جذع
Arabic
Etymology
Cognate with Classical Syriac ܓܘܙܥܐ (guzʿā, “trunk”), Hebrew גֶּזַע (gézaʿ, “trunk, stock, race”).
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Noun
جِذْع • (jiḏʿ) m
- a tree trunk
- 7th century CE, The Quran:
- هُزّي إِلَيكِ بِجِذعِ ٱلنَّخلَةِ تُساقِط عَلَيكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا
- shake towards thee the palm's trunk: it will drop ripe and fresh dates upon thee
- هُزّي إِلَيكِ بِجِذعِ ٱلنَّخلَةِ تُساقِط عَلَيكِ رُطَبًا جَنِيًّا
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- body, stock
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “جذع”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “جذع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
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