جحنب

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes shortness and stockiness in people, particularly men. It can also refer to a large cooking pot and, in a less common extension, to strength.

Derived headwords

الجُحَنْبnoun

1.
short personboth
A short person, especially a man.

جُحَنْبadjective

1.
shortboth
Describing someone as short.
2.
stockyboth
Describing someone as short and stocky, or stout.

وصاحب لي صمعري جحنب كالليث خناب أشم صقعب — And a companion of mine, stout and short, like a lion, with a prominent nose, and sturdy.

جُحَنْبadjective

1.
strongclassical
Describing a man as strong and robust.

وصاحب لي صمعري جحنب كالليث خناب أشم صقعب — And a companion of mine, stout and short, like a lion, with a prominent nose, and sturdy.

الجُحَنْبnoun

1.
large potclassical
A large cooking pot.

ما زال الهياط والمياط حتى أتوا بجنب قساط — They continued to make noise and commotion until they brought a large pot of ghee.

الجَحَنْبَرَةnoun

1.
short womanclassical
A short woman.

Parallel reading

هو (القصير) ، من غير أن يقيد بالقلة،

He is short, without being restricted to being small in number.

أو هو (القصير القليل كالجحانب) بالضم،

Or he is short and small, like the plural 'jahanib'.

وقيل: هو القصير الملزز،

And it is said: he is short and stout.

وصاحب لي صمعري جحنب كالليث خناب أشم صقعب

And a companion of mine, stout and short, like a lion, with a prominent nose, and sturdy.

وقيل: هو (الشديد) من الرجال قاله الليث،

And it is said: he is strong among men, according to Al-Layth.

و الجحنب (: القدر العظيمة) ،

And 'al-juhnub' is: the large pot.

ما زال الهياط والمياط حتى أتوا بجنب قساط

They continued to make noise and commotion until they brought a large pot of ghee.

وذكر الأصمعي في الخماسي الجحنبرة من النساء: القصيرة:

And Al-Asma'i mentioned in the five-letter words 'al-jahanbirah' for women: the short one.

وهو ثلاثي الأصل ألحق بالخماسي لتكرار بعض حروفه.

And it is of a three-letter origin, attached to the five-letter words due to the repetition of some of its letters.