جليل

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ج ل ل (j-l-l); compare جَلَّ (jalla, to be great, to be exalted).

Adjective

جَلِيل (jalīl) (feminine جَلِيلَة (jalīla), masculine plural أَجِلَّاء (ʾajillāʾ) or أَجِلَّة (ʾajilla), feminine plural جَلِيلَات (jalīlāt) or جَلَائِل (jalāʾil), elative أَجَلّ (ʾajall))

  1. great, important
  2. exalted
  3. revered, honorable, venerable
  4. glorious, magnificent
  5. strong, stout, rough
  6. old, experienced

Declension

References

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