ع ج ف
Root entry · 28 derived lemmasThis root primarily concerns leanness, emaciation, and lack of substance, often applied to animals, people, or land. It also extends to concepts of holding back, restraint, and enduring hardship, sometimes implying a lack of nourishment or vitality.
Derived headwords
- 1.leannessboth
The loss of fatness or flesh, resulting in a lean state.
- 2.emaciationboth
A state of being extremely thin and wasted.
- 1.leanboth
Describing someone or something that has lost fat and flesh, appearing thin.
- 2.emaciatedboth
Severely thin and wasted due to lack of nourishment.
- 3.barrenclassical
Describing land that is infertile and unproductive.
- 4.thin-bladedclassical
Describing a sword or blade that is slender and not thick.
- 1.lean (female)both
A feminine adjective describing leanness or emaciation.
- 2.barren landclassical
Describing infertile land that yields no crops or sustenance.
- 1.lean onesboth
Plural of 'a'ajf', referring to lean individuals or animals.
- 2.barren yearsclassical
Referring to years of drought and famine.
- 1.to become leanboth
To lose fat and flesh, becoming thin.
- 2.to become barrenclassical
Describing land becoming infertile.
- 1.to become leanboth
To lose fat and flesh, becoming thin.
- 1.to become leanboth
Present tense of 'ajifa', indicating the process of becoming lean.
- 1.to make leanboth
To cause something or someone to become lean or emaciated.
- 2.to starveboth
To deliberately withhold food, causing hunger.
- 3.to restrain oneself from foodboth
To hold back from eating, especially when desiring food, perhaps to benefit others.
- 4.to make barrenclassical
To render land infertile.
- 5.to weaken (an animal)both
To make an animal weak and emaciated.
- 1.starvationboth
The act of starving or causing starvation.
- 2.restraint from foodboth
The act of abstaining from food, often with a specific intention.
- 3.emaciationboth
The state of being emaciated.
- 4.poor nourishmentclassical
The result of inadequate or bad feeding.
- 1.to restrain oneself from foodboth
To hold back from eating, especially when desiring food, perhaps to benefit others.
- 1.to be patient withclassical
To endure or be patient with someone, especially in a difficult situation.
- 1.to weaken (an animal)both
To make an animal weak and emaciated.
- 1.to make leanboth
To cause something or someone to become lean or emaciated.
- 2.to weaken (an animal)both
To make an animal weak and emaciated.
- 1.unpolishedclassical
Describing a sword that has not been polished or sharpened.
- 2.emaciatedclassical
Lean and wasted.
- 1.emaciatedclassical
Lean and wasted.
- 1.abstinence from foodclassical
The act of refraining from eating, especially when one has a strong desire for food.
- 1.Banu al-'Ujayfclassical
A tribe or lineage of Arabs.
- 1.'Ajifclassical
A place name, possibly a valley or region.
- 1.their livestock became leanclassical
A plural verb form indicating that their animals grew thin and weak.
- 1.witheredclassical
Dry and withered due to leanness or illness.
- 1.short and stockyclassical
Describing someone, possibly an old woman, who is short and has a compact build.
- 1.hardshipclassical
Experiencing severe difficulty or hardship.
- 2.leanness of bonesclassical
Having bones that are prominent due to lack of flesh.
- 1.lean faceclassical
A face that appears thin and gaunt, similar to a thirsty person's face.
- 1.thirsty gumsclassical
Gums that appear dry and parched, as if thirsty.
- 1.the people withheld their wealthclassical
The people held back their possessions due to hardship or scarcity.
- 1.emaciatedclassical
Lean and wasted, referring to an animal.
- 1.unproductive grainclassical
Grain that does not yield a good harvest or is of poor quality.
- 1.Ibrahim ibn 'Ujayfclassical
A narrator or scholar from Bukhara.