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جفن

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

The root جفن primarily relates to covering, enclosing, or containing. It extends to parts of the eye that cover it, sheaths for swords, and containers for food. It also encompasses geographical locations and tribal names.

Derived headwords

الجَفْنnoun
  1. 1.
    The eyelidboth

    The eyelid

  2. 2.
    The scabbard of the swordboth

    The scabbard of the sword

جَفْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    large bowlboth

    A large bowl or dish, similar to a 'qas'ah', used for serving food.

  2. 2.
    vine shootsclassical

    The shoots or branches of a grapevine.

  3. 3.
    tribe nameclassical

    A name of a tribe, specifically mentioned as being from Yemen.

جِفَانnoun
  1. 1.
    large bowlsboth

    The plural of 'jafnah', referring to multiple large bowls or dishes.

جَفَنَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    large bowlsboth

    Another plural form of 'jafnah', referring to multiple large bowls or dishes.

Parallel reading

الجفن: جفن العين
The eyelid: the eyelid of the eye.
والجفن أيضا: غمد السيف
And the eyelid also: the sheath of the sword.
والجفن: اسم موضع
And the eyelid: the name of a place.
والجفن: قضبان الكرم، الواحدة جفنة
And the eyelid: the shoots of the vine, the single one is 'jafnah'.
والجفنة كالقصعة، والجمع الجفان والجفنات بالتحريك
And the 'jafnah' is like the 'qas'ah', and the plural is 'jafan' and 'jafanat' with vowelization.
وجفنة: قبيلة من اليمن
And 'Jafnah': a tribe from Yemen.
وعند جفينة الخبر اليقين
And with Jafnah is the certain knowledge.
هو اسم خمار
It is the name of a wine-seller.
تسائل عن حصين كل ركب وعند جهينة الخبر اليقين
Every rider asks about Husayn, and with Juḥaynah is the certain knowledge.
فنزلا منزلا، فقام الجهنى إلى الكلابي وكانا فاتكين، فقتله وأخذ ماله
So they descended to a place, and the Juḥaynī rose against the Kilābī, and they were both treacherous, so he killed him and took his property.