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جدم

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes shortness or deficiency, applied to both people and animals. It can also refer to a specific type of sheep characterized by poor quality.

Derived headwords

الجَدْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    short manboth

    A man who is short in stature.

  2. 2.
    poor quality sheepclassical

    A sheep that is of bad quality or inferior.

الجَدْمnoun
  1. 1.
    short menboth

    The plural form referring to men who are short in stature.

Parallel reading

الجَدْمَة، بالتحريك: القصير من الرجال
Al-jadmah, with vowelization: the short one among men.
والجمع: الجَدْم
And the plural is: al-jadm.
والجَدْمَة أيضا: الشاة الرديئة
And al-jadmah also: the poor quality sheep.