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جوف

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of hollowness, interior, or cavity. It extends to the abdomen and internal organs of humans and animals, as well as to deep or hollow places in the earth. It also describes things that are hollow, spacious, or have been penetrated.

Derived headwords

الجَوْفnoun
  1. 1.
    Interior/hollowboth

    The hollow or interior part of something, such as the abdomen or a cavity.

  2. 2.
    Lowlandclassical

    A low-lying, hollowed, or depressed area of land.

جَوْفnoun
  1. 1.
    his bellyboth

    his belly

  2. 2.
    the verbal noun of your saying 'something hollow'both

    the verbal noun of your saying 'something hollow'

الأَجْوَفَانnoun
  1. 1.
    the belly and the private partsboth

    the belly and the private parts

الجَائِفَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the stab that reaches the interiorboth

    the stab that reaches the interior

  2. 2.
    and that which mixes with the interiorboth

    and that which mixes with the interior

  3. 3.
    and that which also penetratesboth

    and that which also penetrates

أَجَافَverb
  1. 1.
    To penetrate deeplyclassical

    To inflict a wound that reaches the interior or abdomen.

  2. 2.
    To closeclassical

    To close or shut something, like a door.

جَافَverb
  1. 1.
    To penetrate deeplyclassical

    To inflict a wound that reaches the interior or abdomen.

المُجَوَّفadjective
  1. 1.
    Hollowboth

    Having a hollow interior; spacious.

  2. 2.
    Large-belliedclassical

    A man with a large or prominent abdomen.

  3. 3.
    Reaching the bellyclassical

    Describing an animal whose markings reach the belly.

اسْتَجَافَverb
  1. 1.
    To become spaciousclassical

    To become wide, spacious, or hollow.

اسْتَجْوَفَverb
  1. 1.
    To become spaciousclassical

    To become wide, spacious, or hollow.

الجَوَافnoun
  1. 1.
    Type of fishclassical

    A type of fish.

الجُوفِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Type of fishclassical

    Similar to الجواف, referring to a type of fish.

  2. 2.
    Spaciousclassical

    Having a wide interior or hollow.

جَوْفnoun
  1. 1.
    his bellyboth

    his belly

  2. 2.
    the verbal noun of your saying 'something hollow'both

    the verbal noun of your saying 'something hollow'

جَوْفَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Hollowboth

    Describing something that has a hollow interior, like a tree or a well.

مُجَوَّفadjective
  1. 1.
    hollow and having a hollowboth

    hollow and having a hollow

اجْتَافَverb
  1. 1.
    To enter the interiorclassical

    To enter into the hollow or interior of something.

تَجَوَّفَverb
  1. 1.
    To enter the interiorclassical

    To enter into the hollow or interior of something.

جُوفِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    Spaciousclassical

    Having a wide interior or hollow.

جَوْفname
  1. 1.
    his bellyboth

    his belly

  2. 2.
    the verbal noun of your saying 'something hollow'both

    the verbal noun of your saying 'something hollow'

Parallel reading

المطمئن من الأرض.
The hollowed part of the earth.
وجوف الإنسان: بطنه.
And the interior of a human: its belly.
والأجوفان: البطن والفرج.
And the two hollows: the abdomen and the vulva.
والجائفة: الطعنة التي تبلغ الجوف.
And the Jā'ifah: the stab that reaches the interior.
وقد تكون التي تخالط الجوف، والتي تنفذ أيضا.
And it may be that which mixes with the interior, and that which penetrates also.
وأجفته الطعنة وجفته بها.
The stab wounded him deeply, and he wounded him with it.
وأجفت الباب، أي رددته.
And I closed the door, meaning I shut it.
المجوف: الرجل الضخم الجوف
Al-Mujawwaf: the man with a large abdomen.
هي الصاحب الادنى وبيني وبينها مجوف علافى وقطع ونمرق
She is the closest companion, and between me and her is a large-bellied (camel) with a saddlebag, and parts, and a cushion.
واستجاف الشئ واستجوف، أي اتسع.
And a thing became spacious and became hollow, meaning it became wide.
فهى شوهاء كالجوالق فوها مستجاف يضل فيه الشكيم
So she is ugly like a large sack, her mouth is wide, the bridle gets lost in it.
والجواف بالضم: ضرب من السمك، والجوفي مثله.
And Al-Jawāf (with dammah): a type of fish, and Al-Jūfī is similar.
إذا تعشوا بصلا وخلا وكنعدا وجوفيا قد صلا باتوا يسلون الفساء سلا
When they dined on onions, vinegar, and a type of fish that was roasted, they spent the night passing wind like.
والجوف بالتحريك: مصدر قولك شئ أجوف.
And Al-Jawf (with harakah): the مصدر (verbal noun) of your saying 'something is hollow'.
ودلاء جوف، أي واسعة.
And hollow buckets, meaning wide.
وشجرة جوفاء أي ذات جوف.
And a hollow tree, meaning having a hollow.
وشئ مجوف، أي أجوف وفيه تجويف.
And a hollowed thing, meaning hollow and having a cavity.
والمجوف من الدواب: الذي يصعد البلق حتى يبلغ (1) البطن
And Al-Mujawwaf from the beasts: that whose white marking reaches up to the belly.
شميط الذنابى جوفت وهى جونة بنقبة ديباج وريط مقطع
With a mixed tail, it was hollowed (or had a hollow), and it was a dark-skinned she-camel with a silk saddlecloth and cut strips.
واجتافه وتجوفه بمعنى، أي دخل جوفه.
And he entered its interior, and it entered its interior, meaning, it entered its hollow.
وشئ جوفى، أي واسع الجوف.
And a thing that is Jūfī, meaning wide of interior.
فهو إذا ما اجتافه جوفى كالخص إذ جلله الباري
So when it enters it, it is spacious like a scrotum when the Creator covers it.
وتجوفت الخوصة العرفج، وذلك قبل أن تخرج هي في جوفه.
And the frond of the 'Arfaj tree hollowed out, and that was before it emerged from its interior.
وقولهم: " أخلى من جوف " هو اسم واد في أرض عاد
And their saying: 'More desolate than Jawf' is the name of a valley in the land of 'Ad.