جعفر
Arabic
Etymology
An augmentation of the root ج ع ف (j-ʿ-f) meaning a to pull or uproot, to wash away, to overturn or rip from foundations, a torrent that carries things away; possibly blended with the root ج ف ر (j-f-r) denoting to be swollen, to be filled up, hence a full or flooded riverbed. The first root is potentially a dialect variant of the root ج ف ء (j-f-ʾ) also denoting the washing away of objects from a valley full of water, to sweep off or carry away, to pull or uproot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒaʕ.far/
Noun
جَعْفَر • (jaʿfar) m (plural جَعَافِر (jaʿāfir))
- full river
- brook, creek, rivulet
- 1960, جَوَّاد عَلِي (jawwād ʿalī), المفصل في تاريخ العرب قبل الإسلام [The Detailed History of the Arabs before Islam], 1, 4:
- ليس في جزيرة العرب انهار كبيرة بالمعنى المعروف من لفظة نهر مثل نهر دجلة أو الفرات أو النيل، بل فيها أنهار مغيرة أو جعافر.
- In the Arabian Peninsula there aren’t really rivers of river names like the river “Tigris” or the “Euphrat” or the “Nile”, but it has diverse rivers or rivulets.
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- flooded wadi, torrent
Declension
Declension of noun جَعْفَر (jaʿfar)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | جَعْفَر jaʿfar |
الْجَعْفَر al-jaʿfar |
جَعْفَر jaʿfar |
| Nominative | جَعْفَرٌ jaʿfarun |
الْجَعْفَرُ al-jaʿfaru |
جَعْفَرُ jaʿfaru |
| Accusative | جَعْفَرًا jaʿfaran |
الْجَعْفَرَ al-jaʿfara |
جَعْفَرَ jaʿfara |
| Genitive | جَعْفَرٍ jaʿfarin |
الْجَعْفَرِ al-jaʿfari |
جَعْفَرِ jaʿfari |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | جَعْفَرَيْن jaʿfarayn |
الْجَعْفَرَيْن al-jaʿfarayn |
جَعْفَرَيْ jaʿfaray |
| Nominative | جَعْفَرَانِ jaʿfarāni |
الْجَعْفَرَانِ al-jaʿfarāni |
جَعْفَرَا jaʿfarā |
| Accusative | جَعْفَرَيْنِ jaʿfarayni |
الْجَعْفَرَيْنِ al-jaʿfarayni |
جَعْفَرَيْ jaʿfaray |
| Genitive | جَعْفَرَيْنِ jaʿfarayni |
الْجَعْفَرَيْنِ al-jaʿfarayni |
جَعْفَرَيْ jaʿfaray |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | جَعَافِر jaʿāfir |
الْجَعَافِر al-jaʿāfir |
جَعَافِر jaʿāfir |
| Nominative | جَعَافِرُ jaʿāfiru |
الْجَعَافِرُ al-jaʿāfiru |
جَعَافِرُ jaʿāfiru |
| Accusative | جَعَافِرَ jaʿāfira |
الْجَعَافِرَ al-jaʿāfira |
جَعَافِرَ jaʿāfira |
| Genitive | جَعَافِرَ jaʿāfira |
الْجَعَافِرِ al-jaʿāfiri |
جَعَافِرِ jaʿāfiri |
Derived terms
- جَعْفَرِيّ (jaʿfariyy)
Declension
Declension of noun جَعْفَر (jaʿfar)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | جَعْفَر jaʿfar |
— |
| Nominative | — | جَعْفَرٌ jaʿfarun |
— |
| Accusative | — | جَعْفَرًا jaʿfaran |
— |
| Genitive | — | جَعْفَرٍ jaʿfarin |
— |
References
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “جعفر”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 198
- Freytag, Georg (1830), “جعفر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 284
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “جعفر”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 300
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “جعفر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 430
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “جعفر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 186
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /d͡ʒæʔˈfær/, [d͡ʒæːˈfær], [d͡ʒæʔˈfær]
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