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Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concepts of standing firm, being attached, and carrying weight or substance. It extends to meanings of being short, a piece of fire, and specific types of trees or objects.

Derived headwords

جَذَا، جَذْوَاًverb

1.
to stand firmboth
To stand upright and firm, remaining in a standing position.
2.
to squatclassical
To crouch or squat down, possibly on the tips of one's toes.

أَجْذَىverb

1.
to stand firmclassical
To stand firm and upright, similar to the root verb.
2.
to carry fatclassical
Said of a camel's hump, to carry or accumulate fat.

جَثَاverb

1.
to squatboth
To squat or crouch down.

لَصِقَverb

1.
to stick toboth
To adhere firmly to something, like a tick to a camel's side.

حَمَلَ الشَّحْمَverb

1.
to carry fatclassical
Said of a camel's hump, to carry or accumulate fat.

نَصَبَ طَرَفَهُverb

1.
to fix one's gazeclassical
To raise one's gaze or look forward intently.

الجَوَاذِيadjective

1.
lifting its feetclassical
Describing a gait where the animal seems to lift its feet as if uprooting them, implying a strong or energetic stride.

الجَذْوَةnoun

1.
emberboth
A small piece or ember of fire, a burning coal.
2.
firebrandboth
A piece of burning wood or other material.

الجَمْرَةnoun

1.
glowing coalboth
A burning coal or ember.

جُذَاةnoun

1.
tree stumpsclassical
The thick, large roots or stumps of trees.

جَاذٌّadjective

1.
short-staturedclassical
A person of short stature or limited reach.

المِجْذَاةnoun

1.
wooden toyclassical
A round wooden object used by Bedouins for play.
2.
weaponclassical
A weapon, possibly related to the wooden toy.
3.
beakclassical
A beak or bill, like that of a bird.

أَجْذَى الفَصِيلُverb

1.
young camel carried fatclassical
Said of a young camel (faṣīl) when its hump began to carry fat.

المِجْذَوِذِيّadjective

1.
home-lovingclassical
One who habitually stays at home or is attached to their dwelling and belongings.

Parallel reading

جذا جذواً: ثبت قائماً

Jadhā jadhwan: it stood firm.

أو جثا

or squatted.

والقراد في جنب البعير: لصق به، ولزمه

And the tick on the camel's side: it stuck to it, and adhered to it.

والسنام: حمل الشحم

And the hump: it carried fat.

وأجذى طرفه: نصبه، ورمى به أمامه

And he raised his gaze: he fixed it and looked forward.

والجواذي: التي تجذو في سيرها، كأنها تقلع

And the Jādhīyah (gait): it is one that lifts its feet in its stride, as if uprooting them.

والجذوة، مثلثة: القبسة من النار

And the Jadhwah, with three pronunciations: a small piece of fire.

والجمرة

and the ember.

والجذوة ج: جذا، بالضم والكسر وكجبال

And Jadhwah (plural): Judhā, with dammah and kasrah, and like jubāl.

والجذاة: أصول الشجر العظام ج: كجبال، وع

And the Jadhāh: the large stumps of trees, plural like jubāl, and 'awā.

ورجل جاذ: قصير الباع

And a man Jādh: short of reach.

والمجذاء، كمحراب: خشبة مدورة تلعب بها الأعراب، سلاح، والمنقار

And the Mijdhāh, like miḥrāb: a round piece of wood with which the Bedouins play, a weapon, and a beak.

وأجذى الفصيل: حمل في سنامه شحماً

And the young camel carried fat: it carried fat in its hump.

والمجذوذي: من يلازم المنزل والرحل

And the Mijdhawdhī: one who stays with the home and the baggage.