جرشب

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes states of physical weakness, illness, or advanced age in humans. It can also refer to physical characteristics like shortness and stoutness.

Derived headwords

جَرشَبَverb

1.
to be weakclassical
The man was weak, implying a state of feebleness or debility.
2.
to recover from illnessclassical
The man was ill and then recovered, with the wound healing.

جُرْشِبَverb

1.
to be weakclassical
The man was weak, implying a state of feebleness or debility.
2.
to recover from illnessclassical
The man was ill and then recovered, with the wound healing.

جَرْشَبَتْverb

1.
to reach extreme old ageclassical
A woman reached the age of extreme old age and decrepitude.

جَرْشَبَتْverb

1.
to reach old ageclassical
A woman reached the age of forty or fifty and continued until death.

جَرْشَبِيَّةadjective

1.
aged womanclassical
An aged woman, specifically one who has reached extreme old age.

الجَرْشَبnoun

1.
short and stout personclassical
A person who is short and stout.

Parallel reading

جرشب الرجل: هزل

The man was weak: he was feeble.

أو مرض ثم اندمل

Or he was ill and then recovered.

وكذلك: جرشم.

And likewise: جرشم (meaning the same).

جرشبت المرأة إذا ولت وبلغت الهرم

A woman reached old age if she became advanced in years and reached decrepitude.

قاله ابن شميل

Ibn Shumayl said this.

وجرشبت المرأة، إذا بلغت أربعين (أو خمسين) إلى أن تموت

And a woman reached old age if she reached forty (or fifty) until she died.

وامرأة جرشبية

And an aged woman.

إن غلاما غره جرشبية على بضعها من نفسها لضعيف مطلقة

Indeed, a young man was deceived by an aged woman regarding her intimacy with him; she is weak, divorced.

أو مات عنها حليلها يظل لنابيها عليه صريف

Or her husband died, and her gums would scrape against him.

والجرشب بالضم: القصير السمين

And الجَرْشَب (with damma on the jīm) means: the short and stout.

عن ابن الأعرابي

According to Ibn al-A'rabi.