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جرف

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of taking or sweeping away a large amount of something, often with force, like water eroding land or a sweeping disaster. It also extends to actions of clearing, marking, and measuring.

Derived headwords

الجرفnoun
  1. 1.
    what the floods have swept away and eaten from the earthboth

    what the floods have swept away and eaten from the earth

جرفتverb
  1. 1.
    to take all/mostboth

    To take away all or most of something.

  2. 2.
    to clear awayboth

    To clear away mud or debris.

جرفت الشئ أجرفه بالضم جرفا، أي ذهبت به كله أو جله — I took away the thing, taking it all or most of it.
جرفت الطين: كسحته — I cleared away the mud.
جرفاnoun
  1. 1.
    a sweeping awayclassical

    The act of sweeping away or taking completely.

المجرفةnoun
  1. 1.
    a tool for sweeping mudboth

    a tool for sweeping mud

  2. 2.
    harshness in speech, and clumsiness in actionboth

    harshness in speech, and clumsiness in action

جرفةnoun
  1. 1.
    eroded land (plural)both

    A collective noun for what is swept away and eaten away by torrents from the earth.

جرفتهverb
  1. 1.
    to be erodedboth

    To be swept away and eroded by torrents.

وقد جرفته السيول تجريفا — And the torrents have eroded it.
تجريفاnoun
  1. 1.
    erosionclassical

    The act of being swept away and eroded by torrents.

تجرفتهverb
  1. 1.
    to be erodedboth

    To be swept away and eroded by torrents.

الجارفnoun
  1. 1.
    sweeping deathclassical

    A general death that sweeps away people's wealth.

  2. 2.
    a plagueclassical

    A plague that occurred during the time of Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr.

جرافadjective
  1. 1.
    sweeping away allboth

    Describing a flood that sweeps away everything.

  2. 2.
    consumes all foodboth

    Describing a person who consumes all the food presented to them.

  3. 3.
    a type of measureclassical

    A name for a specific type of measurement or weighing.

وسيل جراف بالضم: يذهب بكل شئ — And a flood, 'jaraaf' (with damma), that takes away everything.
ورجل جراف أيضا: يأتي على الطعام كله — And a man is also 'jaraaf', who finishes all the food.
جحافلهnoun
  1. 1.
    his troopsclassical

    Referring to the large numbers of troops or forces.

هبلعadjective
  1. 1.
    voraciousclassical

    Extremely greedy or voracious, often used in relation to eating.

جرافnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of measureclassical

    A name for a specific type of measurement or weighing.

القنقلadjective
  1. 1.
    large and heavyclassical

    Describing something large and heavy, often used for measures of grain.

الكثيبnoun
  1. 1.
    moundboth

    A heap or mound, often of sand or grain.

الاهيلadjective
  1. 1.
    piled highclassical

    Describing something piled high, like a mound of grain.

Parallel reading

الأخذ الكثير.
The large taking.
وقد جرفت الشئ أجرفه بالضم جرفا، أي ذهبت به كله أو جله.
And I took away the thing, taking it all or most of it.
وجرفت الطين: كسحته.
And I cleared away the mud: I swept it.
والجرف، مثل عسر وعسر: ما تجرفته السيول وأكلته من الأرض.
And the 'jarf', like 'usr' and 'usr': what the torrents sweep away and eat from the land.
على شفا جرف هار
On the edge of a crumbling bank.
وقد جرفته السيول تجريفا، وتجرفته.
And the torrents have eroded it with erosion, and it has been eroded.
فإن تكن الحوادث جرفتني فلم أر هالكا كابني زياد
If misfortunes have swept me away, I have not seen a destroyer like my son Ziyad.
والجارف: الموت العام يجترف مال القوم.
And the 'jarif': the general death that sweeps away the people's wealth.
والجارف: طاعون كان في زمن عبد الله ابن الزبير.
And the 'jarif': a plague that was in the time of Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr.
والجرف بالفتح: سمة من سمات الإبل، وهي في الفخذ بمنزلة القرمة في الأنف، تقطع جلدة وتجمع في الفخذ كما تجمع غلى الانف.
And the 'jarf' (with fatha): a brand mark of camels, which is on the thigh like the 'qarmah' on the nose, cutting the skin and gathering it on the thigh as it is gathered on the nose.
وسيل جراف بالضم: يذهب بكل شئ.
And a flood, 'jaraaf' (with damma): that takes away everything.
ورجل جراف أيضا: يأتي على الطعام كله.
And a man is also 'jaraaf': he finishes all the food.
فقيل أين مجاشع فشحا جحافله جراف هبلع
So it was said, where are Majashi'? So their troops were decimated, voracious and overwhelming.
ويقال لضرب من الكيل: جراف وجراف.
And a type of measure is called: 'jaraaf' and 'jaraaf'.
كيل عداء بالجراف القنقل من صبرة مثل الكثيب الاهيل
A measure of continuous pouring with the large and heavy 'jaraaf' from a heap like a high mound.