جءي

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of biting or gnawing, and extends to describe colors, particularly a dark hue mixed with redness, often associated with horses or camels. It also encompasses terms for containers and a specific type of cloth used in cooking.

Derived headwords

جَأَىverb

1.
to biteclassical
To bite or gnaw.

جَأْيًاnoun

1.
bitingclassical
The act of biting or gnawing.

الجُؤْوَةnoun

1.
dark colorclassical
A color of horses and camels, a redness tinged with blackness.

أَجْأَىadjective

1.
dark-coloredclassical
Describing a horse that has a dark color tinged with redness.

جَأْوَاءadjective

1.
dark-coloredclassical
Describing a female horse or camel with a dark color tinged with redness.
2.
dark, blackishclassical
Describing a military unit, such as a battalion, that appears dark or blackish due to the abundance of armor.

جُئِيَverb

1.
to be dark-coloredclassical
The horse became dark-colored.

لا يُجْأَىverb

1.
cannot be containedclassical
Cannot be restrained or held back, referring to saliva or a liquid in a container.

الجِئَاوَةnoun

1.
pot lidclassical
A lid for a cooking pot, or something placed upon it made of leather or woven palm leaves.

الجِئَاءnoun

1.
pot lidsclassical
Plural of الجئاوة, referring to lids for cooking pots.

الجَوَّاءnoun

1.
pot lidclassical
Another term for a pot lid or container, as stated by Abu Amr.

الجِوَاءnoun

1.
pot lidclassical
Another term for a pot lid or container, as stated by Abu Amr.

الجَعَّالnoun

1.
pot clothclassical
A piece of cloth used to lower a pot from its trivets.

Parallel reading

جأى عليه جأيا، أي عض.

He bit him a biting, meaning he gnawed.

وهي حمرة تضرب إلى السواد.

It is a redness that tends towards blackness.

فرس أجأى، والأنثى جأواء.

A dark-colored horse, and the female is dark-colored.

وقد جئي الفرس يجأى.

And the horse became dark-colored, it becomes dark-colored.

وكتيبة جأواء بينة الجأى وهي التي يعلوها لون السواد لكثرة الدروع.

And a dark battalion, clearly dark, which is one that is covered by blackness due to the abundance of armor.

أحمق لا يجأى مرغه.

A fool whose saliva cannot be restrained.

وسقاء لا يجأى شيئا، أي لا يمسكه.

And a waterskin that holds nothing, meaning it does not retain it.

والجئاوة، مثال الجعاوة: وعاء القدر، أو شئ توضع عليه من جلد أو خصفة.

And al-ji'awah, like al-ja'awah: a pot's container, or something placed upon it made of leather or woven palm leaves.

وجمعها جئاء، مثل جراحة وجراح.

And its plural is ji'aa', like jurahah and jurah.

وكان أبو عمرو يقول: الجياء والجواء، يعني بذلك الوعاء أيضا.

And Abu Amr used to say: al-jiyaa' and al-juwaa', meaning the container as well.

لأن أطلي بجواء قدر أحب إلي من أن أطلى بالزعفران.

That I should be smeared with the lid of a pot is more beloved to me than that I should be smeared with saffron.

وأما الخرقة التي تنزل بها القدر عن الاثافي فهى الجعال.

As for the rag with which the pot is lowered from the trivets, it is al-ja'aal.