ج ث ل

Root entry · 38 derived lemmas

The root ج ث ل (j-th-l) primarily describes things that are abundant, dense, thick, and intertwined, particularly in relation to plants, hair, and sometimes physical stature. It can also extend to concepts of anger, readiness for conflict, and specific types of insects or graves.

Derived headwords

الجَثَلُ والجَثِيلُadjective

1.
abundant, dense, intertwinedboth
Describing plants or hair that is abundant, dense, intertwined, soft, and thick.

جَثَلَverb

1.
to be abundant, denseclassical
To be abundant, dense, thick, and intertwined, used for plants and hair.
2.
to be thick and blackclassical
Specifically referring to hair that is thick, black, and dense.

جَثَلَverb

1.
to be thick and blackclassical
Describing hair as being particularly black and thick.

جَثَلَverb

1.
to be thick and shortclassical
Describing something as thick and short.

جَثَلَverb

1.
to be thick, black, and denseclassical
Describing something, especially hair, as being thick, black, and dense.

جَثَلَverb

1.
to be thick, dense, and intertwinedclassical
Describing something, like plants or hair, as being thick, dense, and intertwined.

جَثَلَverb

1.
to be thick and shortclassical
Describing something as being thick and short.

جَثَلَverb

1.
to be thick, black, and denseclassical
Describing something, especially hair, as being thick, black, and dense.

جَثَلَverb

1.
to be thick, dense, and intertwinedclassical
Describing something, like plants or hair, as being thick, dense, and intertwined.

جُثَالَةٌnoun

1.
fallen leavesclassical
What has fallen and scattered from tree leaves.

جُثُولَةٌnoun

1.
abundance, densityclassical
The state of being abundant, dense, thick, and intertwined; a masdar for جَثَلَ.

جَثَالَةٌnoun

1.
large black antclassical
A large, black ant.

جَثْلَةٌnoun

1.
large black antclassical
A large, black ant.
2.
thickly leaved treeclassical
A tree that is large and has abundant leaves.

جَثْلَةٌnoun

1.
motherclassical
A mother.

جَثْلَةٌnoun

1.
wifeclassical
A wife.

الجَثْلَةُnoun

1.
thickly leaved treeclassical
A tree that is large and has abundant leaves.

اجْثَأَلَّverb

1.
to fluff up feathersclassical
A bird fluffing up its feathers due to cold.
2.
to grow and intertwineclassical
Describing plants that grow tall and intertwine.
3.
to become agitatedclassical
To become angry and prepare for fighting or conflict.

المِجْثَأَلُّadjective

1.
broad and erectclassical
Describing something as broad and standing erect.

الجِثَالُnoun

1.
gravesclassical
Graves.

لِحْيَةٌ جَثْلَةٌadjective

1.
thick beardboth
A beard that is thick and abundant.

الجَثْلَةُadjective

1.
moderate in thickness and lengthclassical
Describing the forelock of a horse as being moderate in thickness and length, which is desirable.

جُثَيْلٌname

1.
Juthaylclassical
A proper name, specifically an ancestor of Imam Malik.

جَثَلَverb

1.
to be abundant, denseclassical
To be abundant, dense, thick, and intertwined, used for plants and hair.

جَثَلَverb

1.
to be thick and blackclassical
Specifically referring to hair that is thick, black, and dense.

جَثَلَverb

1.
to be thick and shortclassical
Describing something as thick and short.

جَثَلَverb

1.
to be thick, black, and denseclassical
Describing something, especially hair, as being thick, black, and dense.

جَثَلَverb

1.
to be thick, dense, and intertwinedclassical
Describing something, like plants or hair, as being thick, dense, and intertwined.

جَثَلَverb

1.
to be thick and shortclassical
Describing something as being thick and short.

جَثَلَverb

1.
to be thick, black, and denseclassical
Describing something, especially hair, as being thick, black, and dense.

جَثَلَverb

1.
to be thick, dense, and intertwinedclassical
Describing something, like plants or hair, as being thick, dense, and intertwined.

جَثَلَتْهُ الرِّيحُverb

1.
the wind made it denseclassical
The wind made something dense or thick, similar to جَفَلَتْهُ.

الجَثَالُnoun

1.
gravesclassical
Graves.

الجُثَالَةُnoun

1.
fallen leavesclassical
What has fallen and scattered from tree leaves.

الجَثْلُnoun

1.
motherclassical
A mother.
2.
wifeclassical
A wife.

الجَثْلَةُnoun

1.
motherclassical
A mother.
2.
wifeclassical
A wife.

لِحْيَةٌ جَثْلَةٌadjective

1.
thick beardboth
A beard that is thick and abundant.

الجَثْلَةُadjective

1.
moderate in thickness and lengthclassical
Describing the forelock of a horse as being moderate in thickness and length, which is desirable.

جُثَيْلٌname

1.
Juthaylclassical
A proper name, specifically an ancestor of Imam Malik.

Parallel reading

الجثل والجثيل، كأمير، من الشجر والشعر: الكثير الملتف اللين

Al-jathal and al-jathil, like amir, from trees and hair: abundant, intertwined, and soft.

واقتصر أبو زيد على الجثل، وقال: هو الكثير من الشعر.

Abu Zayd limited it to al-jathal, and said: it is abundant hair.

أو ما غلظ وقصر منه، أو كثف واسود.

Or what is thick and short of it, or dense and black.

قال الليث: الجثل من الشعر: أشده سوادا وأغلظه.

Al-Layth said: Al-jathal of hair is its blackest and thickest.

أو الضخم الكثيف الملتف من كل شيء جثل وجثيل

Or the large, dense, intertwined of everything is jathal and jathil.

وقد جثل، كسمع وكرم

And it became jathala, like sami'a and karuma.

الأخيرة عن الليث جثالة وجثولة هما مصدرا جثل بالضم

The latter from Al-Layth: jathalah and jathulah are the masdars of jathala with damma.

والجثلة: النملة العظيمة السوداء جثل بالفتح.

And al-jathlah: the large black ant, jathala with fatha.

وقال ابن دريد: الجثل: ضرب من النمل كبار سود، ويقال: الجفل، أيضا

And Ibn Duraid said: Al-jathl: a type of large black ant, and it is also called al-jafl.

وترى الذميم على مراسنهم ... غب الهياج كمازن الجثل

And you see the blameworthy on their traces... after the turmoil, like the jathl ants.

والجثلة من الشجر: الكثيرة الورق الضخمة

And al-jathlah from trees: the large one with abundant leaves.

يقال: نبات جثل، وشجرة جثلة الأفنان، وهو مجاز.

It is said: abundant plant, and a tree with abundant branches, and this is metaphorical.

واجثأل الطائر: نفش ريشه من البرد

And the bird ajthala: it fluffed its feathers from the cold.

جاء الشتاء واجثأل القبر وطلعت شمس عليها مغفر

Winter came, and the grave became dense, and the sun rose with a helmet on it.

من المجاز: اجثأل النبت: إذا طال والتف نقله الزمخشري.

From metaphor: al-nabt ajthala: when it grew tall and intertwined, as narrated by Al-Zamakhshari.

أو اهتز وأمكن أن يقبض عليه عن أبي زيد.

Or it swayed and could be grasped, from Abu Zayd.

اجثأل الريش نفسه: انتفش لازم متعد.

Al-reesh ajthala itself: it fluffed up, intransitive and transitive.

اجثأل فلان: إذا غضب وتهيأ للقتال والشر

So-and-so ajthala: when he became angry and prepared for fighting and evil.

ولا أجذئر ولا أجثئل ... لآد أدالي ولا أحدؤه

And I do not become agitated nor do I prepare for battle... I do not falter nor do I become weak.

والمجثئل: العريض والمنتصب قائما.

And al-mijth'al: the broad and the one standing erect.

جثلته الريح مثل جفلته سواء.

The wind jathalatuhu (made it dense) like it jafalatuhu (made it flee).

الجثال كغراب: القبر.

Al-jithal, like ghurab: the grave.

الجثالة بهاء: ما تناثر من ورق الشجر.

Al-jathalah biha': what has scattered from tree leaves.

الجثل، محركة: الأم، قال غيره: الزوجة، يقال: ثكلته الجثل وفسر بهما.

Al-jathl, with harakat: the mother, others said: the wife, it is said: 'His mother/wife has bereaved him', and it was interpreted with both.

لحية جثلة: كثة.

A jathlah beard: thick.

ويستحب في نواصي الخيل الجثلة، وهي المعتدلة في الكثرة والطول.

And it is recommended for the forelocks of horses to be jathlah, which is moderate in abundance and length.

وجثيل، كزبير: جد للإمام مالك، ويقال بالخاء المعجمة، كما سيأتي.

And Juthayl, like Zubayr: an ancestor of Imam Malik, and it is said with the letter Kha' (خ), as will be mentioned later.