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جرذ

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns swellings and growths, particularly on animals like horses, often hindering movement. It also extends to terms for a type of rat or mouse, and metaphorically to concepts of being isolated, experienced, or refined.

Derived headwords

الجَرَذُnoun
  1. 1.
    swelling, tumorboth

    A swelling or tumor, especially one that occurs on the hock of a horse or other animal, causing pain and difficulty in walking.

جرذnoun
  1. 1.
    rat, mouseboth

    A type of rat or mouse. It is sometimes described as larger than a gerbil, with a dark tail.

جرذانnoun
  1. 1.
    rats, miceboth

    Plural of جرذ (jaradh), referring to rats or mice.

  2. 2.
    a type of dateclassical

    Two types of dates, one of which is the last to ripen in the Hijaz region.

جرذانةnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of dateclassical

    A single date of the type known as أم جرذان (Umm Jaradhān).

أم جرذانname
  1. 1.
    a type of dateclassical

    A variety of date, known as the last to ripen in the Hijaz. When fresh, it is called Umm Jaradhān; when dried, it is called al-Kabīs.

الجراذينnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of dateclassical

    A variety of date, similar to أم جرذان (Umm Jaradhān).

أرض جرذةadjective
  1. 1.
    full of rats/miceboth

    An area or land that is abundant with rats or mice.

ذو أجراذname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A place name in Najd.

الأجْرَذُadjective
  1. 1.
    bow-leggedclassical

    Describing someone who spreads their legs apart when walking.

أجرذهverb
  1. 1.
    to expel, isolateclassical

    To expel someone or leave them isolated, forcing them to seek help from others.

  2. 2.
    to force, compelclassical

    To force or compel someone into a situation, to make them do something against their will.

مُجْرَذadjective
  1. 1.
    isolated, destituteclassical

    Someone who has been expelled or isolated, or who has lost their wealth and relies on others for support.

أجرذه إليهverb
  1. 1.
    to force uponclassical

    To force something upon someone or compel them towards it.

المُجَرَّذُadjective
  1. 1.
    experienced, seasonedboth

    A person who is experienced, tested, and knowledgeable, often through hardship or time.

جرذت القرحةverb
  1. 1.
    to form a knot/lumpclassical

    Used metaphorically to describe a sore or wound that has formed a lump or knot.

جرذ الشجرةverb
  1. 1.
    to prune, trimclassical

    To prune or trim a tree, metaphorically removing its defects or imperfections.

رجل مجرذadjective
  1. 1.
    refined, disciplinedclassical

    A person who has been refined or disciplined by experiences, metaphorically pruned like a tree.

جرذانnoun
  1. 1.
    tendons, sinewsclassical

    Tendons or sinews located on the outer and inner sides of a horse's fetlock.

أم أجراذname
  1. 1.
    a well nameclassical

    The name of an old well in Mecca.

Parallel reading

كل ورم
Every swelling.
تورم في غرقوب الدابة
A swelling in the hock of an animal.
هو كل ما حدث في عرقوب الفرس من تزيد وانتفاخ عصب
It is whatever occurs in the hock of a horse as an increase and swelling of the nerve.
ورم يأخذها في عرض حافره وفي ثفنته من رجله حتى يعقره ورم غليظ يتعقر
A swelling that affects it on the side of its hoof and its heel bone of its leg until a thick, damaging swelling injures it.
دابة جرذ
An animal with a swelling.
رجل جرذ الرجلين
A man with legs spread apart.
شبهت تلك النفخ بالجرذان
Those swellings were likened to rats.
ضرب من الفأر
A type of mouse.
هو ذكر الفأر
It is the male mouse.
أعظم من اليربوع أكدر
Larger than a gerbil, dark-colored.
أكثر الله جرذان بيتك، أي ملأه طعاما
May God multiply the rats in your house, meaning fill it with food.
آخر نخلة بالحجاز إدراكا
The last palm tree in the Hijaz to ripen.
إذا طلعت الخراتان، أكلت أم جرذان
When the two Kharratān appear, Umm Jaradhān is eaten.
وهي أم جرذان رطبا، فإذا جفت فهي الكبيس
It is Umm Jaradhān when fresh, and when it dries, it is al-Kabīs.
ع بنجد
A place name in Najd.
الأفحج
Bow-legged.
أخرجه أصحابه وأفرده فلجأ إلى سواهم فهو مجرذ
His companions expelled him and isolated him, so he sought refuge with others, and he is majradh.
هو الذي ذهب ماله فلجأ إلى من يعوله
He is one whose wealth is gone, so he relies on those who support him.
اضطره وأكرهه
To force him and compel him.
يستهبع المواهق المحاذى عافيه سهوا غير ما إجراذ
The foolish youth is easily distracted, neglecting his well-being, not being forced.
المجرب المحنك
The experienced and tested one.
ورجل مجرذ: داه مجعرب للأمور
And a majradh man: cunning and experienced in affairs.
وجرذه الدهر ودلكه وديثه ونجذه وحنكه بمعنى واحد
And time has majradh-ed him, rubbed him, worn him down, pushed him, and seasoned him, all with one meaning.
وهو المجرذ والمجرس
And he is al-mujarradh and al-mujarrass.
تعقدت كالجرذ
It formed a knot like a rat.
عصبان في ظاهر خصيلة الفرس وباطنهما يلي الجنبين
Tendons on the outer and inner sides of the horse's fetlock, their inner part adjacent to the flanks.
جرذ الشجرة: شذبها
To prune a tree: to trim it.
كأنه أزال جرذها، أي عيبها أو أبنها التي هي كالجرذان
As if he removed its defect, meaning its flaw or its young which are like rats.
رجل مجرذ ومنجذ: قد هذبته الأمور وشذبته
A majradh and munjadh man: affairs have refined and pruned him.
أم أجراذ: بئر قديمة بمكة
Umm Ajradh: an old well in Mecca.