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جَبْهَة
forehead /ˈdʒab.ha/
nounB2#3224 most common
Also: front (military), front (political alliance)
Example sentences
جَبْهَتُهُ سَاخِنَةٌ.
His forehead is hot.
قَبَّلَتِ الأُمُّ جَبْهَةَ طِفْلِهَا.
The mother kissed her child's forehead.
يُغَطِّي الشَّعْرُ جَبْهَتَهَا.
Her hair covers her forehead.
تَقَدَّمَتِ القُوَّاتُ نَحْوَ الجَبْهَةِ الشَّرْقِيَّةِ.
The forces advanced toward the eastern front.
شَكَّلَتِ الأَحْزَابُ المُعَارِضَةُ جَبْهَةً مُوَحَّدَةً ضِدَّ الحُكُومَةِ.
The opposition parties formed a united front against the government.
انْهَارَتْ مَعْنَوِيَّاتُ الجُنُودِ عَلَى الجَبْهَةِ بَعْدَ أَسَابِيعَ مِنَ القِتَالِ المُتَوَاصِلِ.
The soldiers' morale on the front collapsed after weeks of continuous fighting.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جَبْهَةٌ | جَبَهَاتٌ |
| Genitive | جَبْهَةٍ | جَبَهَاتٍ |
| Accusative | جَبْهَةً | جَبَهَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا جَبْهَةُ | يَا جَبَهَاتُ |
Word family
جَبَهَto confront or rebuff someone to their face
جَابَهَto confront, stand face to face with
مُجَابَهَةconfrontation
جِبَاهforeheads (alternate plural)
جَبْهِيّfrontal, relating to a front
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ج-ب-ه (j-b-h), tied to the idea of facing or confronting. The related verb جَبَهَ means to meet someone face to face, often bluntly. جَبْهَة names the forehead, the part of the head that faces forward, and later extended to the military or political sense of a front line where two sides face each other.
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