ج ر ض م

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes beings, especially animals, that are large, corpulent, and voracious eaters. It can also refer to an elderly person who is frail and weak.

Derived headwords

الجِرْضِمُnoun

1.
Voracious eaterboth
A voracious eater, regardless of whether they are physically large or slender.
2.
Fat sheepclassical
A large, fat sheep.

الجِرْضِمُnoun

1.
Old, frail manclassical
An old man who is weak and frail due to old age.

الجِرْضِمُnoun

1.
Voracious eaterclassical
A voracious eater.

الجِرْضِمُnoun

1.
Large camelclassical
A large, stout camel.

ناقةٌ جِرْضَمٌadjective

1.
Large female camelclassical
A large, stout female camel.

الجَرَاضِمُnoun

1.
Large-bellied, eating sheepclassical
A sheep that is wide-bellied and a voracious eater.
2.
Heavy, sluggishclassical
Describing someone or something as heavy and sluggish.

الجَرَافِضُnoun

1.
Heavy, sluggishclassical
Describing someone or something as heavy and sluggish.

Parallel reading

الجرضم، كقنفذ وعلابط: الأكول

Al-jirdham (like qunfudh and 'alābiṭ): the voracious eater.

ذا جسم كان أو نحيفا

Whether possessing a large body or being slender.

والجرضم، كجعفر: الشيخ الساقط هزالا وضعفا

And al-jirdham (like Ja'far): the old man who has fallen into weakness and frailty.

والجرضم، كقرشب: الأكول

And al-jirdham (like qurshab): the voracious eater.

والجرضم، كقرشب: الكبيرة السمينة من الغنم

And al-jirdham (like qurshab): the large, fat one from the sheep.

الجراضم كعلابط: الواسع البطن الأكول من الغنم

Al-jarāḍim (like 'alābiṭ): the wide-bellied, voracious eater from the sheep.

وقال ابن دريد: جراضم وجرافض، وهو: الثقيل الوخم

And Ibn Durayd said: jarāḍim and jarāfiḍ, and it means: the heavy, sluggish one.

والجرضم من الإبل، كقرشب: الضخمة

And al-jirdham from the camels, like qurshab: the huge one.

وناقة جرضم، كزبرج: ضخمة

And a nāqah jirdham (like zubraj): huge.