← Back to Al-Qamus al-Muhit

الجعثن

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of being compact, gathered, or tightly formed. It describes physical structures like plant roots and the physical build of a person, as well as the action of contracting or gathering oneself.

Derived headwords

الجَعْثَنnoun
  1. 1.
    roots of the salian plantclassical

    The thick, substantial roots of the plant known as 'salian'.

  2. 2.
    sister of al-Farazdaqclassical

    A reference to the sister of the famous pre-Islamic poet al-Farazdaq.

تَجَعْثَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to contractboth

    To draw oneself together, to become compact or gathered.

  2. 2.
    to gatherboth

    To collect or bring together, often referring to one's own body or limbs.

مُجَعْثَنُ الخَلْقadjective
  1. 1.
    compactly builtboth

    Describing someone whose physical build is gathered, compact, and well-formed.

Parallel reading

الجعثن، بالكسر: أصول الصليان
Al-Ja'than, with a kasra: the roots of the salian plant.
وأخت الفرزدق
And the sister of al-Farazdaq.
وتجعثن: تقبض
And taj'athana: to contract.
وتجمع
And to gather.
وهو مجعثن الخلق: مجتمعه
And he is maj'athan al-khalq: gathered in build.