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جرح

Root entry · 31 derived lemmas

The root جرح (jarḥa) primarily denotes causing a physical wound, typically with a weapon. It extends metaphorically to mean acquiring, earning, or causing harm through speech, actions, or testimony, and also refers to the act of disqualifying a witness.

Derived headwords

جَرَحَهُ، كَمَنَعَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to wound (with a weapon)both

    To inflict a wound upon someone, typically with a weapon, causing a physical injury.

يُجْرَحُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to wound (with a weapon)both

    To inflict a wound upon someone, typically with a weapon, causing a physical injury.

جَرْحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    woundingboth

    The act or instance of inflicting a wound, especially with a weapon.

تَجْرِيحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    excessive woundingclassical

    The act of wounding someone repeatedly or severely.

الجُرْحnoun
  1. 1.
    wound (physical)both

    A physical injury caused by a sharp object or blow.

  2. 2.
    wound (figurative)both

    Harm or damage caused by words or actions.

جُرُوحnoun
  1. 1.
    woundsboth

    Plural of جرح (wound).

أَجْرَاحnoun
  1. 1.
    woundsclassical

    Plural of جرح (wound), often considered less common or poetic.

جِرَاحnoun
  1. 1.
    woundsboth

    Plural of جرح (wound), sometimes used for physical wounds.

جِرَاحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    wound (single instance)both

    A single instance of a wound, such as from a stab or blow.

جَرِيحadjective
  1. 1.
    woundedboth

    Suffering from a wound, injured.

جُرْحَىnoun
  1. 1.
    wounded (people)both

    A collective noun for wounded individuals, both male and female.

جَرَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to acquire, earnboth

    To gain or acquire something, often through effort or action, used metaphorically.

اكْتَسَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to acquire, earnboth

    To gain or acquire something, often through effort or action, used metaphorically.

اجْتَرَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to acquire, earnboth

    To gain or acquire something, often through effort or action, used metaphorically.

جَرَحَهُ بِلِسَانِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to insult, slanderboth

    To verbally attack, insult, or slander someone.

جُرْحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    disqualifying defect (testimony)classical

    A flaw or defect found in a witness's testimony that invalidates their credibility.

جُرْحَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    defect in testimonyclassical

    A flaw or defect that can be used to discredit testimony.

جَارِحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    female horseclassical

    A female horse, so named because she earns offspring for her owner.

  2. 2.
    limb (for earning)classical

    A human limb (like a hand or foot) used for earning or acquiring.

  3. 3.
    predatory animalboth

    A wild animal, bird, or dog that hunts and kills prey for itself or its owner.

الجَوَارِحnoun
  1. 1.
    predatory animalsboth

    Wild animals, birds of prey, or dogs that hunt and kill prey.

  2. 2.
    limbs (for earning)classical

    Human limbs used for earning or acquiring, both good and bad.

جَوَارِحُ المَالِnoun
  1. 1.
    young female livestockclassical

    Young female animals (like horses, camels) that are of breeding age and expected to produce offspring.

اسْتَجْرَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to become defective, corruptclassical

    To become flawed, corrupt, or diminished, often referring to the quality of hadith or the state of a witness.

  2. 2.
    to incur criticismclassical

    To become deserving of criticism or attack.

الجِرَاحname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A village located in the Mansoura region.

جُرْحnoun
  1. 1.
    wound (physical)both

    A physical injury caused by a sharp object or blow.

جُرْحُ النِّصَابِother
  1. 1.
    knife with a damaged hiltclassical

    A knife whose hilt is damaged or broken.

جُرْحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    a cutclassical

    A cut or incision, often referring to a specific type of wound.

جُرْحُهَا جَبَّارٌother
  1. 1.
    its wound is unpunitiveclassical

    Referring to the legal principle that accidental harm caused by an animal is not punishable.

جُرِحَverb
  1. 1.
    to be woundedboth

    To sustain a wound or injury.

  2. 2.
    testimony was invalidatedclassical

    For a witness's testimony to be rejected or disqualified.

جُرِحَتْ شَهَادَتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    his testimony was invalidatedclassical

    His testimony was found to be unreliable or inadmissible.

جُرِحَ لَهُ مِنْ مَالِهِverb
  1. 1.
    a portion was cut for himclassical

    A portion of his wealth was allocated or set aside for him.

جَزَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to cut, allocateclassical

    To cut or allocate a portion of something.

جُرْجٌother
  1. 1.
    a type of braceletclassical

    A type of bracelet or anklet, possibly referring to a rattling sound.

Parallel reading

أثر فيه بالسلاح
It caused injury to him with a weapon.
الجرح في عرف الناس أعرف وأشهر من الكلم
The wound (jarḥ) is more known and famous among people than a cut (kalm).
جرحه: كقطعه، ولا يخفى ما فيه من المناسبة.
To wound him: like cutting him, and its appropriateness is not hidden.
إذا أكثر ذالك فيه.
If he wounded it excessively.
ملوا قراه وهرته كلابهم وجرحوه بأنياب وأضراس
They grew tired of his hospitality, his dogs tore him apart, and they wounded him with fangs and molars.
الجرح، بالضم: يكون في الأبدان بالحديد ونحوه؛ والجرح، بالفتح: يكون باللسان في المعاني والأعراض ونحوها.
Al-jarḥ (with dammah) occurs in bodies by iron and the like; and al-jarḥ (with fatha) occurs by the tongue in meanings, reputations, and the like.
الجراح، بالكسر: جمع جراحة
Al-jirāḥ (with kasrah) is the plural of jirāḥah.
الجراحة: الواحدة من طعنة أو ضربة.
Al-jirāḥah: the single instance of a stab or a blow.
ورجل جريح وامرأة جريح، ج جرحى
And a wounded man and a wounded woman, plural is jurḥā.
ويعلم ما جرحتم بالنهار
And He knows what you have acquired during the day.
فلان يجرح لعياله ويجترح ويقرش ويقترش بمعنى.
So-and-so earns for his family, acquires, gathers, and collects, meaning the same.
أي اكتسبوا.
Meaning they acquired.
وبئسما جرحت يداك، واجترحت، أي عملتا وأثرتا.
And how evil are the deeds your hands have wrought and acquired, meaning they acted and left an effect.
جرح فلانا بلسانه. إذا سبه وشتمه.
To wound someone with his tongue. If he insults and curses him.
جرحوه بأنياب وأضراس شتموه وعابوه.
They wounded him with fangs and molars; they insulted and criticized him.
جرح الشاهد: إذا عثر منه على ما أسقط به عدالته من كذب وغيره.
To disqualify a witness: if something is found in him that invalidates his integrity, such as lying or other things.
هل لك جرحة؟ وهي ما تجرح به الشهادة.
Do you have a disqualifying defect? Which is what you use to discredit the testimony.
أقصصتك الجرحة، فإن كان عندك ما تجرح به الحجة التي توجهت عليك فهلمها
I have informed you of the disqualifying defect; if you have something with which to discredit the argument directed against you, then bring it forth.
جرح الرجل: أصابته جراحة.
A man is wounded: he sustained a wound.
جرحت شهادته وكذا روايته، أي ردت ووجه إليه القضاء.
His testimony was invalidated, and likewise his narration; meaning it was rejected and the judgment was directed against him.
الجوارح: إناث الخيل
Al-jawāriḥ: female horses.
أعضاء الإنسان التي تكتسب وهي عوامله من يديه ورجليه، واحدتها جارحة، لأنهن يجرحن الخير والشر، أي يكسبنه.
The human limbs that acquire, which are their tools from their hands and feet, the singular is jāriḥah, because they acquire good and evil, meaning they earn it.
ذوات الصيد من السباع والطير والكلاب، لأنها تجرح لأهلها، أي تكسب لهم، الواحدة جارحة.
Those that hunt prey among beasts, birds, and dogs, because they hunt for their owners, meaning they earn for them; the singular is jāriḥah.
وأحل لكم صيد ما علمتم من الجوارح
And lawful for you is the game of what you have trained of the predatory animals.
هاذه الفرس والناقة والأتان من جوارح المال، أي أنها شابة مقبلة الرحم
This mare, she-camel, and she-donkey are among the young female livestock, meaning they are young and approaching reproductive age.
قد استجرح الشاهد.
The witness has become defective.
الاستجراح: النقصان والعيب والفساد
Al-istijrāḥ: deficiency, defect, and corruption.
وعظتكم فلم تزدادوا على الموعظة إلا استجراحا
I admonished you, but you only increased in corruption from the admonition.
استجرحت هاذه الأحاديث.
These hadiths have become corrupt.
كثرت هاذه الأحاديث واستجرحت، أي فسدت وقل صحاحها
These hadiths have become numerous and corrupted, meaning they became corrupt and their sound ones diminished.
العجماء جرحها جبار
The mute animal's wound is unpunitive.
جرح له من ماله: قطع له مه قطعة، عن ابن الأعرابي.
A portion was cut for him from his wealth: a piece was cut for him, from Ibn al-A'rabi.