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جلل

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to large or significant things, encompassing sails, dung, and the coverings for animals. It also touches upon the concept of magnitude or importance.

Derived headwords

الجُلّnoun
  1. 1.
    one of the coverings for beasts of burdenboth

    one of the coverings for beasts of burden

الجل، بالفتح: الشراع — The sail, with fatha: the sail.
جُلولnoun
  1. 1.
    sailsclassical

    The plural form of 'جلّ' (sail).

الجَلَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    dungclassical

    Animal dung, specifically referring to dried excrement used as fuel.

والجلة: البعر — And al-jallah: dung.
يجتلونverb
  1. 1.
    to gather dungclassical

    They gather dung, specifically collecting dried animal excrement.

وهم يجتلون الجلة — And they gather the dung.
الجُلّnoun
  1. 1.
    one of the coverings for beasts of burdenboth

    one of the coverings for beasts of burden

والجل بالضم: واحد جلال الدواب — And al-jull, with damma: one of the coverings for beasts of burden.
أَجِلَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    he postponed its dateboth

    he postponed its date

  2. 2.
    he honored him in rankboth

    he honored him in rank

وجمع الجلال أجلة — And the plural of jilāl is ajillah.
الجَلَلnoun
  1. 1.
    greatnessclassical

    Significance, importance, or magnitude.

جللadjective
  1. 1.
    greatclassical

    Large, significant, or important.

Parallel reading

الجل، بالفتح: الشراع
The sail, with fatha: the sail.
والجمع جلول
And the plural is julūl.
قال القطامى في ذى جلول يقضي الموت صاحبه إذا الصراري من أهواله ارتسما
Al-Qutami said about the owner of julūl whose companion death has decreed, when the lightning flashes from its terrors.
والجلة: البعر
And al-jallah: dung.
يقال: إن بني فلان وقودهم الجلة، ووقودهم الوألة
It is said: Indeed, the fuel of so-and-so's family is dung, and their fuel is the wa'lah (a type of lizard).
وهم يجتلون الجلة، أي يلقطون البعر
And they gather the dung, meaning they pick up the dung.
والجل بالضم: واحد جلال الدواب
And al-jull, with damma: one of the coverings for beasts of burden.
وجمع الجلال أجلة
And the plural of jilāl is ajillah.
والجل الذى في قول الاعشى: وشاهدنا الجل واليا سمين
And al-jull which is in the saying of Al-A'sha: And we witnessed the great one and the fat one.