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جرج

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of movement, instability, and looseness. It also extends to describe physical characteristics of the land and containers.

Derived headwords

جَرِجَverb
  1. 1.
    to be looseboth

    To be unstable or loose, especially in reference to something fitting too widely.

جَرْجnoun
  1. 1.
    instabilityclassical

    The state of being loose, unstable, or shaky, often due to excessive size.

  2. 2.
    movementclassical

    A state of agitation or restless movement.

جُرْجnoun
  1. 1.
    roadclassical

    A main road or thoroughfare.

جُرْجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    roadclassical

    A main road or thoroughfare.

  2. 2.
    rough groundclassical

    Land that is rough, stony, or difficult to traverse.

  3. 3.
    containerclassical

    A type of container or sack, similar to a 'kharj'.

جُرْجnoun
  1. 1.
    rough groundclassical

    Land characterized by stones or roughness.

جُرْجnoun
  1. 1.
    containersclassical

    Plural of 'jurjah', referring to sacks or containers.

جُرَيْجname
  1. 1.
    diminutive of Jarjclassical

    A diminutive form of a male given name, derived from the root.

Parallel reading

الجِرْج: الجائل القَلِق.
Al-jurj: the wandering, the restless.
جرج الخاتم في إصبعي يجرج جرجا، إذا اضطرب من سعته.
The ring moved loosely on my finger, moving with looseness, if it was unstable due to its width.
إني لأهوى طفلة ذات غنج * خلخالها في ساقها غير جرج
Indeed, I desire a coy young girl, whose anklet on her leg is not loose.
والجرجة بالتحريك: جادة الطريق.
And al-jarjah (with harakah): the main road.
والجرج أيضا: الأرض الغليظة.
And al-jurj also: the rough land.
والجرجة بالضم: وعاء كالخرج
And al-jurjah (with dammah): a container like a kharj.
ثلاثة أبراد جياد وجرجة * وأدكن من أرى الدبور معسل
Three fine garments and a sack, and dark from the west, honeyed.
والجمع جرج، مثل بسرة وبسر.
And the plural is jurj, like busrah and buṣr.
ومنه جريج مصغر اسم رجل.
And from it is Jurayj, a diminutive name of a man.