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جعز

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the sensation of choking or gagging, often due to something stuck in the throat. It also has a derived meaning referring to a specific type of plant.

Derived headwords

الجَعْزnoun
  1. 1.
    chokingboth

    The sensation of choking or gagging, as if something is stuck in the throat.

الجَأْزnoun
  1. 1.
    chokingboth

    The sensation of choking or gagging, as if something is stuck in the throat. This form uses hamza (ء) instead of 'ayn (ع).

جعزverb
  1. 1.
    to chokeboth

    To experience choking or gagging, as if something is stuck in the throat.

جعزاnoun
  1. 1.
    chokingboth

    The act or state of choking or gagging.

جُعِزَverb
  1. 1.
    to chokeboth

    To experience choking or gagging, as if something is stuck in the throat. This is the passive form of the verb.

حَبَا جُعَيْزَانnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of plantclassical

    A specific type of plant, mentioned in relation to the root.

Parallel reading

الجعز، كالجأز بالهمز، إلى آخره وهو الغصص.
Al-ja'z, like al-ja'z with hamza, and so on, which is choking.
جعز جعزا كجئز: غص.
Ja'aza ja'zan, like ju'iza: to choke.
ونقله الصاغاني عن ابن دريد، وقال: كأنهم أبدلوا من الهمز عينا.
Al-Saghani transmitted it from Ibn Duraid, and said: It is as if they substituted an 'ayn for the hamza.
وحبا جعيزان: نبت.
And haba ju'ayzan: a plant.