جلد

العربية

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جلد¹

  • /d͡ʒild/

Where it comes from

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *gild-. Compare Aramaic 𐡂𐡋𐡃𐡀 (gldʾ), Classical Syriac ܓܠܕܐ (geldā), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic גלדא (geldā), Hebrew גֶּלֶד (géleḏ).

noun جِلْد · jild · أَجْلَاد · جُلُود · الْجِلْد

  1. skin, hide
  2. leather, hide as a material
  3. volume of a book or journal

جلد²

verb جَلَدَ · jalada · يَجْلِدُ · جَلْد · جَالِد

  1. to hit (someone) on the skin, to lash, to whip, to flog ٱَلزَّانِيَةُ وَٱلزَّانِي فَٱجْلِدُوا كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا مِئَةَ جَلْدَةٍ

جلد³

verb جَلُدَ · jaluda · يَجْلُدُ · جَلَد · جَلَادَة · جُلُود

  1. to be tough, to be hardy; to be steadfast

جلد⁴

verb جَلَّدَ · jallada · يُجَلِّدُ · تَجْلِيد · مُجَلِّد

  1. to bind (a book)

جلد⁵

noun جَلْد · jald · الْجَلْد · جَلْدٌ

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of جَلَدَ (jalada, “to whip, to flog”) (form I)

جلد⁶

noun جَلَد · jalad · الْجَلَد · جَلَدٌ

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of جَلُدَ (jaluda, “to be tough, to be steadfast”) (form I)

جلد⁷

verb جَلِدَ · jalida · يَجْلَدُ · جَلَد · جَالِد

  1. intransitive to be frozen, to freeze

جلد⁸

verb جَلَّدَ · jallada · يُجَلِّدُ · تَجْلِيد · مُجَلِّد

  1. transitive to freeze

جلد⁹

noun جَلَد · jalad · الْجَلَد · جَلَدٌ

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of جَلِدَ (jalida, “to be frozen; to freeze”) (form I)

In English

  • leather material produced by tanning animal skin
  • stamina power of sustained exertion
  • hide skin of an animal
  • lash to strike with a lash
  • skin outer protective layer of the body of a person or animal
  • stoic not affected by pain or distress
  • flog to whip or scourge as punishment
  • flogging infliction of punishment by dealing blows or whipping

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {جلد},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%AF},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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