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جرجمه

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to actions of drinking, consuming, and consuming food or drink excessively. It also encompasses meanings of falling, collapsing, and descending, as well as sounds and specific groups of people.

Derived headwords

جَرْجَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to drinkboth

    To drink something.

  2. 2.
    to knock downclassical

    To cause something to fall or be overthrown.

  3. 3.
    to demolishclassical

    To tear down or destroy a structure.

  4. 4.
    to consumeboth

    To eat or drink something, often in large quantities.

تَجَرْجَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to fallboth

    To descend or drop from a higher place.

  2. 2.
    to collapseboth

    To fall down or crumble, like a structure.

  3. 3.
    to descend into a wellclassical

    To go down into a well.

  4. 4.
    to eat and drink excessivelyboth

    To consume food and drink in large amounts.

  5. 5.
    to gather and settleclassical

    To gather and become still or settled, like a wild animal in its den.

الجَرْجُومnoun
  1. 1.
    safflowerboth

    A plant, safflower, known for its dye and oil.

  2. 2.
    a fallclassical

    The act of falling or being knocked down.

الجَرَاجِمnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of milkclassical

    The sound that milk makes when it is being poured or moved in a container (watb).

  2. 2.
    people of Ajamclassical

    A group of non-Arabs from Al-Jazira, or Nabataeans from Syria.

الجَرْجُمَانnoun
  1. 1.
    gluttonboth

    A person who eats or drinks excessively.

Parallel reading

شربه
He drank it.
صرعه
He knocked him down.
هدمه
He demolished it.
قوضه
He pulled it down.
أكله
He ate it.
تجرجم: سقط
He fell.
تجدل
He rolled down.
انحدر في البئر
He descended into the well.
تقوض
It collapsed.
انهدم
It was demolished.
في الأكل والشرب: أكثر
In eating and drinking: he was excessive.
والوحشي وغيره في وجاره: تقبض وسكن
And the wild animal and others in its den: gathered and became still.
والجرجوم: العصفر، والصرعة
And Al-Jurjum: safflower, and a fall.
والجراجم: صوت اللبن في الوطب
And Al-Jarajim: the sound of milk in the watb.
وبهاء: قوم من العجم بالجزيرة، أو نبط الشام
And Bahā': a people of non-Arabs in Al-Jazira, or Nabataeans of Syria.
والجرجمان، بالضم: الأكول
And Al-Jurjuman, with dammah: the glutton.