جرر

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of dragging, pulling, or drawing along. It extends to meanings of continuous action, enduring, and even the physical act of plowing or furrowing the land. It also encompasses related ideas like a dragging sound, a slow or continuous flow, and by extension, a persistent state or condition.

Derived headwords

جَرَّverb

1.
to dragboth
To pull something along the ground or a surface, often with effort.
2.
to drawboth
To pull something towards oneself or in a particular direction.
3.
to plowclassical
To furrow or break up the soil with a plow.
4.
to endureclassical
To continue or persist in a state or action.

جَرَّ الضبع؛ يريد السيل قد خرق الأرض، فكأن الضبع قد جرت فيه — The hyena dragged; meaning the torrent had breached the earth, as if the hyena had been dragged in it.

جَرَّ النوء بالمكان: أدام المطر — The star's passage caused rain to persist in the place.

جَرَّت الخيل الأرض بسنابكها — The horses furrowed the earth with their hooves.

مَجَرّnoun

1.
draggingclassical
The act or process of dragging or pulling.
2.
furrowclassical
A long narrow trench made in the ground by a plow.
3.
pathclassical
A track or course made by something moving or dragging.

مَجَرّ الضبع — the dragging of the hyena

مَجَرّ جيوش غانمين وخيب — the path of victorious and disappointed armies

جَرُورnoun

1.
she-camelclassical
A she-camel that is restrained during childbirth to prevent her from harming her newborn.
2.
regionclassical
A region or area, specifically mentioned as a place in Egypt.

الناقة التي تقفص ولدها فتوثق يداه إلى عنقه عند نتاجه، فيجر بين يديها — The she-camel that restrains her young and ties its legs to its neck at birth, so it is dragged before her.

وجَرُور، كصبور: ناحية من مصر — And Jarur, like Sabur: a region of Egypt.

إجْرَارnoun

1.
making to dragclassical
The act of causing something to be dragged, specifically referring to a procedure to prevent a young animal from suckling.
2.
silencingclassical
Figuratively, preventing someone from speaking or expressing themselves.

إجْرَار الفصيل، وهو أن يشق لسانه ويشد عليه عود لئلا يرتضع — The young camel's 'ijrar', which is slitting its tongue and tying a stick to it so it doesn't suckle.

أَجْرَتْ أي قطعت لساني عن الكلام بفرارهم — They 'ajrat' me, meaning they cut my tongue off from speaking due to their fleeing.

أَجَرَّverb

1.
to cause to dragclassical
To make something drag or be dragged.
2.
to prevent from speakingclassical
Figuratively, to silence someone or prevent them from speaking.
3.
to grant safetyclassical
To give security or protection, possibly from the root 'ijarah' (lease/safety).

أَجِرْ لسانه، إذا منعه من اللام — His tongue was 'ajirra', if he was prevented from speaking.

أَجِرْ لي سراويلي؛ من الإجارة، وهو الأمان؛ أي أبقه علي — 'Ajir' my trousers for me; from 'ijarah', which is safety; meaning, leave them with me.

جَرَّةnoun

1.
jugboth
A container for liquids, often with a handle and spout.
2.
burdenclassical
Figuratively, a grievance, resentment, or a persistent state.
3.
plowshareclassical
The cutting blade of a plow.

ناوص الجرة ثم سالمها — He confronted the jug then made peace with it.

لا يحنق على جَرَّته — He does not harbor resentment over his burden.

اختلاف الدرة والجرة — The difference between the plowshare and the jug.

جُرَّةnoun

1.
chewing cudclassical
The act of ruminating or chewing cud, especially by livestock.

اجتلاب الدرة بالجرة — The bringing forth of the cud by chewing.

جَرَّاءparticle

1.
slowlyclassical
Meaning 'slowly', 'gently', or 'at your own pace'.
2.
continuouslyclassical
Indicating continuation or extension of time or action.

هلم جرا — Come slowly.

كانت الأمطار تتتابع علينا حتى منعت السفار، وتظالمت المعزى، واجتلبت الدرة بالجرة — The rains followed each other until they prevented travel, the goats became aggressive, and the cud was brought forth by chewing.

جَرْجَرَةnoun

1.
rumbling soundclassical
The sound made by a camel when annoyed or distressed.
2.
gurglingclassical
The sound of liquid flowing or gurgling, especially in the throat.

صوت البعير عند الضجر — The sound of the camel when annoyed.

لا يجاوز جراجرهم؛ أي حلوقهم — It does not exceed their throats; meaning their throats.

جُرْجُرverb

1.
to rumbleclassical
To make a low, continuous, rumbling sound.
2.
to prepare for battleclassical
To make preparations for war or conflict.

جرجر، إذا أمرته باستعداد للعدو — Jurjur, if you ordered him to prepare for the enemy.

جُرْجُرnoun

1.
throatclassical
The passage in the neck through which food and air pass; the gullet.
2.
bellyclassical
The abdomen or stomach.

لا يجاوز جُرْجُرهم — It does not pass their throats.

الجُرَاجِر: الجوف — Al-Jurajir: the belly.

جَوْرnoun

1.
heavy rainclassical
Rain that is abundant and prolonged.
2.
heavy burdenclassical
A difficult or oppressive load or responsibility.
3.
largeclassical
Describing something as large, immense, or substantial.

غيث جور، كهجف؛ أي يجر كل شيء — A heavy rain, like Hujaf; meaning it drags everything.

غرب جور: فرض ثقيل — A heavy downpour: a heavy obligation.

جَرَّارnoun

1.
plowmanclassical
One who plows or cultivates the land.
2.
leader of a thousandclassical
A commander of a thousand soldiers.
3.
seller of goodsclassical
One who sells goods, possibly related to dragging or transporting them.
4.
brave warriorclassical
A brave or impetuous fighter.

كانت العرب تقول للرجل إذا قاد ألفا: جَرَّارًا — The Arabs used to say of a man when he led a thousand: a Jarrar.

لأنه كان يبيع الجهار — Because he used to sell openly.

جُرَيْرnoun

1.
valleyclassical
A valley, specifically a named one in the territory of the Asad and Banu Abs tribes.
2.
placeclassical
A location or place, mentioned as being near Mecca or in the region of Kufa.

واد في ديار أسد، أعلاه لهم، وأسفله لبني عبس — A valley in the lands of Asad, its upper part belonging to them, and its lower part to Banu Abs.

موضع قرب مكة — A place near Mecca.

جُرَيْرَةnoun

1.
small jugclassical
A diminutive form of 'jarrah', a small jug.
2.
offenseclassical
A transgression or offense, though not directly evident in this context.

تصغير جرة — Diminutive of 'jarrah'.

جُرَيْرِيّadjective

1.
related to Jarirclassical
Attributed to or belonging to Jarir, a person or a place.
2.
follower of Ibn Jarirclassical
Adherent to the school or teachings of Ibn Jarir al-Tabari.

إلى مذهب ابن جرير الطبري — To the school of Ibn Jarir al-Tabari.

جُرْجُرَايَاname

1.
cityclassical
A city, specifically the lower Nahrwan region between Baghdad and Wasit.

مدينة النهروان الأسفل، بين بغداد وواسط — The city of lower Nahrwan, between Baghdad and Wasit.

جُرْجِيرname

1.
villageclassical
A village, specifically a named one in Egypt, near Farama.

قرية بمصر، من الفرما إليها مرحلة — A village in Egypt, one stage from Farama.

جُرَيْرَاname

1.
villageclassical
A village, specifically a named one in Merv.

قرية بمرو — A village in Merv.

جَرَّارَةnoun

1.
plowingclassical
The act of plowing or tilling the land.

الحرث — Plowing.

جَرِيرَةnoun

1.
trapclassical
A snare or trap, used metaphorically for a predicament.

جعل المجر لها جرتين؛ أي حبالتين تقع فيهما فتهلك — He made the 'majar' for them two 'jariratan'; meaning two snares in which they fall and perish.

جَرّnoun

1.
plowingclassical
The act of plowing or tilling the land.
2.
ropeclassical
A rope used in a specific context, possibly for tethering or guiding.

الحرث — Plowing.

الحبل الذي في وسطه اللؤمة إلى المضمدة — The rope that is in the middle of the bridle to the headstall.

جَرَّارname

1.
family nameclassical
A surname or family name, held by several individuals mentioned.

عبد الأعلى بن أبي المساور الجرار — Abd al-A'la ibn Abi al-Masa'ir al-Jarrar.

وهبة الله بن أحمد الجرار — Wahbah Allah ibn Ahmad al-Jarrar.

Parallel reading

جئتك في مثل! مجر الضبع؛ يريد السيل قد خرق الأرض، فكأن الضبع قد جرت فيه.

I came to you in a state like the dragging of a hyena; meaning the torrent had breached the earth, as if the hyena had been dragged in it.

وأصابتنا السماء {بجار الضبع.

And the sky struck us with the 'jar al-dabu' (torrent of the hyena).

والجرور، كصبو: الناقة التي تقفص ولدها فتوثق يداه إلى عنقه عند نتاجه، {فيجر بين يديها، ويستل فصيلها فيخاف عليه أن يموت، فيلبس الخرقة حتى تعرفها أمه عليه، فإذا مات ألبسوا تلك الخرقة فصيلا آخر، ثم ظأروها عليه وسدوا مناخرها، فلا تفتح حتى يرضعها ذالك الفصيل، فتجد ريح لبنا م نه فترأمه.

And al-Jarur, like Sabur: the she-camel that restrains her young and ties its legs to its neck at birth, so it is dragged before her, and her foal is extracted, and it is feared it will die, so a cloth is put on it until its mother recognizes it, and if it dies, another foal is dressed in that cloth, then she is brought to it and her nostrils are blocked, and she will not open them until that foal suckles her, and she finds the smell of milk from it and becomes fond of it.

وقال الشاعر: إن كنت يا رب الجمال حرا فارفع إذا ما لم تجد} مجرا يقول إذا لم تجد للإبل مرتعا فارفع في سيرها.

And the poet said: If you are free, O Lord of Beauty, then raise [your pace] if you do not find a path, meaning if you do not find pasture for the camels, then increase their pace.

وجر النوء بالمكان: أدام المطر، قال خطام المجاشعي:

And the star's passage caused rain to persist in the place, said Khitam al-Majash'i:

جر بها نوء من السماكين

A star's passage from Al-Simak caused it [rain] to persist.

واستجر الفصيل عن الرضاع: أحذته قرحة في فيه، أو في سائر جسده، فكف عنه لذالك.

And the young camel abstained from suckling: an ulcer appeared in its mouth, or on its body, so it refrained from it.

ومن المجاز: أجر لسانه، إذا منعه من اللام؛ مأخوذة من {إجرار الفصيل، وهو أن يشق لسانه ويشد عليه عود لئلا يرتضع؛ لأنه} يجر العود بلسانه، قال عمرو بن معد يكرب:

And from the figurative speech: his tongue was 'ajirra', if he was prevented from speaking; derived from the 'ijrar' of the young camel, which is slitting its tongue and tying a stick to it so it doesn't suckle; because it drags the stick with its tongue, said Amr ibn Ma'di Karib:

فلو أن قومي أنطقتني رماحهم نطقت ولاكن الرماح {أجرت أي لو قاتلوا وأبلوا لذكرت ذالك وفخرت بهم، ولاكن رماحهم} - أجرتني، أي قطعت لساني عن الكلام بفرارهم؛ أراد أنهم لم يقاتلوا.

If my people's spears had made me speak, I would have spoken, but the spears 'ajrat' me, meaning they cut my tongue off from speaking due to their fleeing; he meant that they did not fight.

وزعموا أن عمرو بن بشر بن مرثد حين قتله الأسدي قال له: أجر سراويلي فإني لم أستعن.

And they claimed that Amr ibn Bishr ibn Marthad, when al-Asadi killed him, said to him: 'Ajir my trousers, for I have not sought help.'

قال أبو منصور: هو من قولهم: أجررته رسنه وأجررته الرمح: أعي دع السراويل علي {أجره.

Abu Mansur said: It is from their saying: I made him drag his rein, and I made him drag the spear: the trousers were too loose for me, so I 'ajrrahu' them.

سئل ابن لسان الحمرة عن الضأن فقال: مال صدق قرية لا حمى لها، إذا أفلتت من} جرتيها قال: يعني {بجرتيها المجر في الدهر الشديد والنشر، وهو أن تنتشر بالليل فتأتي عليها السباع.

Ibn Lisan al-Humrah was asked about sheep, and he said: 'Honest wealth of a village with no protected pasture, if it escapes from its two traps.' He meant by 'its two traps' the path in harsh times and exposure, which is when they spread out at night and are preyed upon by wolves.

والجر: الحبل الذي في وسطه اللؤمة إلى المضمدة، قال: وكلفوني الجر والجر عمل

And al-Jarr: the rope that is in the middle of the bridle to the headstall, he said: And they tasked me with al-Jarr, and al-Jarr is work.

وجرور. كصبور: ناحية من مصر.

And Jarur. Like Sabur: a region of Egypt.

والجر: الحرث.

And al-Jarr: plowing.

واجتروا: احترثوا.

And they 'ajtarrū': they plowed.

(ناوص الجرة ثم سالمها) ، أورده الميداني وغيره، وقد تقدم تفسيره.

(He confronted the jug then made peace with it), mentioned by al-Maydani and others, and its explanation has preceded.

جرت الخيل الأرض بسنابكها، إذا خدتها، وأنشد:

The horses furrowed the earth with their hooves, if they scratched it, and he recited:

أخاديد جرتها السنابك غادرت بها كل مشقوق القميص مجدل

Furrows that the hooves furrowed left in it every man with a torn shirt, fallen.

قيل للأصمعي:} جرتها من الجريرة؟ قال: لا، ولاكن من الجر في الأرض والتأثير فيها، كقوله:

It was said to Al-Asma'i: Is 'jarat'ha from 'al-jarirah'? He said: No, but from dragging in the earth and its effect on it, like his saying:

مجر جيوش غانمين وخيب

The path of victorious and disappointed armies.

(سطى مجر، ترطب هجر). يريد توسطي يا مجرة كبد السماء، فإن ذالك وقت إرطاب النخيل بهجر.

(When Majarr strikes, Hajar ripens). Meaning, be in the middle of the sky's zenith, for that is the time when the date palms ripen in Hajar.

(لا يصلح هاذا الأمر إلا لمن لا يحنق على جرته) ، أي لا يحقد على رعيته، فضرب الجرة لذالك مثلا.

(This matter is not suitable except for one who does not harbor resentment over his burden), meaning he does not hold grudges against his subjects, so he used 'al-jarrah' as an example for that.

ويقال: معنى قولهم: (فلان لا يحنق على جَرَّته) ، أي لا يكتم سرا.

And it is said: The meaning of their saying: (So-and-so does not harbor resentment over his burden) is that he does not keep a secret.

(لا أفعل ما اختلف الدرة والجرة) ، و (ما خالفت درة جهرة) ، واختلافهما أن الدرة تسفل إلى الرجلين، والجرة تعلو إلى الرأس.

(I will not do what differs between the plowshare and the jug), and (my plowshare did not differ from the jug), and their difference is that the plowshare goes down to the legs, and the jug goes up to the head.

تتابعت علينا الأسمية حتى منعت السفار، وتظالمت المعزى، واجتلبت الدرة بالجرة ؛ اجتلاب الدرة بالجرة أن المواشي تتملأ، ثم تبرك أو تربض، فلا تزال تبرك تجتر إلى حين الحلب.

The rains followed each other until they prevented travel, the goats became aggressive, and the cud was brought forth by chewing; bringing forth the cud by chewing is when the livestock become full, then lie down or rest, and they continue to lie down and ruminate until milking time.

هلم جرا قالوا: معناه على هينتك.

Halam jarrā, they said: its meaning is at your ease.

تعالوا على هينتكم كما يسهل عليكم من غير شدة ولا صعوبة؛ وأصل ذالك من الجر في السوق، وهو أن يترك الإبل والغنم ترعى في مسيرها، وأنشد:

Come at your ease as it is easy for you without hardship or difficulty; and the origin of that is from dragging in the market, which is leaving the camels and sheep to graze on their journey, and he recited:

لطالما جررتكن جرا حتى نوى الأعجف واستمر فاليوم لا آلو الركاب شرا

For a long time I have dragged you along until the weak camel intended and continued, but today I will not spare the mounts any harm.

يقال: جرها على أفواهها، أي سقها وهي ترتفع وتصيب من الكلإ.

It is said: 'Jarrhā 'alā afwāhihā', meaning drive them while they are rising and getting sustenance.

وقد جاءت في الحديث في غير وضع، ومعناه استدامة الأمر واتصاله؛ وأصله من الجر: السب، وانتصب جرا على المصدر، أو الحال.

And it has come in the hadith in various contexts, and its meaning is the continuation and connection of the matter; and its origin is from 'al-jarr': the pursuit, and 'jarrā' is an adverbial accusative, either as a masdar or a circumstantial accusative.

والجرجرة: صوت البعير عند الضجر.

And al-Jarjarah: the sound of the camel when annoyed.

(قوم يقرءون القرآن لا يجاوز جراجرهم) ؛ أي حلوقهم؛ سماها جراجر لججرة الماء، ومنه قول النابغة:

(People who recite the Quran, it does not exceed their throats); meaning their throats; he called them 'jurajir' because of the gurgling of water, and from this is the saying of Al-Nabigha:

لهاميم يستلهونها في الجراجر

Majestic ones whom they draw from the throats.

وقيل: يقال لها: الجرجر، لما يسمع لها من صوت ووع الماء فيها.

And it was said: It is called 'al-jarjar', because of the sound heard from it and the gurgling of water within it.

{والجراجر: الجوف.

And al-Jurajir: the belly.

غيث جور، كهجف؛ أي يجر كل شيء.

A heavy rain, like Hujaf; meaning it drags everything.

وغيث جور، إذا طال نبته وارتفع.

And a heavy rain, if its growth is long and high.

وقال أبو عبيدة: غرب جور: فرض ثقيل.

And Abu Ubaidah said: A heavy downpour: a heavy obligation.

وقال غيره: جمع جور: أي ضخم، ونعجة جورة، وأنشد:

And others said: The plural of 'jawr' is: meaning large, and a female sheep 'jawrah', and he recited:

فاعتام منا نعجة جوره كأن صوت شخبها للدره هرهرة الهر دنا للهره

So he chose from us a large ewe, as if the sound of her milk was for the doe, the purring of the cat approached the purring.

فإن شئت جعلت الواو فيه زائدة، من جررت، وإن شئت جعلته فعلا من الجور، ويصير التشديد في الراء زيادة، كما يقال: حمارة.

If you wish, you can make the 'waw' in it superfluous, from 'jarrartu', and if you wish, you can make it a verb from 'al-jawr', and the doubling of the 'ra' becomes an addition, as in 'himarah'.

و (كانت) العرب تقول للرجل إذا قاد ألفا: جرارا.

And the Arabs used to say of a man when he led a thousand: Jarrar.

وعن ابن الأعرابي: جرجر، إذا أمرته باستعداد للعدو.

And from Ibn al-A'rabi: Jurjur, if you ordered him to prepare for the enemy.

ولا جر، بمعنى لا جرم، وسيأتي.

And 'la jarr', meaning 'certainly', will come later.

ومن المجاز: لا جار لي في هذا؛ أي نفعا يجرني إليه، كما في الأساس.

And from the figurative speech: I have no 'jārr' in this; meaning a benefit that draws me to it, as in Al-Asas.

وجرير كأمير ابن أبي عطاء القرشي، حجازي.

And Jarir, like Amir, son of Abi 'Ata' al-Qurashi, from Hejaz.

وجرير الضبي، وجرير بن عتبة؛ رويا.

And Jarir al-Dabbi, and Jarir ibn Utbah; they narrated.