جذع

Arabic

Etymology

Cognate with Classical Syriac ܓܘܙܥܐ (guzʿā, trunk), Hebrew גֶּזַע (gézaʿ, trunk, stock, race).

Pronunciation

  • Noun 1:
    (file)
    IPA(key): /d͡ʒiðʕ/
  • Noun 2: IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.ðaʕ/

Noun

جِذْع (jiḏʿ) m (plural جُذُوع (juḏūʿ) or أَجْذَاع (ʾajḏāʿ))

  1. a tree trunk, body, stock, torso
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:25:
      وَهُزِّي إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ تُسَاقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا
      wahuzzī ʾilayki bijiḏʿi n-naḵlati tusāqiṭ ʿalayki ruṭaban janiyyan
      Shake towards thee the palm’s trunk: it will drop ripe and fresh dates upon thee.

Declension

Noun

جَذَع (jaḏaʿ) m (plural جِذَاع (jiḏāʿ) or جُذْعَان (juḏʿān))

  1.  youth, animal old enough to use (of livestock as well as humans)

Declension

References

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