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ج ءف

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns intense fear, fright, and sudden shock. It also extends to meanings related to uprooting, falling, and a lack of courage or heart.

Derived headwords

جَأَفَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to shock, to startleboth

    To cause someone to be suddenly frightened or shocked.

  2. 2.
    to fell, to knock downclassical

    To cause something or someone to fall down, often forcefully.

جَأْفnoun
  1. 1.
    fright, shockboth

    A state of intense fear or sudden alarm.

تَجْئِيفًاnoun
  1. 1.
    causing frightclassical

    The act of causing someone or something to be frightened or startled.

مُجَأَفًاadjective
  1. 1.
    frightened, startledboth

    Describing something or someone that has been made to feel fear or shock.

جَأْفُ الشَّجَرَةِverb
  1. 1.
    to uproot a treeclassical

    To pull a tree out from its roots.

جَأَفَتْ أُصُولُهُverb
  1. 1.
    its roots were uprootedclassical

    Describing the state of a tree whose roots have been pulled out.

انْجَأَفَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to be uprooted, to fallclassical

    To be pulled out from the roots and fall down.

جَعَفْتُهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to uproot itclassical

    To pull something, like a tree, out from its roots.

انْجَعَفَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to be uprooted, to fallclassical

    To be pulled out from the roots and fall down.

الجِئَافُnoun
  1. 1.
    shouting, outcryclassical

    A loud vocalization, often expressing distress or alarm.

المَجْؤُوفُadjective
  1. 1.
    hungryclassical

    Experiencing a strong desire for food.

  2. 2.
    frightened, terrifiedboth

    In a state of extreme fear or dread.

جُئِفَverb
  1. 1.
    to be hungryclassical

    To experience hunger.

  2. 2.
    to be frightenedboth

    To be overcome with fear or shock.

اجْتَأَفَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to knock him downclassical

    To cause someone to fall down forcefully.

الجُؤَافُnoun
  1. 1.
    fear, dreadclassical

    A strong feeling of fear or apprehension.

مُجَأَّفٌadjective
  1. 1.
    cowardly, faintheartedclassical

    Lacking courage or spirit; easily frightened.

Parallel reading

جَأَفَهُ، كَمَنَعَهُ صَرَعَهُ
He shocked him, like he felled him.
جَأَفَهُ ذُعِرَهُ، وَأَفْزَعَهُ
It shocked him, it frightened him.
الجَأْفُ: ضَرْبٌ مِنْ الْفَزَعِ وَالْخَوْفِ
Al-ja'f: a type of fright and fear.
كَأَنَّ تَحْتِي نَاشِطًا مُجَأَفًا مُدَرَّعًا بِوَشْيٍ مُوَقَّفَا
As if beneath me is an energetic, startled one, armored in patterned cloth.
وَجَأْفُ الشَّجَرَةِ قَلْعُهَا مِنْ أَصْلِهَا
And the uprooting of a tree is its removal from its base.
وَلَوَّا تُكِبُّهُمُ الرِّمَاحُ كَأَنَّهُمْ ... نَخْلٌ جَأَفَتْ أُصُولُهُ أَوْ أَثْأَبُ
And spears would lay them low as if they were palm trees whose roots were uprooted or had fallen.
فَانْجَأَفَتْ، قَالَ ابْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ: أَيْ انْقَلَعَتْ وَسَقَطَتْ
And it became uprooted, Ibn al-A'rabi said: meaning it was pulled out and fell.
وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَفْتُهَا فَانْجَعَفَتْ
And likewise I uprooted it, and it became uprooted.
وَالْمَجْؤُوفُ: الْجَائِعُ
And al-maj'uf: the hungry one.
وَقَدْ جُئِفَ كَمَا فِي الصَّحَاحِ
And he was hungry, as in Al-Sihah.
وَالْمَجْؤُوفُ أَيْضًا: الْمَذْعُورُ
And al-maj'uf also: the terrified one.
وَقَدْ جُئِفَ أَشَدَّ الْجَأْفِ
And he was terrified with the most intense fright.
يَكَادُ مِنْ يَتْلَى عَلَيْهِ يَجْتَئِفُ
He almost falls down from hearing it recited to him.
وَالْجُؤَافُ، كَغُرَابٍ: الْخَوْفُ
And al-ju'af, like ghurab: fear.
وَرَجُلٌ مُجَأَّفٌ، كَمُعَظَّمٍ: لَا فُؤَادَ لَهُ
And a man muj'af, like mu'azzam: has no heart.