جر

From the root ج ر ر‎ (j-r-r).

جَرَّ • (jarra) I, non-past يَجُرُّ‎‎ (yajurru)

1. to pull, to draw, to drag, to attract
2. to extend, to stretch
3. to abstract, to rob
4. to bring about, to cause
5. to drive slowly (livestock)
6. to pasture freely (livestock)
7. (horse, army, etc.) to furrow (the ground)
8. to commit a crime or offense
9. (pregnant woman, etc.) to bear beyond the usual time
10. to wean the foal of a camel (by splitting its tongue)
11. to put a word in the oblique or genitive case
12. to pronounce the kasra at the end of a word
13. to use the rein

• (grammar): خَفَضَ‎ (ḵafaḍa)

• Lane, Edward William (1863), “جر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “جر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “جر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

جَرّ • (jarr) m (plural جِرَار‎ (jirār))

1. verbal noun of جَرَّ (jarra, “to pull”) (form I)
2. pulling, pull, drawing, draft
3. dragging, drag, towage, hauling
4. stretching, lengthening, extending
5. bringing on, causing
6. (grammar) oblique case, genitive case
7. (grammar) pronunciation of the final consonant with -i
8. foot of a mountain
9. valley
10. cave

• (grammar): خَفْض‎ (ḵafḍ)

• Lane, Edward William (1863), “جر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “جر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “جر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

جُرْ • (jur) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of جَارَ‎ (jāra)

جر • (jarr)

1. plant
2. vegetable
3. herb

Probably from Middle Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoh₁ro- (“gap, empty space”). Alternatively from Turkic (compare Turkish yar).

جر • (jar)

1. cleft, fissure
2. canyon, gorge