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جيف

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the state of a dead body, specifically one that has begun to decompose or become putrid. It also extends to the process of decay and the resulting state of the deceased.

Derived headwords

الجيفةnoun
  1. 1.
    the corpse of the dead when it stinksboth

    the corpse of the dead when it stinks

جيفverb
  1. 1.
    it stank (verbal noun)both

    it stank (verbal noun)

  2. 2.
    plural of jīfahboth

    plural of jīfah

تجييفاnoun
  1. 1.
    decayclassical

    The process of a dead body decaying or becoming putrid.

جيفnoun
  1. 1.
    it stank (verbal noun)both

    it stank (verbal noun)

  2. 2.
    plural of jīfahboth

    plural of jīfah

أجيافnoun
  1. 1.
    plural of jīfahboth

    plural of jīfah

Parallel reading

الجيفة: جثة الميت وقد أراح.
The corpse: the dead body, and it has rested.
تقول منه: جيف تجييفا.
From it, you say: it decayed, a decaying.
والجمع جيف، ثم أجياف.
And the plural is جيف, then أجياف.