Arabic word sheet
جَبَلٌ
Mountain
- Type
- noun
- Root
- ج ب ل
Meaning and usage
Mountain
A great rise of earth and rock, high and long; what is small and stands alone goes by another name.
صَعِدَ رَامِي الْجَبَلَ فِي الصَّبَاحِ.
Rami climbed the mountain in the morning.
Chief, great figure (figurative)
By image, in the classical language, the man who towers over a group: its chief or its man of learning.
كَانَ جَدُّ سَلْمَى جَبَلَ قَرْيَتِهِ.
Salma's grandfather was the great figure of his village.
Plural
جِبَالٌ / أَجْبَالٌ
Word family
What the root means ج ب ل
The verbs of the root speak, on one side, of giving a being its inborn make-up and, on the other, of being massive and rough like a mountain. Inborn nature belongs to the first idea; the mountain, the massive man and the verb 'to hit rock' belong to the second.
to give an inborn nature, to shape
جَبَلَ
inborn nature, make-up
جِبِلَّةٌ
to reach the mountain or the rock
أَجْبَلَ
massive, heavily built
مَجْبُولٌ
thick, coarse
جَبِلٌ
Synonyms
great mountain
طَوْدٌ
A literary word, kept for a very high and imposing mountain.