جفي

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of neglect, abandonment, and estrangement. It can also extend to physical actions like uprooting or throwing down, and in a specific context, refers to an empty vessel.

Derived headwords

جَفِيْتُهُverb

1.
to neglect himboth
To abandon or disregard someone.

أَجْفِيهِverb

1.
I neglect himboth
The first-person singular present tense of neglecting someone.

جَفَأْتُهُverb

1.
to throw him downclassical
To cause someone to fall or be thrown down; a variant pronunciation with hamza.

الجِفَايَةnoun

1.
empty shipclassical
A ship that is empty, as opposed to being laden.

المَجْفِيّadjective

1.
neglectedboth
One who is abandoned, neglected, or estranged.

ما أنا بالجافي ولا المجفي — I am neither the one who neglects nor the one who is neglected.

جَفِيَverb

1.
to be neglectedboth
To be abandoned, estranged, or treated with harshness.

جَفَيْتُ البَقْلَverb

1.
I uprooted the greensclassical
To pull up or uproot plants or greens.

اجْتَفَيْتُهُverb

1.
I uprooted itclassical
To pull up or uproot something, particularly plants.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري.

Al-Jawhari considered it neglect.

وقال الصاغاني: أي (صرعته) ، لغة في جفأته بالهمز وقد تقدم.

And Al-Saghani said: meaning 'I threw him down', a variant pronunciation with hamza for 'jafa'tuhu', which has been previously mentioned.

وقال أبو عمرو: ( {الجفاية، بالضم: السفينة الفارغة)

And Abu Amr said: 'Al-Jafaya, with damma, means an empty ship'.

فإذا كانت مشحونة فهي غامدة وآمدة وخن.

And if it was laden, it is called 'ghamida', 'amida', and 'khan'.

والمجفي: المجفو

And 'al-majfi' means 'al-majfu' (the neglected one).

وقد جاء في شعر أبي النجم: ما أنا {بالجافي ولا} المجفي

And it has come in the poetry of Abu Al-Najm: 'I am neither the one who neglects nor the one who is neglected'.

وأنكر الجوهري {جفيت.

And Al-Jawhari rejected the usage of 'jufiya'.

جفيت البقل واجتفيته: قلعته، لغة في جفأته؛ نقله ابن سيده.

I uprooted the greens and I uprooted it: meaning I pulled it up, a variant pronunciation for 'jafa'tuhu'; Ibn Sidah transmitted this.