جلف

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

The root جلف primarily relates to concepts of peeling, stripping, or removing outer layers, whether literal (like skin or mud) or figurative (like wealth or harshness). It also extends to containers and the idea of being stripped bare or hollowed out.

Derived headwords

الجِلْفnoun

1.
peel, rindboth
The outer covering or layer of something, like the skin of a fruit or the crust of mud.
2.
hollow containerclassical
A vessel or container, especially an empty one.

جَلَفَverb

1.
rough, coarseboth
rough, coarse

جلفت الطين عن رأس الدن — I peeled the mud from the mouth of the jar.

أَجْلَفَverb

1.
to peel offboth
The past tense form of the verb 'to peel off', used in the context of removing mud from a pot.

أجلفه — I peeled it off.

الجَالِفَةnoun

1.
wound that peels skinclassical
A type of wound that peels away the skin along with the flesh.
2.
devastating yearclassical
A year of severe hardship that destroys people's wealth.

جَالِفَةadjective

1.
peeling (wound)classical
Describing a wound that peels the skin and flesh.

طعنة جالفة — A wound that peels the skin.

المُجْتَلِفnoun

1.
stripped bareclassical
Something from which the sides or outer parts have been taken or stripped away.
2.
one whose wealth is goneclassical
A person whose wealth has been taken away by harsh times or circumstances.

اجْتَلَفَverb

1.
to strip away wealthclassical
To have one's wealth stripped away, often by a harsh year or difficult circumstances.

إذا اجتلفت أموالهم — if their wealth was stripped away.

المُجْتَلِفُونnoun

1.
those whose wealth is goneclassical
People whose wealth has been taken away or depleted.

وهم قوم مجتلفون — and they are a people whose wealth has been stripped away.

جَلَفadjective

1.
rough, coarseboth
rough, coarse

أعرابي جلف — A rough, uncouth Bedouin.

أَجْلَافnoun

1.
stripped sheep carcassesclassical
The carcasses of sheep that have been skinned, with the head, limbs, and belly removed.

أجلاف الشاة — the stripped carcasses of a sheep.

جُلُوفnoun

1.
containers, vesselsclassical
The plural of 'juluf', referring to various types of containers or vessels.

جمعه جلوف — its plural is 'juluuf'.

Parallel reading

جلفت الطين عن رأس الدن

I peeled the mud from the mouth of the jar.

طعنة جالفة

A wound that peels the skin.

وهى خلاف الجائفة

And it is the opposite of a penetrating wound (ja'ifah).

وجلفت الشئ: قطعته واستأصلته

And I stripped the thing: I cut it off and eradicated it.

والجالفة: السنة التي تذهب بأموال الناس

And the jalfah: the year that takes away people's wealth.

ويقال أصابتهم جليفة عظيمة

And it is said a great calamity struck them.

إذا اجتلفت أموالهم

if their wealth was stripped away.

وهم قوم مجتلفون

and they are a people whose wealth has been stripped away.

إلا مسحتا أو مجلف

except what is destroyed or stripped away.

أي ذهبت بأمواله

meaning it took away his wealth.

أعرابي جلف

A rough, uncouth Bedouin.

أي جاف

meaning coarse or rough.

وهي المسلوخة بلا رأس ولا قوائم ولابطن

and it is the skinned one without head, limbs, or belly.

أصل الجلف الدن الفارغ

The origin of 'jilf' is the empty jar.

والمسلوخ إذا أخرج بطنه جلف أيضا

And the skinned animal, when its belly is removed, is also a 'jilf'.

الجلف: كل ظرف ووعاء

'Jilf': every container and vessel.