جحفل

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Arabic

Etymology

Developed from the root ج ح ف (j-ḥ-f) meaning ”to draw a net closed”, “to capture”, “to carry off”, “to contract or pull close”, "to grapple”, “to tussle or contend physically”. Semantic development for a military unit influenced by Aramaic גוּפ (gawwēp, to join close, to set close together, to interlock shields), hence a group that fights side by side; compare Hebrew גּוּף (guf, corps, organization, institution).

Pronunciation

  • Noun: IPA(key): /d͡ʒaħ.fal/
  • Verb: IPA(key): /d͡ʒħfa.la/

Noun

جَحْفَل (jaḥfalm (plural جَحَافِل (jaḥāfil))

  1. army, legion

Declension

Verb

جَحْفَلَ (jaḥfala) Iq (non-past يُجَحْفِلُ (yujaḥfilu), verbal noun جَحْفَلَة (jaḥfala))

  1. to knock down, to fell, to prostrate

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