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جحفل

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of gathering, assembling, and large, imposing entities. It extends to descriptions of physical attributes like thick lips and also encompasses actions of overpowering or throwing down.

Derived headwords

الجَحْفَلnoun
  1. 1.
    the armyboth

    the army

جَحْفَلadjective
  1. 1.
    Great in statusclassical

    A man who is of high standing or great importance.

الجَحْفَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the hoof for the animal is like the lip for a humanboth

    the hoof for the animal is like the lip for a human

جَحْفَلَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To throw downboth

    To cause someone to fall or be thrown down; to overpower them.

تَجَحْفَلَverb
  1. 1.
    To gatherboth

    For a group of people to assemble or gather together.

الجَحْفَلadjective
  1. 1.
    the armyboth

    the army

Parallel reading

الجحفل: الجيش.
Al-Jahfal: the army.
ورجل جحفل، أي عظيم القدر.
And a man Jahfal, meaning of great status.
والجحفلة للحافر، كالشفة للإنسان.
And the Jahfalah is for the hoof, like the lip is for a human.
وجحفله، أي صرعه ورماه.
And he Jahfalah-ed him, meaning he threw him down and cast him.
وربما قالوا: جعفله.
And sometimes they say: Ja'falah-ed him.
وتجحفل القوم، أي اجتمعوا.
And the people Tajahfal-ed, meaning they gathered.
والجحفل: الغليظ الشفة، بزيادة النون.
And Al-Jahfal: the thick-lipped, with the addition of the letter 'nun'.