ج ل ق
Root entry · 27 derived lemmasThis root primarily deals with concepts related to containers, coverings, and opening or revealing things. It also extends to place names, animal sounds or actions, and descriptions of people or animals.
Derived headwords
- 1.Sack, bagboth
A well-known type of container or sack, often used for carrying goods. It is considered a loanword.
- 1.Sack, bag (plural form)both
The plural form of 'jawaliq', referring to multiple sacks or bags.
- 1.Sack, bag (plural form, disfavored)classical
A plural form of 'jawaliq' that was disfavored by grammarians like Sibawayh because the singular noun had already been broken down into a different plural form.
- 1.Damascusclassical
The name of the city of Damascus itself, or its fertile surrounding region (Ghouta). It can be declined or undeclined.
- 1.A grain from Yemenclassical
A type of grain found in Yemen, similar to wheat.
- 1.A region in Al-Andalusclassical
A geographical area located in Al-Andalus, near Saragossa.
- 1.Urging a camelclassical
A sound or command used to urge a camel forward.
- 1.To shave (head)classical
To shave someone's head, similar to 'jalata'.
- 1.To uncover, revealclassical
A woman uncovering her belongings or her teeth.
- 1.A grimace, a baring of teethclassical
A grimace or a baring of teeth, similar to 'jal'ah'. It can be pronounced with a short or long vowel.
- 1.An old womanclassical
An old woman.
- 1.An old female camelclassical
An old, worn-out female camel.
- 1.A bit of meatclassical
A small piece or remnant of meat.
- 1.Lean, emaciatedclassical
Describing a person who is lean or emaciated.
- 1.A region in Byzantiumclassical
A region in the land of the Romans (Byzantium), adjacent to Al-Andalus. It is the origin of the nisba 'al-Julaizi'.
- 1.A place nameclassical
A place name, a town in the province of Sijistan, or possibly Bust.
- 1.Catapult, trebuchetboth
A siege engine used to hurl projectiles. The text discusses its etymology in relation to the root 'j-l-q'.
- 1.Throwing with a catapultclassical
The act of throwing something with a catapult or mangonel.
- 1.Peace treaty (neologism)classical
A term for a peace treaty, noted as a neologism not found in classical Arabic.
- 1.One who bares teeth when laughingclassical
A person whose mouth opens wide when laughing, revealing their teeth.
- 1.One who bares teeth when laughingclassical
Similar to 'mujalliq', a person who bares their teeth widely when laughing.
- 1.Wide laughterclassical
Laughter that involves opening the mouth widely, to the extent that the furthest molars become visible.
- 1.Thorns, pricklesclassical
A type of thorny plant or its thorns.
- 1.A grimace, a baring of teeth (variant)classical
A variant pronunciation or form of 'al-jalgah', meaning a grimace or baring of teeth.
- 1.A group of peopleclassical
A term referring to a group or tribe of people.
- 1.A scholar's epithetclassical
An epithet referring to scholars from Bukhara, like the hadith narrator Abu 'Ismah Ahmad bin Muhammad bin 'Umar al-Jawaliqi.
- 1.A scholar's epithetclassical
An epithet referring to the famous linguist Abu Mansur Mawhub bin Abi Tahir al-Baghdadi, known as Ibn al-Jawaliqi, author of 'Al-Mu'arrab'.