shore.

  5. 5.
    to strike and scatterboth

    For the wind to strike and scatter clouds.

  6. 6.
    to startle and drive awayboth

    To startle an ostrich and drive it away.

  7. 7.
    to be disheveledboth

    For hair to be disheveled or unkempt.

  8. 8.
    to knock downboth

    To knock someone down.

  9. 9.
    to flee quicklyboth

    For an ostrich to flee quickly and go into the land.

جَفَلَ فيهماverb
  1. 1.
    to peel or scrapeboth

    Used specifically for peeling or scraping.

جَفَلَnoun
  1. 1.
    dungboth

    The dung of an elephant.

الجَفَلnoun
  1. 1.
    dungboth

    The dung of an elephant (with kasra or fatha).

  2. 2.
    cowardclassical

    A cowardly person.

  3. 3.
    ostrichclassical

    An ostrich that flees from everything.

  4. 4.
    bowclassical

    A bow that shoots arrows far.

  5. 5.
    old womanclassical

    An elderly woman.

  6. 6.
    cloudsclassical

    Clouds that have shed their rain and moved on.

  7. 7.
    antsclassical

    Ants (a dialectal variant of الجثل).

  8. 8.
    shipclassical

    A ship.

أجفالnoun
  1. 1.
    dungboth

    Plural of جفل, referring to elephant dung.

أَجْفَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to fleeboth

    To flee quickly and go into the land.

أَجْفَلْتُ أناverb
  1. 1.
    I made fleeboth

    I caused something or someone to flee.

ريح جفولadjective
  1. 1.
    scattering cloudsboth

    A wind that scatters clouds.

جافلةadjective
  1. 1.
    swiftboth

    Swift or fast-moving.

مُجْفِلadjective
  1. 1.
    swiftboth

    Swift or fast-moving.

جُفِلَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to fleeboth

    To flee or be startled and move away.

أُجْفِلَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to fleeboth

    To flee or be startled and move away.

الإِجْفِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    cowardclassical

    A cowardly person.

  2. 2.
    ostrichclassical

    An ostrich that flees from everything.

  3. 3.
    bowclassical

    A bow that shoots arrows far.

  4. 4.
    old womanclassical

    An elderly woman.

انجَفَلَ الظلverb
  1. 1.
    shadow vanishedboth

    For the shadow to disappear or recede.

انجَفَلَ القومverb
  1. 1.
    people departedboth

    For a group of people to depart and move away.

أَجْفَلُواverb
  1. 1.
    people departedboth

    For a group of people to depart and move away.

الجَفَالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    groupboth

    A group or gathering of people.

  2. 2.
    skimmingsboth

    What is taken from the top of a pot with a ladle.

  3. 3.
    what the flood carries awayboth

    What is carried away by a flood.

الجُفْلَىnoun
  1. 1.
    collectivelyboth

    Referring to their group or all of them.

الأَجْفَلَىnoun
  1. 1.
    groupboth

    A group of anything.

  2. 2.
    collectivelyboth

    Referring to their group or all of them.

الجُفْلnoun
  1. 1.
    cloudsclassical

    Clouds that have shed their rain and moved on.

  2. 2.
    antsclassical

    Ants (a dialectal variant of الجثل).

  3. 3.
    group of windsclassical

    A collection of strong winds.

  4. 4.
    group of womenclassical

    A group of women.

  5. 5.
    shipclassical

    A ship.

أَجْفِلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    groupsboth

    In their groups.

أَزْفِلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    groupsboth

    In their groups.

بِأَجْفَلَتِهِمْprepositional phrase
  1. 1.
    with their groupsboth

    Coming with their groups.

بِأَزْفَلَتِهِمْprepositional phrase
  1. 1.
    with their groupsboth

    Coming with their groups.

جَمَّةٌ جَفُولadjective
  1. 1.
    largeboth

    Large, referring to a well or a woman.

جَمَّةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    large womanboth

    A large or elderly woman.

  2. 2.
    frothboth

    Froth of milk.

  3. 3.
    abundanceboth

    A large quantity, especially of wool.

  4. 4.
    what the flood carries awayboth

    What is carried away by a flood.

الجَفِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    abundance of woolboth

    A large quantity, especially of wool.

  2. 2.
    what the flood carries awayboth

    What is carried away by a flood.

جَفْلَةٌ من الصوفnoun
  1. 1.
    fleeceboth

    A fleece of wool.

جَفْلَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    leafy treeboth

    A tree with abundant leaves (with fatha).

الجُفُولnoun
  1. 1.
    shipsclassical

    Plural of جفل, referring to ships.

جَيْفَلname
  1. 1.
    Dhu al-Qi'dahclassical

    A name for the month of Dhu al-Qi'dah.

تَجَفَّلَ الديكverb
  1. 1.
    rooster puffed upboth

    For a rooster to puff up its feathers.

كَـother
  1. 1.
    likeboth

    Used for comparison or simile.

ما يُقْطَعُ من الزرعnoun
  1. 1.
    harvested grainboth

    What is cut from crops when abundant.

الجَافِلadjective
  1. 1.
    startledboth

    One who is startled or agitated.

فرس لبني ذبيانname
  1. 1.
    a horse of Banu Dhubyanclassical

    The name of a specific horse belonging to the tribe Banu Dhubyan.

Parallel reading

و الطين: جرفه
And mud: it scraped it.
و البحر السمك: ألقاه على الساحل
And the sea, the fish: it cast them onto the shore.
و الريح السحاب: ضربته، واستخفته
And the wind, the clouds: it struck them and made them light.
و الظليم: حركته وطردته
And the ostrich: it moved it and drove it away.
و الشعر جفولا: شعث
And hair, disheveled: it was unkempt.
و فلانا: صرعه
And so-and-so: it knocked him down.
و الظليم جفولا: أسرع، وذهب في الأرض، كأجفل
And the ostrich, fleeing: it sped up and went into the land, like 'ajfala.
و أجفلته أنا
And I made it flee.
وريح جفول: تجفل السحاب
And a scattering wind: it scatters the clouds.
وجافلة ومجفل، كمحسن: سريعة
And jafilah and mujfil, like muhsin: swift.
وقد جفلت وأجفلت
And indeed, it fled and was made to flee.
وانجفل الظل: ذهب
And the shadow, it vanished: it went away.
و القوم: انقلعوا فمضوا، كأجفلوا
And the people: they departed and went away, like 'ajfalū.
ودعاهم الجفلى، محركة، والأجفلى أي: بجماعتهم وعامتهم
And he called them 'al-jufla', with haraka, and 'al-ajfala', meaning: with their group and all of them.
والأجفلى: الجماعة من كل شيء
And 'al-ajfala': the group of everything.
والجفل: السحاب هراق ماءه ومضى
And 'al-jafal': the clouds that shed their water and moved on.
وجاؤوا أجفلة وأزفلة، وبأجفلتهم وأزفلتهم: بجماعتهم
And they came 'ajfilatan wa azfilatan', and 'bi-ajfalatihim wa azfalatihim': with their groups.
وجَمَّةٌ جَفُول، كصبور: عظيمة
And a large well, like sabūr: great.
وهي المرأة الكبيرة
And it is the large woman.
وكغراب: رغوة اللبن
And like ghurāb: the froth of milk.
والكثير، أو من الصوف، كالجفيل
And the abundant, or from wool, like 'al-jafīl'.