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ج ل ب ص

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be a variant spelling of a root related to fleeing or running away. The primary discussion revolves around its potential meaning as 'flight' or 'escape', though its validity and correct orthography are debated.

Derived headwords

الجلبصةnoun
  1. 1.
    flight, escapeclassical

    The act of fleeing or escaping from a place or situation.

جلبصverb
  1. 1.
    to flee, to escapeclassical

    To run away or escape from something, particularly in a hasty manner.

Parallel reading

الجلبصة، أهمله الجوهري، وقال أبو عمرو: هو الفرار
Al-jalbaṣah, Jawhari neglected it, and Abu Amr said: it is flight.
(لما رآني بالبراز حصحصا ... في الأرض مني هربا وجلبصا)
(When he saw me standing firm in the open ground... fleeing and escaping from me on the earth)
وهكذا ذكره الأزهري في رباعي الجيم، والصواب بالخاء المعجمة، كما ذكره ابن فارس وتبعه الجوهري.
And thus Al-Azhari mentioned it in the quadriliteral (root) of the letter Jim, and the correct spelling is with the letter Kha' with dots, as Ibn Faris mentioned it and Jawhari followed him.