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جلء

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of throwing down, prostrating, or striking someone or something forcefully. It can also describe the action of throwing a garment.

Derived headwords

جَلَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to prostrateboth

    To throw someone down forcefully, to prostrate them.

  2. 2.
    to strike downboth

    To strike someone and throw them to the ground.

جَلَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    prostrationboth

    The act of prostrating someone or throwing them down.

  2. 2.
    striking downboth

    The act of striking someone and throwing them to the ground.

جَلَاءَةnoun
  1. 1.
    prostrationboth

    The act of prostrating someone or throwing them down.

  2. 2.
    striking downboth

    The act of striking someone and throwing them to the ground.

جَلَأَ بِثَوْبِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to throw with his garmentboth

    To throw someone or something using one's garment.

Parallel reading

جلأ الرجل كمنع
The man prostrated (as in the verb from منع).
صرعه
He prostrated him.
ضرب به الأرض
He struck him and threw him to the ground.
حلأ بالحاء عن أبي زيد
He struck him and threw him to the ground, with 'ḥā' (ḥal'a), according to Abu Zayd.
جلأ بثوبه: رماه
He threw with his garment: he threw it.