جري

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to young animals, particularly offspring, and by extension, to new growth or nascent stages. It also extends to concepts of patience, endurance, and settling oneself, often metaphorically linked to the idea of a young animal being tethered or settled. The root also appears in place names and personal names.

Derived headwords

جَرْوnoun

1.
young of animalsboth
The young offspring of various animals, including dogs, lions, and other predators.
2.
seed vesselclassical
A container for seeds, specifically referring to the seeds of the 'akabir' or 'ka'abir' plant found on the tips of stalks.
3.
new growthclassical
The fruit or new growth of a plant when it first emerges and is tender.
4.
swellingclassical
A swelling or tumor that appears on a camel's hump (sinam) or shoulder (gharib), or in the throat.

فصغاره الجراء، واحدها جرو — and its young are the jara', the singular of which is jarw.

جِرَاءnoun

1.
young of animals (plural)both
The plural of 'jarw', referring to the young offspring of animals.
2.
large gatheringclassical
A large collection or gathering of people or things.

والكلاب لِرُطُوبَتِهَا، والقُبَّاع: الطَّبَقُ. (و) الجَمْعُ الكَثِيرُ: (جِرَاءٌ — and dogs [are so called] due to their moisture, and al-qubba': the dish. (And) a large gathering: jara'.

أَجْرُوnoun

1.
young of animals (plural)classical
A plural form of 'jarw', referring to the young offspring of animals, with the original form being 'ajru' on the pattern 'af'alu'.

أَجْرِيَةnoun

1.
young of animals (plural)classical
A plural form of 'jarw', referring to the young offspring of animals. Al-Jauhari considered it a plural of 'jara''.

وأجرية هذه عن اللحياني وهي نادرة — and ajriyah, this is from Al-Lihyani and it is rare.

أَجْرَاءnoun

1.
young of animals (plural)classical
A plural form of 'jarw', referring to the young offspring of animals.

الجَرْوِيّname

1.
nisba nameboth
A nisba (patronymic or place-based surname) derived from the grandfather 'Jadw' of 'Ubayd Allah ibn Muhammad Al-Mawsili, who was a grammarian.

جد عبيد الله بن محمد الموصلي النحوي الجروي نسب إلى جده — the grandfather of Ubayd Allah ibn Muhammad Al-Mawsili the grammarian, Al-Jarwi, attributed to his grandfather.

مَجْرِيَةadjective

1.
having youngboth
A female dog (kalbah) or a hyena (sab'ah) that has young offspring.

وكلبة مجر ومجرية: ذات جرو — and a female dog, majr and majriyah: having young.

مَجْرِيadjective

1.
having youngboth
A female dog (kalbah) that has young offspring.

وكلبة مجر ومجرية: ذات جرو — and a female dog, majr and majriyah: having young.

جَرْوَةnoun

1.
short-legged camelclassical
A female camel (naqah) that is short-legged, used metaphorically.
2.
horse nameboth
The name of a horse, two examples are given: one belonging to Shaddad Abu 'Antarah, and another to Qayn ibn 'Amir Al-Numayri.
3.
soulclassical
The soul or self, used in expressions related to settling or calming down.

والجروة، بالكسر: الناقة القصيرة (على التشبيه — And al-jarwah, with kasr: the short camel (by analogy).

بَنُو جَرْوَةname

1.
tribal nameboth
A clan or lineage among the Arabs, identified as being from the Banu Sulaym.

وبنو جروة: بطن من العرب — And Banu Jarwah: a clan from the Arabs.

جَرْوname

1.
personal nameboth
A given name, with examples including Jarw ibn 'Ayyash and Jarw ibn Zariq.

جرو بن عياش من من بني مالك بن الأوس — Jarw ibn 'Ayyash from the Banu Malik ibn Al-Aws.

جِرِّيname

1.
personal nameboth
A given name, with examples including Jiri ibn Kulayb, Jiri Al-Nahdi, and Habib ibn Jiri.

جري بن كليب عن علي — Jiri ibn Kulayb from Ali.

الجَرْوِيّname

1.
nisba nameboth
A nisba derived from Banu Jari ibn 'Awf, a branch of the Judham tribe.

والنسبة إليهم جروي محركا — and the nisba to them is Jarwi, with harakat.

أَجَارَتverb

1.
produced youngclassical
The tree produced young fruits or nascent growth, referring to the appearance of 'jara'' (young fruits).

أجرت الشجرة: صارت فيها الجراء — The tree produced young: it became to have young fruits.

جَرْوَتَهُnoun

1.
patienceclassical
Patience, endurance, or settling oneself for a task. It originates from a hunter setting his dog on prey.

ضرب عليه جروته أي نفسه — he imposed his jarwah upon it, meaning his self.

جَرْوَانname

1.
place nameboth
A locality or neighborhood in Isfahan.

الجَرَاوِيّname

1.
water source nameclassical
The name of a water source or well.

ألا لا أرى ماء الجراوي شافياً صداي — Indeed, I do not see the water of Al-Jarawi as quenching my thirst.

جَرْوَةname

1.
horse nameboth
The name of a horse belonging to Abu Qatadah, which participated in the Battle of Al-Sarh.

وجروة: فرس أبي قتادة شهد عليها يوم السرح — And Jarwah: the mare of Abu Qatadah, who fought on it on the day of Al-Sarh.

Parallel reading

والسباع والكلاب لرطوبتها، والقباع: الطبق. (و) الجمع الكثير: (} جراء.

And [the term applies to] predators and dogs due to their moisture, and al-qubba': the dish. (And) a large gathering: jara'.

قال الأصمعي: إذا أخرج الحنظل ثمره فصغاره {الجراء، واحدها جرو.

Al-Asma'i said: When the colocynth produces its fruit, its young are the jara', the singular of which is jarw.

والجرو، بالتثليث: (ولد الكلب والأسد) والسباع، (ج أجر) ؛) وأصله} أجرو على أفعل؛ (! وأجرية) ؛) هذه عن اللحياني وهي نادرة؛ ( {وأجراء} وجراء.

And al-jarw, with tri-vocalization: (the offspring of the dog and the lion) and predators, (plural ajr); and its origin is ajru on the pattern af'alu; (and ajriyah); this is from Al-Lihyani and it is rare; (and ajra' and jara'.

وجعل الجوهري {الأجرية جمع الجراء.

And Al-Jauhari made al-ajriyah a plural of al-jara'.

وفي المحكم: الجرو: بزر الكعابير التي (في رؤوس العيدان.

And in Al-Muhkam: Al-jarw: the seeds of the ka'abir which are on the tips of the stalks.

والجرو: الثمر أول ما نبت غضا؛ عن أبي حنيفة.

And al-jarw: the fruit when it first grows tender; from Abu Hanifa.

والجرو: الورم يكون (في السنام) والغارب على التشبيه.

And al-jarw: the swelling that occurs on the hump (sinam) or shoulder (gharib) by analogy.

وكذلك الورم في (الحلق.

And similarly, the swelling in the throat.

وجعل الجوهري {الأجرية جمع الجراء.

And Al-Jauhari made al-ajriyah a plural of al-jara'.

وكلبة {مجر} ومجرية: ذات جرو) ؛) وكذلك السبعة، أي معها {جراؤها؛ قال الهذلي:

And a female dog, majr and majriyah: having young; and likewise a hyena, meaning with its young; Al-Hudhali said:

وتجر مجرية لها لحمي إلى أجر حواشبأراد {بالمجرية ضبعا ذات أولاد صغار، شبهها بالكلبة} المجرية؛ وأنشد الجوهري للجميح الأسدي:

And a majriyah hyena drags my flesh towards a reward of companions. He intended by 'al-majriyah' a hyena with young cubs, likening her to the majriyah female dog; and Al-Jauhari recited for Al-Jumayh Al-Asadi:

والجروة، بالكسر: الناقة القصيرة (على التشبيه.

And al-jarwah, with kasr: the short camel (by analogy).

وبنو جروة: بطن) من العرب؛ كما في الصحاح. قال الهجري: وهم من بني سليم.

And Banu Jarwah: a clan from the Arabs; as in Al-Sihah. Al-Hajari said: They are from Banu Sulaym.

وجرو وجري كسمي وسمية: أسماء) ، منهم: جرو بن عياش من من بني مالك بن الأوس، قتل يوم اليمامة، يقال فيه بالضم والفتح؛ ومنهم: {جري بن كليب عن علي.

And Jarw and Jiri, like Sumay and Sumayyah: names. Among them: Jarw ibn 'Ayyash from Banu Malik ibn Al-Aws, killed on the Day of Yamama, it is said with dammah and fatha; and among them: Jiri ibn Kulayb from Ali.

قلت: بنو جري بن عوف بطن من جذام والنسبة إليهم} جروي محركا؛ منهم: عثمان بن سويد بن منذر بن دياب بن جري عن مسروح بن سندر، وعنه ابن بنته سماك بن نعيم.

I say: Banu Jari ibn 'Awf are a clan from Judham, and the nisba to them is Jarwi, with harakat; among them: Uthman ibn Suwayd ibn Mundhir ibn Diab ibn Jari from Masruh ibn Sindar, and from him his grandson Simak ibn Nu'aym.

أجرت الشجرة: صارت فيها الجراء؛ عن الأصمعي.

The tree produced young: it became to have young fruits; from Al-Asma'i.

والجروة: النفس. يقال: ضرب عليه {جروته أي نفسه.

And al-jarwah: the soul. It is said: he imposed his jarwah upon it, meaning his self.

قال ابن بري: قال أبو عمرو: يقال ضربت عن ذلك الأمر} جروتي، أي اطمأنت نفسي؛ وأنشد:

Ibn Birri said: Abu 'Amr said: It is said 'I imposed my jarwah from that matter', meaning my soul became calm; and he recited:

ضربت بأكناف اللوى عنك جروتي وعلقت أخرى لا تخون المواصلا

I settled my soul away from you in the hills of Al-Lawa, and attached another that does not betray connections.

ويقال: ضربت جروتي عنه وضربت جروتي عليه، أي صبرت عنه وصبرت عليه. ويقال: ألقى فلان جروته إذا صبر على الأمر.

And it is said: I imposed my soul away from it and imposed my soul upon it, meaning I endured it and endured it. And it is said: So-and-so cast off his jarwah when he endured the matter.

قال الزمخشري: وأصله أن قانصا ضرب كلبته على الصيد فقيل: ضرب جروته فصير مثلا.

Al-Zamakhshari said: And its origin is that a hunter set his dog upon the prey, so it was said: he struck its jarwah, and it became a proverb.

وجرو البطحاء: لقب ربيعة بن عبد العزى بن عبد شمس بن عبد مناف؛ نقله الجوهري.

And Jarw Al-Butha: a title of Rabi'ah ibn 'Abd Al-'Uzza ibn 'Abd Shams ibn 'Abd Manaf; Al-Jauhari transmitted this.

وجروان، بالضم: محلة بأصفهان.

And Jarwan, with dammah: a neighborhood in Isfahan.

والجراوي، بالضم: ماء؛ أنشد ابن الأعرابي:

And Al-Jarawi, with dammah: water; Ibn Al-A'rabi recited:

ألا لا أرى ماء {الجراوي شافيا صداي وإن روى غليل الركائب

Indeed, I do not see the water of Al-Jarawi as quenching my thirst, even if it quenches the thirst of the camels.

وجروة: فرس أبي قتادة شهد عليها يوم السرح.

And Jarwah: the mare of Abu Qatadah, who fought on it on the day of Al-Sarh.