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Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to coarseness, roughness, and a lack of refinement in a person. It describes someone who is uncouth, uncivilized, or boorish in their demeanor and appearance.

Derived headwords

الجَبْهَلُnoun
  1. 1.
    Coarse manclassical

    A man who is rough, uncouth, and lacking in refinement or good manners.

جَبْهَلًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Roughlyclassical

    An adverbial usage indicating a rough or uncouth manner.

Parallel reading

الجبهل، كسمند أهمله الجوهري، وقال ابن الأعرابي: هو الرجل الجافي
Al-Jabhala, like Samand, was neglected by Al-Jawhari. Ibn Al-A'rabi said: it is the uncouth man.
(ألف كأن الغازلات منحنه ... من الصوف نكثا أو لئيما دبادبا)
(A thousand, as if the spinners have unraveled it... from wool, or a base, clumsy person)
(جبهلا ترى منه الجبين يسوءها ... إذا نظرت منه الجمال وحاجبا)
(Roughly, you see from him the forehead that displeases her... if she looks at him, the beauty and the eyebrow)
الجبهل، كحضجر: لغة فيه عن ابن الأعرابي أيضا، نقله الصاغاني.
Al-Jabhala, like Hadhdhara: is a variant pronunciation for it, also from Ibn Al-A'rabi, as transmitted by Al-Saghani.