جلف
العربية
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جلف¹
Where it comes from
The sense “skinned animal” is from the root in etymology 2 below, but the use for a “jug” is probably influenced by Aramaic גּוּלְפָא (gulp̄ā, “jug, stone pitcher”), itself apparently a metathesis of Akkadian 𒉺𒄖𒇻 (pagalu, pagulu, “a jar used for libation”). The sense “lout” may be compared to Akkadian 𒉺𒂵𒈝 (pagalum, “to be powerful, massive, cumbersome, brawny”). However, it is also possible to derive it from “something dry, coarse” or even from comparison of a drunkard with an empty wine jar.
noun جِلْف · jilf · أَجْلَاف · جُلُوف · الْجِلْف
- a skinned animal, typically without the head and/or legs
- an empty wine jar, an empty cask
- something dry, rough, coarse, crude (for example an amount of old bread)
- a rude person, lout, yokel, churlish bloke
verb جَلِفَ · jalifa · يَجْلَفُ · جَلَف · جَلَافَة
- to be coarse, to be rude in disposition
جلف²
verb جَلَفَ · jalafa · يَجْلُفُ · جَلْف · جَالِف
- to strip, to pare, to peel, to husk, to pull, to pluck
noun جَلْف · jalf · الْجَلْف · جَلْفٌ
- verbal noun of جَلَفَ (jalafa) (form I)
In English
- yokel a person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or n
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