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جربز

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root describes a person who is cunning, sly, or deceitful. It also refers to the state or quality of being such a person.

Derived headwords

جَرْبَزadjective
  1. 1.
    cunningboth

    A man who is cunning and sly.

جَرْبَزَةnoun
  1. 1.
    cunningboth

    The state or quality of being cunning or sly.

القِرْبَزnoun
  1. 1.
    cunningclassical

    Another term for cunning or slyness, considered to be a loanword.

Parallel reading

رجل جربز بالضم، بين الجربزة بالفتح، أي خب.
A man is jarbaz (with damma) who is between jarbazah (with fatha), meaning cunning.
وهو القربز أيضا، وهما معربان.
And it is also al-qirbaz, and both are loanwords.