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جال

to roam or wander about; to move around an area, often in a circling or patrolling way /ˈdʒaː.la/

verbB2#3996 most common

Also: to patrol, to rove, to cross one's mind (of a thought or memory)

Example sentences

جَالَ الوَلَدُ فِي الحَدِيقَةِ.
The boy wandered around the garden.
جَالَ الكَلْبُ حَوْلَ البَيْتِ.
The dog roamed around the house.
جَالَ الحَارِسُ حَوْلَ المَبْنَى لَيْلًا.
The guard patrolled around the building at night.
جُلْتُ فِي أَسْوَاقِ المَدِينَةِ القَدِيمَةِ طَوَالَ اليَوْمِ.
I wandered through the old city's markets all day.
جَالَتِ الشُّرْطَةُ فِي الشَّوَارِعِ بَحْثًا عَنِ المُشْتَبَهِ بِهِ.
The police roamed the streets searching for the suspect.
جَالَتْ بِخَاطِرِهِ ذِكْرَيَاتٌ مُؤْلِمَةٌ وَهُوَ يَتَأَمَّلُ الصُّورَةَ القَدِيمَةَ.
Painful memories crossed his mind as he gazed at the old photo.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgأَجُولُجُلْتُسَأَجُولُ
2sgتَجُولُجُلْتَسَتَجُولُ
3sgيَجُولُجَالَسَيَجُولُ
1plنَجُولُجُلْنَاسَنَجُولُ
2plتَجُولُونَجُلْتُمْسَتَجُولُونَ
3plيَجُولُونَجَالُواسَيَجُولُونَ

Word family

جَوْلَةa round, tour, or lap
مَجَالfield, domain, scope
تَجَوُّلwandering, roaming about
جَوَّالwandering, itinerant; also colloquial for 'mobile phone'
مُتَجَوِّلitinerant, roving (e.g., a street vendor)

Etymology

جال comes from the Semitic triliteral root ج-و-ل, which carries the core idea of circular or repeated motion: going around, roving, patrolling. As a hollow verb, its middle radical waw collapses into a long alif in the perfect tense, giving جال instead of a form like jawala. The root is native to Arabic and is not traced to an Indo-European ancestor.

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