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جعو

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of gathering or collecting, particularly in the context of animal droppings or similar materials. It also extends to a type of fermented beverage and associated behaviors.

Derived headwords

الجَعْوnoun
  1. 1.
    gathered droppingsclassical

    What is gathered by hand from animal dung and the like, formed into a heap.

  2. 2.
    mudclassical

    Mud or clay.

  3. 3.
    anusclassical

    The anus.

جعاverb
  1. 1.
    to gather dungclassical

    To gather dung or similar material by hand into a heap.

جعا جعوا — they gathered dung.
الجِعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    barley beerclassical

    A beverage made from barley, often fermented.

  2. 2.
    fermented drinkclassical

    A drink made from barley and wheat that intoxicates, named because it gathers people to drink it.

الجاعيةadjective
  1. 1.
    foolishclassical

    A foolish or stupid woman, so named because she plays with dung.

الجَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    barley beer (variant)classical

    A variant pronunciation or reading of the word for barley beer.

جعوتverb
  1. 1.
    to rejectclassical

    To reject or cast aside.

جعوت جعة — I rejected it (the drink).
جعوانname
  1. 1.
    nameclassical

    A proper name.

جعوverb
  1. 1.
    to throw dungclassical

    To throw dung or similar material at someone.

وجع فلان فلاناً — So-and-so threw dung at so-and-so.

Parallel reading

هو (ما جمعته بيدك من بعر ونحوه تجعله كثبة)
It is what you gather by hand from dung and the like, making it into a heap.
تقول منه: {جعا} جعوا.
You say from it: 'He gathered', 'they gathered'.
والجعة، كهبة: نبيذ الشعير
And al-ji'ah, like hiba: barley beer.
شراب يتخذ من الشعير والحنطة حتى يسكر سميت لكونها تجمع الناس على شربها
A drink made from barley and wheat until it intoxicates, named because it gathers people to drink it.
ومنه الحديث: نهى عن الجعة.
And from this is the hadith: He prohibited al-ji'ah.
والجاعية الحمقاء لكونها تلعب بالجعو.
And the foolish al-ja'iyah because she plays with dung.
الجعو: الطين، عن أبي عمرو.
Al-j'aw: mud, according to Abu Amr.
وأيضاً: الاست.
And also: the anus.
الجعة، بالفتح: لغة في الكسر.
Al-ja'ah, with fatha: a variant pronunciation for the kasra version.
وجعوت جعة: نبذتها.
And I rejected a j'ah: I cast it aside.
وجعوان: اسم.
Wa-ja'wan: a name.
وجع فلان فلاناً: رماه بالجعو.
And so-and-so threw dung at so-and-so: he threw dung at him.