ج د م

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

The root ج د م (j-d-m) primarily relates to shortness, stubbiness, and being stunted or inferior. It extends to describe short people or animals, inferior qualities in livestock, and specific agricultural products like dates or parts of grain stalks. It also appears in names and as a term for a type of bird.

Derived headwords

الجَدْمَةnoun

1.
shortnessboth
A state of being short, referring to people, women, and sheep.
2.
inferiorityclassical
Inferiority or baseness, referring to people.
3.
poor quality sheepclassical
A sheep of poor quality.
4.
date clusterclassical
A cluster of dates where several emerge from a single stem.
5.
unthreshed grainclassical
The part of a grain stalk that has not been threshed and remains in halves.

فما ليلى من الهيقات طولا ... ولا ليلى من الجدم القصار — And Layla is not among the tall ones in height... nor is Layla among the short ones.

الجَدَمnoun

1.
short peopleclassical
A plural referring to short people.
2.
inferior peopleclassical
The base or ignoble among people.
3.
birdclassical
A type of bird, similar to sparrows, with red beaks.
4.
type of dateclassical
A variety of date.

الجَدَمَةnoun

1.
unthreshed grainclassical
What is extracted from the grain stalk using wood when wheat is winnowed in the wind and its chaff is separated. It is what is sifted and separated, then pounded, yielding halves of the stalk; the first stage is 'al-qasrah', the second is 'al-jadmah'.

جَدَمَتِ النَّخْلَةverb

1.
to bear fruit and dryclassical
The palm tree bore fruit and then dried.

الجُدَامِيّnoun

1.
type of dateclassical
A type of date, described as being like the Shahriz date in Basra.

الجُدَامِيَةnoun

1.
well-laden palm treeclassical
A palm tree that is heavily laden with fruit.

بذي حبك مثل القني تزينه ... جدامية من نخل خيبر دلح — With abundant fruit like the Qani, adorning it... a well-laden palm from the date palms of Khaybar, heavy with fruit.

أَجْدَمَ الفَرَسverb

1.
to urge onclassical
To urge a horse on, using the command 'ajdam'. The origin is 'hajdam', with the 'h' substituted.

الجُدَامnoun

1.
palm frond baseclassical
The base of palm fronds.

نَخْلَةٌ جُدَامِيَةadjective

1.
many-frondedclassical
A palm tree with many fronds.

أَجْدَمَ النَّخْلverb

1.
to bear immature datesclassical
The palm trees bore immature, undeveloped dates (shays).

نَخْلٌ جُدَامِيadjective

1.
ladenclassical
Palm trees that are laden (with fruit or fronds).

جُدَامَةname

1.
female companion nameclassical
A name of a female companion (Sahabiyyah), daughter of Al-Harith, sister of Halimah, possibly the same as Al-Shayma'.

جُدَامَةname

1.
female companion nameclassical
A name of a female companion (Sahabiyyah), daughter of Wahb Al-Asadiyyah, who migrated with her people and narrated from Aisha.

الجَدْمَةnoun

1.
unthreshed grainclassical
What is extracted from the grain stalk using wood when wheat is winnowed in the wind and its chaff is separated. It is what is sifted and separated, then pounded, yielding halves of the stalk; the first stage is 'al-qasrah', the second is 'al-jadmah'.

Parallel reading

فما ليلى من الهيقات طولا ... ولا ليلى من الجدم القصار

And Layla is not among the tall ones in height... nor is Layla among the short ones.

والاسم الجدم على لفظ الجمع

And the noun 'al-jadam' is in the form of the plural.

إذا الخريع العنقفير الجدمه

When the long-necked, short one moves.

يؤرها فحل شديد الضمضمه

A strong, embracing stallion mounts her.

والجدم: الرذال من الناس

And 'al-jadam': the base or ignoble among people.

والجدمة: الشاة الرديئة

And 'al-jadmah': a sheep of poor quality.

والجدمة: بلحات يخرجن في قمع واحد

And 'al-jadmah': dates that emerge from a single stem.

والجدمة ما لم يندق من السنبل وبقي أنصافا

And 'al-jadmah' is what has not been threshed from the grain stalk and remains in halves.

كجبل: طير كالعصافير حمر المناقير

Like 'jabal': a bird like sparrows with red beaks.

وجدامة كثمامة بنت وهب الأسدية

And Judamah bint Thumamah Al-Asadiyyah.

لقد هممت أن أنهى عن الغيلة

I almost forbade 'al-ghilah' (nursing a child while pregnant).

والمعروف إهمالها، قال: وقد يقال فيها: جدامة، بالتشديد

And the known pronunciation is with a silent 'dhal'; it is said that 'Judamah' can be said with a shaddah.

جدامة بنت الحارث أخت حليمة، قيل: هي الشيماء

Judamah bint Al-Harith, sister of Halimah, it is said she is Al-Shayma'.

وهي أي: الجدامة: ما يستخرج من السنبل بالخشب إذا ذري البر في الريح وعزل منه تبنه كالجدمة، محركة

And 'al-judamah': what is extracted from the grain stalk using wood when wheat is winnowed in the wind and its chaff is separated, like 'al-jadmah' (with harakah).

وجدمت النخلة: إذا أثمرت ويبست

And the palm tree 'jadamah': if it bore fruit and then dried.

والجدامي، بالضم، كغرابي: تمر

And 'al-judami', with dammah, like 'ghurabi': dates.

بذي حبك مثل القني تزينه ... جدامية من نخل خيبر دلح

With abundant fruit like the Qani, adorning it... a well-laden palm from the date palms of Khaybar, heavy with fruit.

أجدم الفرس: قال لها: اجدم زجر لها لتمضي

The horse 'ajdam': he said to her: 'ajdam', a call for her to move forward.

الأسدية، هاجرت مع قومها روت عنها عائشة

Al-Asadiyyah, she migrated with her people and narrated from Aisha.

وجدامة بنت الحارث أخت حليمة، قيل: هي الشيماء: صحابيات رضي الله عنهن

And Judamah bint Al-Harith, sister of Halimah, it is said she is Al-Shayma': may God be pleased with them (the female companions).

الجُدَام، كغراب: أصل السعف

Al-judam, like ghurab: the base of palm fronds.

ونخلة جدامية: كثيرة السعف

And a Judamiyyah palm tree: one with many fronds.

وأجدم النخل: حمل شيصا

And the palm trees 'ajdamu': they bore immature dates (shays).