الجبهة

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the forehead, its location on the face, and related physical attributes. It extends metaphorically to leadership, social standing, and even celestial bodies. Derived meanings also encompass actions like striking the forehead, encountering something unpleasant, and specific social punishments.

Derived headwords

الجَبْهَةnoun

1.
foreheadboth
The part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline.
2.
leaderclassical
The chief or head of a group of people.
3.
moonclassical
A celestial body, specifically the moon.
4.
prestigeclassical
High social standing or respect.

الأَجْبَهُadjective

1.
lionclassical
A masculine noun referring to a lion.
2.
broad-foreheadedboth
Having a wide or prominent forehead.

جَبْهَاءadjective

1.
broad-foreheadedboth
A feminine adjective describing a woman with a wide or prominent forehead.

الجَبْهُnoun

1.
foreheadboth
The forehead, often used as a noun derived from the root.

جَبَهَهُverb

1.
to strike the foreheadboth
To hit someone on their forehead.
2.
to confrontclassical
To meet someone with something unpleasant or unwelcome.
3.
to approach waterclassical
To arrive at a body of water, specifically for drinking, without any tools for drawing it.

جَابَهَهُverb

1.
to meet face to faceclassical
To encounter someone or something directly, often with a sense of foreboding or ill omen.

الجَابِهُnoun

1.
omenclassical
A creature, like a bird or wild animal, encountered face-to-face, which is considered a bad omen.

جَبْهَاءnoun

1.
broad-foreheaded personclassical
A person, typically a woman, characterized by a broad forehead.

اجْتَبَهَverb

1.
to dislikeclassical
To find something, like water, disagreeable or unpalatable.
2.
to rejectclassical
To refuse or turn away from something.

التَّجْبِيهnoun

1.
public humiliationclassical
A form of public punishment where adulterers' faces are blackened, they are placed on a beast facing opposite directions, and paraded.
2.
hanging headclassical
The act of lowering one's head in shame or embarrassment.

Parallel reading

الجبهة: موضع السجود من الوجه

The forehead: the place of prostration on the face.

أو مستوى ما بين الحاجبين إلى الناصية

Or the area between the eyebrows to the hairline.

وسيد القوم

And the chief of the people.

والأجبه: الأسد

And 'al-ajbah': the lion.

والواسع الجبهة الحسنها، أو الشاخصها

And the one with a beautiful or prominent broad forehead.

وهي: جبهاء

And she is: broad-foreheaded.

وجبهه، كمنعه: ضرب جبهته

And 'jabaḥahu', like 'mana'ahu': he struck his forehead.

ورده، أو لقيه بما يكره

And he confronted him, or met him with something he disliked.

والماء: ورده (ولا آلة سقي، فلم يكن منه إلا النظر إلى وجه الماء)

And the water: he approached it (without any means of watering, so he could only look at the surface of the water).

والشتاء القوم: جاءهم ولم يتهيؤوا له

And 'shata'a' the people: he came upon them when they were not prepared for him.

والجابه: الذي يلقاك بوجهه أو جبهته من طائر أو وحش، ويتشاءم به

And 'al-jābihu': he who encounters you face-to-face, be it a bird or a wild animal, and is considered an ill omen.

واجتبه الماء وغيره: أنكره، ولم يستمرئه

And he found the water and other things disagreeable: he rejected it and did not find it palatable.

والتجبيه: أن يحمر وجوه الزانيين، ويحملا على بعير أو حمار، ويخالف بين وجوههما

And 'al-tajbīhu': that the faces of adulterers are blackened, they are mounted on a camel or donkey, and their faces are made to face opposite directions.

والتجبيه أيضا: أن ينكس رأسه، ويحتمل أن يكون من هذا، لأن من فعل به ذلك ينكس رأسه خجلا، أو من جبهه: أصابه بمكروه

And 'al-tajbīhu' also: is to lower one's head, and it is possible this is from this root, because one who is subjected to this lowers his head in shame, or from 'jabaḥahu': it afflicted him with something unpleasant.