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جءر

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sounds of distress or intensity, such as the bellowing of cattle or a loud cry. It also extends to concepts of abundance, particularly in relation to rain, and supplication.

Derived headwords

جَأَرَverb
  1. 1.
    he cried outboth

    he cried out

  2. 2.
    he implored with prayerboth

    he implored with prayer

  3. 3.
    following (as in 'ḥār jār')both

    following (as in 'ḥār jār')

  4. 4.
    he deviated from the pathboth

    he deviated from the path

  5. 5.
    he was unjust to him in judgmentboth

    he was unjust to him in judgment

الجُؤَارnoun
  1. 1.
    bellowing, loud cryboth

    The sound of bellowing, similar to the lowing of a cow.

جُؤَرadjective
  1. 1.
    abundant (rain)classical

    Describing rain that is plentiful and heavy.

Parallel reading

الجؤار مثل الخوار.
Al-ju'ār is like al-khawār.
يقال: جأر الثور يجأر أي صاح.
It is said: The bull bellowed, it bellows, meaning it cried out.
عجلا جسدا له جؤار
a calf, a body, it had a bellow
وجأر الرجل إلى الله عزوجل، أي تضرع بالدعاء.
And the man supplicated to God, the Almighty, meaning he implored with prayer.
غيث جؤر، مثال نغر، أي غزير كثير المطر.
Abundant rain, like 'ghazīr', meaning plentiful and much rain.
لاتسقه صيب عزاف جؤر
Do not water it with a heavy, abundant downpour.