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جعجع

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

The root جعجع (jaʿjaʿa) primarily relates to sounds, particularly the grinding or rattling noise of mills, and the sounds of camels. It extends to meanings of confinement, hardship, and difficult terrain, as well as the act of causing something to stop or settle.

Derived headwords

الجَعْجَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the sound of the millstoneboth

    the sound of the millstone

جَعْجَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a rattling soundboth

    To produce a grinding or rattling noise, like that of a millstone.

  2. 2.
    to confineclassical

    To hold someone or something in confinement, to detain.

  3. 3.
    to cause to stopboth

    To make camels or other animals kneel down or stop.

  4. 4.
    to cause hardshipclassical

    To impose hardship or difficulty upon someone.

الجَعْجَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    narrow, rough placeclassical

    A place that is narrow, rough, and difficult to traverse.

  2. 2.
    barren landclassical

    Land that is infertile, dry, and unproductive.

  3. 3.
    rough landclassical

    Land that is coarse, rugged, and difficult.

فَحْلٌ جَعْجَاعadjective
  1. 1.
    loud-roaring maleclassical

    A male animal, particularly a camel, that has a strong and loud roar or bellow.

تَجَعْجَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to fall down in painclassical

    To collapse or fall to the ground due to pain or suffering.

Parallel reading

اسمع جعجعة ولا أرى طحنا
Hear the grinding but see no flour.
أن جعجع بحسين
Confine Hussein.
يعني احبسه
He means: imprison him.
يعني ضيق عليه
He means: make things difficult for him.
الموضع الضيق الخشن
The narrow, rough place.
التضييق على الغريم في المطالبة
The act of pressing the debtor hard in demanding payment.
الأرض الجدبة
The barren land.
وبأتوا بجعجاع جديب المعرج
And they spent the night in barren, rough terrain.
هي الأرض الغليظة
It is the coarse, rough land.
وجعجع بهم، أي أناخ بهم وألزمهم الجعجاع
And he made them kneel, meaning he made them dismount and confined them to the difficult terrain.
وجعجعت الإبل، أي حركتها لإناخة أو نهوض
And the camels were made to move, meaning they were stirred to kneel or rise.
وجعجع البعير، أي برك واستناخ
And the camel knelt, meaning it lay down and settled.
وجعجع القوم، أي أناخوا
And the people dismounted, meaning they knelt down.
فحل جعجاع، أي شديد الرغاء
A loud-roaring male camel, meaning one that bellows intensely.
تجعجع، أي ضرب بنفسه الارض من وجع أصابه
He collapsed, meaning he struck himself on the ground from a pain that afflicted him.
أو بارك متجعجع
Or a collapsing one that lies down.