جعب

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of striking, throwing, or causing something to fall, often with a sense of force or suddenness. It also extends to describing a short, unattractive man.

Derived headwords

جَعَبَverb

1.
to strike downclassical
To strike someone down, to cause them to fall forcefully.

جَعَفَverb

1.
to strike downclassical
Similar to جَعَبَ, meaning to strike down or cause to fall.

جَعَبِيَّةnoun

1.
striking downclassical
A noun derived from the verb, referring to the act of striking down or causing to fall.

تَجَعَّبَverb

1.
to be struck downclassical
To be struck down or caused to fall, often implying a passive reception of the action.

جُعْبَةnoun

1.
quiverboth
A quiver, the case used to hold arrows.

جِعَابnoun

1.
quiversboth
The plural of جعبة (quiver).

جَعْبُوبadjective

1.
short and uglyclassical
A man who is short and unattractive or ill-favored.

Parallel reading

جعبته، أي صرعته

I struck him down, meaning I made him fall.

مثل جعفته

Like I struck him down.

وربما قالوا جعبيته جعباء

And perhaps they say 'I struck him down with a striking down'.

فتجعبى، يزيدون فيه الباء

And he was struck down, they add the letter 'ba' to it.

كما قالوا سلقيته من سلقه

As they said 'I threw him down' from 'he threw him down'.

والجعبة: واحدة جعاب النشاب

And the quiver: is the singular of the quivers of arrows.

والجعبوب: الرجل القصير الدميم

And the short, ugly man: is the short, unattractive man.