جرف

العربية

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جرف

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From the root ج ر ف (j r f). Compare Classical Syriac ܓܪܰܦ (grap̱, “to rush as a flood, to overflow, to carry away”), Classical Syriac ܓܪܦܐ (garpā, “flood”), Hebrew גרף (garáf).

verb جَرَفَ · jarafa · يَجْرُفُ · جَرْف · جَارِف

to sweep away, to flush
to shovel, to dig

verb جَرَّفَ · jarrafa · يُجَرِّفُ · تَجْرِيف · مُجَرِّف

to dredge, to shovel away, to spade away, to bulldoze
to curette

noun جَرْف · jarf · الْجَرْف · جَرْفٌ

noun from verb verbal noun of جَرَفَ (jarafa) (form I)

noun جُرْف · جُرُف · jurf · juruf · أَجْرَاف · جُرُوف

shore undercut by floods, bluff, cliff

In English

crag rocky outcrop
cliff a (near) vertical rock face
bulldoze to destroy with a bulldozer

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {جرف},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%81},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}