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جذب

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

The root 'جذب' primarily relates to the concept of pulling, drawing, or tugging. It extends to meanings of extracting, detaching, cutting off, and even consuming or absorbing. Metaphorically, it can signify overcoming, severing ties, or rapid movement.

Derived headwords

جَذَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to pull, to drawboth

    To exert force on something to move it towards oneself or the source of the force.

  2. 2.
    to draw out, extractboth

    To pull something out from a place where it is embedded or contained.

  3. 3.
    to cut off, severboth

    To detach or separate something by pulling or cutting.

  4. 4.
    to weanboth

    To separate a young animal or child from its mother's milk or care.

  5. 5.
    to overcome, defeatclassical

    To gain control over someone in a contest or struggle.

جذبه أي الشيء (يجذبه) — He pulled it, meaning the thing (he pulls it).
جذب (الشيء: حوله عن موضعه) — He pulled (the thing: moved it from its place).
جذب فلان حبل وصاله: قطعه — So-and-so pulled the rope of his connection: he severed it.
جذبت الناقة إذا غرزت وقل لبنها — The she-camel pulled (her milk) if she became weak and her milk diminished.
جذب الشهر مضى عامته — The month pulled: its greater part passed.
جذب الشاة والفصيل عن أمهما: قطعهما عن الرضاع — He pulled the sheep and its lamb away from their mother: he cut them off from nursing.
جذب فلانا يجذبه، بالضم إذا غلبه في المجاذبة — He pulled someone (he pulls him, with damma) if he overcame him in a tug-of-war.
جذب النخلة يجذبها بالكسر، جذبا: قطع جذبها ليأكله — He pulled the palm tree, he pulls it (with kasra), a pulling: he cut its core to eat it.
جذب من الماء نفسا أو نفسين، إذا كرع فيه — He drew a breath or two from the water, if he scooped it up.
جَذْبًاnoun
  1. 1.
    pulling, drawingboth

    The act of pulling or drawing something.

  2. 2.
    weaningboth

    The process of separating a young one from nursing.

  3. 3.
    dryness of milkclassical

    A condition where a she-camel's milk dries up.

  4. 4.
    interruption of salivaclassical

    A cessation or interruption of saliva flow.

جَبَذَverb
  1. 1.
    to pull, to drawclassical

    An inversion of 'جذب', used for pulling or drawing.

وجبذه، على القلب لغة تميم: مده — And he pulled it, a dialect of Tamim with inversion: he stretched it.
اِجْتَذَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to pull towards oneselfboth

    To draw something strongly towards oneself.

  2. 2.
    to snatch away, stealboth

    To forcibly take something away from someone.

كاجتذبه وقد يكون ذلك في العرض — Like pulling it towards oneself, and this may occur in width.
واجتذبه: استلبه — And he snatched it away: he stole it.
فإن لم يجتذبه إليه جذبه الشيطان — If he does not draw him to himself, Satan will snatch him away.
تَجَاذَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to pull each otherboth

    To engage in a mutual pulling or tugging.

  2. 2.
    to contend, disputeboth

    To engage in a verbal argument or dispute.

  3. 3.
    to converseboth

    To exchange words or discuss topics.

وقد انجذب وتجاذب — And he was pulled and they pulled each other.
وتجاذبا: تنازعا — And they pulled each other: they contended.
وتجاذبوا أطراف الكلام — And they exchanged the ends of speech.
اِنْجَذَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be pulled, drawnboth

    To be moved by a pulling force.

  2. 2.
    to move quicklyboth

    To travel at a high speed.

وقد انجذب وتجاذب — And he was pulled and they pulled each other.
الانجذاب: سرعة السير — Being pulled: speed of travel.
وقد انجذبوا في السير — And they moved quickly in their journey.
جَاذَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to pull withboth

    To pull something in conjunction with another.

  2. 2.
    to contend withclassical

    To struggle or compete with someone.

وجاذبته الشيء: نازعته إياه — And I pulled the thing with him: I contended for it with him.
جاذبت المرأة الرجل: خطبها فردته كأنه بان منها مغلوبا — The woman contended with the man: he proposed to her, and she rejected him as if he were defeated by her.
جَاذِبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    she-camel with prolonged pregnancyclassical

    A she-camel that carries her young beyond the usual term, up to eleven months.

  2. 2.
    pulling forcemodern

    A force that draws or pulls.

وناقة جاذب: مدت حملها إلى أحد عشر شهرا — And a 'jaadhibah' she-camel: she extended her pregnancy to eleven months.
لسانك مبرد لم يبق شيئا ودرك در جاذبة دهين الدهين مثل الجاذبة — Your tongue is a file, leaving nothing, and the milk of a 'jaadhibah' is rich, rich like the 'jaadhibah'.
جَوَاذِبnoun
  1. 1.
    pulling forcesmodern

    Plural of 'jawdhibah', referring to forces that pull.

  2. 2.
    she-camels with prolonged pregnancyclassical

    Plural of 'jaadhibah', referring to she-camels with extended pregnancies.

بطعن كرمح الشول أمست غوارزا جواذبها تأبى على المتغبر — With a stab like a spear of young camels, they became fierce, their pulling forces refusing the dusty one.
جَذَّابnoun
  1. 1.
    death, fateclassical

    The inevitable end of life, which pulls souls.

وجذاب مبنية كقطام هي المنية — And 'jadhdhab' (built like qattaam) is death.
سَيْرٌ جَذْبadjective
  1. 1.
    fast journeyclassical

    A journey characterized by rapid movement.

وسير جذب: سريع — And a 'sayr jadhb': fast.
قطعت أخشاه بسير جذب — I crossed its fear with a fast journey.
جَذْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a short distanceclassical

    A small, measurable distance.

  2. 2.
    a bit of spun threadclassical

    A small amount of thread that has been spun.

  3. 3.
    a pullboth

    An act of pulling.

وبيننا وبين بني فلان نبذة وجذبة، أي هم منا قريب — And between us and the sons of so-and-so is a short distance and a pull, meaning they are close to us.
وبينه وبين المنزل جذبة أي قطعة بعيدة — And between him and the destination is a pull: a distant piece.
ويقال: جذبة من غزل، للمجذوب منه مرة — And it is said: a pull of spun thread, for that which is pulled from it once.
الجَذْبnoun
  1. 1.
    palm pithboth

    The soft, edible core of a palm tree, often scraped from the trunk.

  2. 2.
    coarse partclassical

    The rough or coarse portion of something.

والجذب محركة: الشحمة التي تكون في رأس النخلة يكشط عنها الليف فتؤكل — And 'al-jadhb' (vowels movable): the fat that is at the head of the palm tree, from which the fiber is scraped off and eaten.
وهو أيضا جمار النخل، أو: الخشن منه — And it is also the pith of the palm tree, or: the coarse part of it.
كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يحب الجذب — The Messenger of God, peace be upon him, used to love the palm pith.
الجُذَابnoun
  1. 1.
    palm pithclassical

    The edible core of a palm tree, similar to 'al-jadhb'.

كالجذاب بالكسر، الواحدة جذبة بهاء — Like 'al-jadhdhab' (with kasra), the singular is 'jadhbah' (with haa).
الجَوْذَابnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of foodclassical

    A dish made from sugar, rice, and meat.

والجوذاب، بالضم: طعام يتخذ من سكر ورز ولحم — And 'al-jawdhab' (with damma): a food made from sugar, rice, and meat.
الجُذْبَانnoun
  1. 1.
    rein of a sandalclassical

    The strap that goes over the instep of a sandal.

ما أغنى عني جذبانا ولا ضمنا، الجذبان، بالكسر وتشديد الباء الموحدة المفتوحة — Neither 'judhbaan' nor 'dimn' availed me; 'al-judhbaan' (with kasra and doubled fathah baa).
الجَذَّابَةnoun
  1. 1.
    snare, trapclassical

    A device made of hair used for catching birds.

وهي مشددة: هلبة، بالضم وهي شعر يربط ويجعل آلة للاصطياد يصطاد بها القنابر — And it is stressed: 'hulbah' (with damma), which is hair tied and made into a tool for hunting, with which quails are hunted.
تَجْذِبُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to drink milkclassical

    To drink milk, especially by a young animal.

تجذبه أي اللبن، إذا شربه — It drinks it, meaning the milk, if it drinks it.
دعت بالجمال البزل للطعن بعدما تجذب راعي الإبل ما قد تحلبا — She called for the old she-camels for spearing after the camel herder drank what had been milked.
وادي جَذَبَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    a state of errorclassical

    A situation of being lost or having gone astray.

أخذ فلان في وادي جذبات، محركة — So-and-so entered the valley of 'jadhabaat' (vowels movable).
إذا أخطأ ولم يصب — If he errs and does not hit the mark.

Parallel reading

جذبه أي الشيء (يجذبه)، بالكسر، جذبا، وجبذه، على القلب لغة تميم (: مده، كاجتذبه)
He pulled it, meaning the thing (he pulls it), with kasra, a pulling, and he pulled it (with inversion, a dialect of Tamim): he stretched it, like pulling it towards oneself.
روي عن سيبويه: جذب (الشيء: حوله عن موضعه)
It is narrated from Sibawayh: He pulled (the thing: moved it from its place).
واجتذبه: استلبه، كذا في المحكم
And he snatched it away: he stole it, as stated in Al-Muḥkam.
وقول الشاعر: ذكرت والأهواء تدعو للهوى والعيس بالركب يجاذبن البرى يحتمل أن يكون بمعنى يجذبن أو بمعنى المباراة والمنازعة، كذا في (المحكم)
And the poet's saying: I remembered, and desires called to passion, and the camels with the riders were pulling the ropes, it is possible it means they pull them or means contention and dispute, as stated in Al-Muḥkam.
وجذب فلان حبل وصاله: قطعه.
And so-and-so pulled the rope of his connection: he severed it.
ومن المجاز: جذب فلان الحبل بيننا: قاطع.
And metaphorically: So-and-so pulled the rope between us: he cut ties.
ومن المجاز: ناقة جاذب: مدت حملها إلى أحد عشر شهرا.
And metaphorically: A 'jaadhibah' she-camel: she extended her pregnancy to eleven months.
ومن المجاز: جذب الشهر يجذب جذبا: مضى عامته، أكثره
And metaphorically: The month pulled, it pulls a pulling: its greater part passed, most of it.
ومن المجاز: جذب الشاة والفصيل عن أمهما يجذبهما جذبا: قطعهما عن الرضاع
And metaphorically: He pulled the sheep and its lamb away from their mother, he pulls them a pulling: he cut them off from nursing.
ثم جذبناه فطاما نفصله نفرعه فرعا ولسنا نعتله
Then we weaned him, separating him, we raised him branch by branch, and we did not force him.
ومن المجاز: جذب فلانا يجذبه، بالضم إذا غلبه في المجاذبة
And metaphorically: He pulled someone (he pulls him, with damma) if he overcame him in a tug-of-war.
وإذا خطب الرجل امرأة فردته قيل جذبته وجبذته، قال: وكأنه من قولك جاذبته فجذبته، أي غلبته فبان منها مغلوبا.
And if a man proposes to a woman and she rejects him, it is said she pulled him and he was pulled, he said: And it is as if from your saying, you contended with him and he overcame her, meaning he defeated her and appeared defeated by her.
والجذاب مبنية كقطام هي المنية، لأنها تجذب النفوس، قاله ابن سيده.
And 'jadhdhab' (built like qattaam) is death, because it pulls souls, said Ibn Sidah.
والانجذاب: سرعة السير، ومن المجاز: قد انجذبوا في السير، وانجذب بهم السير: ساروا مسيرا بعيدا.
And 'al-injidhab': speed of travel, and metaphorically: they moved quickly in their journey, and the journey moved them: they traveled a far distance.
والجذب أيضا: انقطاع الريق.
And 'al-jadhb' also: cessation of saliva.
وبيننا وبين بني فلان نبذة وجذبة، أي هم منا قريب
And between us and the sons of so-and-so is a short distance and a pull, meaning they are close to us.
والجذب محركة: الشحمة التي تكون في رأس النخلة يكشط عنها الليف فتؤكل، كأنها جذبت عن النخلة
And 'al-jadhb' (vowels movable): the fat that is at the head of the palm tree, from which the fiber is scraped off and eaten, as if it were pulled from the palm tree.
وفي الحديث: كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يحب الجذب
And in the hadith: The Messenger of God, peace be upon him, used to love the palm pith.
وجذب النخلة يجذبها بالكسر، جذبا: قطع جذبها ليأكله، هذه عن أبي حنيفة.
And he pulled the palm tree, he pulls it (with kasra), a pulling: he cut its core to eat it, this is from Abu Hanifa.
ومن المجاز: جذب من الماء نفسا أو نفسين، إذا كرع فيه أي في الإناء الذي فيه الماء.
And metaphorically: He drew a breath or two from the water, if he scooped it up, meaning into the vessel containing the water.
وناقة فلان تجذب لبنها إذا حلبت، أي تسرقه
And so-and-so's she-camel draws her milk when milked, meaning she steals it.
وجاذبته الشيء: نازعته إياه
And I pulled the thing with him: I contended for it with him.
والتجاذب: التنازع، وبه فسر أيضا قول الشاعر الماضي ذكره: يجاذبن البرى بمعنى المباراة والمنازعة.
And 'al-tajadhub': contention, and by this was also interpreted the aforementioned poet's saying: they pull the ropes, meaning contention and dispute.
وإن لم يجتذبه إليه جذبه الشيطان، وهو قطعة من كلام ابن سيده في (المحكم)
If he does not draw him to himself, Satan will snatch him away, and this is a piece of Ibn Sidah's speech in Al-Muḥkam.
وتجاذبوا أطراف الكلام، وكانت بينهم مجاذبات ثم اتفقوا.
And they exchanged the ends of speech, and there were between them discussions, then they agreed.
وهي (الجذابة) مشددة: هلبة، بالضم وهي شعر يربط ويجعل آلة للاصطياد يصطاد بها القنابر عن أبي عمرو
And it (al-jadhdhabah) is stressed: 'hulbah' (with damma), which is hair tied and made into a tool for hunting, with which quails are hunted, from Abu Amr.
يقال: ما أغنى عني جذبانا ولا ضمنا، (الجذبان)، بالكسر وتشديد الباء الموحدة المفتوحة (كعفتان) وهو (زمام النعل)، والضمن: هو الشسع.
It is said: Neither 'judhbaan' nor 'dimn' availed me; 'al-judhbaan' (with kasra and doubled fathah baa) (like 'uftaan') which is (the rein of a sandal), and 'al-dimn': it is the strap.
تجذبه أي اللبن، إذا شربه
It drinks it, meaning the milk, if it drinks it.
دعت بالجمال البزل للطعن بعدما تجذب راعي الإبل ما قد تحلبا
She called for the old she-camels for spearing after the camel herder drank what had been milked.
أخذ فلان في وادي جذبات، محركة
So-and-so entered the valley of 'jadhabaat' (vowels movable).
يضرب في الرجل إذا أخطأ ولم يصب
It is said about a man if he errs and does not hit the mark.