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 • (jiḏʕ) m (plural جُذُوع‎ (juḏūʕ) or أَجْذَاع‎ (ʔajḏāʕ))

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

Declension

Noun

جَذَع • (jaḏaʕ) m (plural جِذَاع‎ (jiḏāʕ) or جُذْعَان‎ (juḏʕān))

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

Declension

References

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