جرجب

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to consuming food or emptying containers. It also extends to describe large bellies or large camels, possibly due to their capacity for consumption or size.

Derived headwords

جَرْجَبَverb

1.
to eat foodboth
To consume food, implying eating it thoroughly.
2.
to empty a containerboth
To consume everything within a container, leaving it empty.

جَرْجَبَةnoun

1.
eatingclassical
The act of consuming food.

جَرْجَبnoun

1.
bellyclassical
A large or distended belly.

جَرْجَبَانnoun

1.
bellyclassical
The interior of the belly; the abdomen or gut.

جَرَاجِبnoun

1.
large camelsclassical
Camels that are large and robust in size.

Parallel reading

أي الطعام، وجرجمه (: أكله)

Meaning food, and jarjamahu (he ate it).

والإناء: أتى على ما فيه

And the container: to consume all that was in it.

والجرجب، كطرطب: البطن

And al-jarjab, like tarṭab: the belly.

والجرجبان: الجوف

And al-jarjabān: the interior of the belly.

يقال: ملأ جراجبه

It is said: he filled his bellies.

والجراجب: الإبل العظام

And al-jarājib: the large camels.

يدعو جراجيب مصويات وعبكرات كالمعنسات لقحن للقنية شاتيات

He calls for large, well-fed camels and strong, pregnant she-camels, ready for the herd.

جرجبت القدح: أتيت على ما فيه

I emptied the cup: I consumed all that was in it.