جرو

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of 'young' or 'small' offspring, particularly of animals like dogs and wild beasts. It extends metaphorically to refer to small, immature fruits or vegetables.

Derived headwords

الجَرْوُnoun

1.
young of a dogboth
The young offspring of a dog.
2.
young of wild beastsboth
The young offspring of wild animals, such as lions or wolves.
3.
small thingclassical
Metaphorically, anything small or young, even inanimate objects like small gourds or watermelons.

الجَرْوَةُnoun

1.
young of a dogboth
The young offspring of a dog, often used interchangeably with الجَرْوُ.
2.
young of wild beastsboth
The young offspring of wild animals.

أَجْرُوnoun

1.
small cucumbersclassical
Refers to small, immature cucumbers, specifically those mentioned in a hadith.

Parallel reading

الجرو، مثلثة: صغير كل شيء حتى من الحنظل والبطيخ ونحوه كالقثاء والرمان والخيار والباذنجان

The jarw, with three possible pronunciations: the young of everything, even of the colocynth and watermelon, and the like, such as cucumbers, pomegranates, gourds, and eggplants.

وقيل: هو ما استدار من ثمار الأشجار كالحنظل ونحوه

And it is said: it is that which is rounded from the fruits of trees, like the colocynth and the like.

وأما في الصغير من كل شيء فالمسموع {الجرو} والجروة بكسرهما

But for the small of everything, what is heard is 'al-jarw' and 'al-jarwah', with a kasra on both.

ثم إن سياقه يقتضي أنه على الحقيقة والصحيح أنه مجاز كما نبه عليه الزمخشري

Then its context implies it is literal, but the correct view is that it is metaphorical, as al-Zamakhshari pointed out.

أُهْدِيَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قِبَاعٌ مِنْ رُطَبٍ وَأَجْرُو زَغَبٍ

A basket of dates was gifted to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, and 'ajru' of downy young ones (referring to small cucumbers).

أراد بها صغار القثاء الزغب

He intended by it the small, downy young cucumbers.

شبهت بأ

They were likened to...