جوف

See also: خوف and خ و ف

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ج و ف (j-w-f).

Noun

جَوْف (jawf) m (plural أَجْوَاف (ʾajwāf))

  1. hollow, cavity, depression
  2. interior, inner
  3. belly, abdomen
  4. (Northwest Africa, al-Andalus) north
    Synonym: شَمَال (šamāl)
  5. verbal noun of جَافَ (jāfa, to be hollow; to reach the interior of) (form I)

Declension

Derived terms

  • جَوْفِيّ (jawfiyy, inner; northern)
  • جَوْفَانِيّ (jawfāniyy, gourmand, glutton)

Verb

جَوَّفَ (jawwafa) II, non-past يُجَوِّفُ‎ (yujawwifu)

  1. to hollow out

Conjugation

Verb

جَوِفَ (jawifa) I, non-past يَجْوَفُ‎ (yajwafu)

  1. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought): to be hollow, to be concave

Conjugation

Noun

جَوَف (jawaf) m

  1. verbal noun of جَوِفَ (jawifa) (form I)
    1. hollowness
    2. amplitude

Declension

Adjective

جُوف (jūf) m pl

  1. masculine plural of أَجْوَف (ʾajwaf)
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