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Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sounds and actions associated with swallowing, falling, and destruction. It encompasses verbs for drinking noisily, being overthrown, eating, and collapsing, as well as nouns for specific sounds, types of people, and materials.

Derived headwords

جَرْجَمَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to drink noisilyboth

    To drink a liquid, often with a gurgling sound.

  2. 2.
    to overthrowclassical

    To cause someone to fall down forcefully, to strike them down.

  3. 3.
    to demolishclassical

    To tear down or dismantle a building.

  4. 4.
    to eatclassical

    To consume food, used as a substitute for 'jarjaba'.

جَرْجَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    drinkingboth

    The act of drinking, particularly with a sound.

  2. 2.
    overthrowclassical

    The act of striking someone down.

  3. 3.
    demolitionclassical

    The act of demolishing a building.

  4. 4.
    eatingclassical

    The act of eating.

تَجَرْجَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to fall and collapseboth

    To fall down, sprawl, or descend rapidly, such as into a well.

  2. 2.
    to collapseboth

    Used for buildings or structures that fall down or crumble.

  3. 3.
    to collapseboth

    Specifically used for a wall that falls down.

  4. 4.
    to eat and drink excessivelyclassical

    To consume food and drink in large quantities.

  5. 5.
    to crouch and become stillclassical

    Used for wild animals or others settling down in their dens, often due to fear.

الجَرْجُومnoun
  1. 1.
    safflowerclassical

    A plant, specifically safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), known for its dye.

  2. 2.
    overthrown personclassical

    A person who has been struck down or overthrown.

الجَرَاجِمnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of milkclassical

    The noise made by milk sloshing in a milk-skin container during milking.

الجَرَاجِمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    non-Arabsclassical

    A group of non-Arabs from the region of Al-Jazira (Mesopotamia).

  2. 2.
    robbersclassical

    People who plunder and steal from others, described as living in mountains.

  3. 3.
    Syriac peasantsclassical

    Peasants or farmers from the region of Syria.

الجَرْجُمَانnoun
  1. 1.
    gluttonclassical

    A person who eats excessively; a glutton.

المُجَرْجَمnoun
  1. 1.
    overthrownclassical

    One who has been struck down or overthrown.

Parallel reading

أي: الشراب جرجمة: (شربه)
Meaning: drinking is 'jarjama': to drink it.
وجرجم الرجل: (صرعه)
And the man 'jarjama': to strike him down.
وجرجم البيت: (هدمه أو قوضه)
And the house 'jarjama': to demolish or dismantle it.
وجرجم الطعام: (أكله)، على البدل من جرجب.
And 'jarjama' food: to eat it, as a substitute for 'jarjaba'.
وتجرجم هو: (سقط وتجدل وانحدر في البئر.
And he 'tajargama': fell, sprawled, and descended into the well.
وتجرجم البيت: (تقوض.
And the house 'tajargama': collapsed.
وتجرجم الحائط (انهدم)
And the wall 'tajargama': collapsed.
وتجرجم (في الأكل والشرب) : إذا (أكثر)
And he 'tajargama' (in eating and drinking): if he ate or drank excessively.
وتجرجم (الوحشي وغيره في وجاره) : إذا (تقبض وسكن)، وقد جرجمه الخوف.
And the wild animal and others 'tajargama' (in their dens): if they settled down and became still; fear 'jarjama' him (made him still).
والجراجم: صوت اللبن في الوطب عند الاحتلاب
And 'al-jarajim': the sound of milk in the milk-skin during milking.
قال طالوت لداود - عليه السلام - أنت رجل جريء وفي جبالنا هذه جراجمة يختربون الناس "، أي: لصوص يستلبون الناس وينهبونهم
Talut said to David - peace be upon him: 'You are a brave man, and in these mountains of ours are 'jarajimah' who plunder people,' meaning: thieves who strip people and rob them.
لو أن جمع الروم والجراجما ...
If the armies of Rome and the 'Jarajimah'...
كأنه من قائظ مجرجم ...
As if he were from the heat of a fallen one...