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جَزْل
firewood /ˈd͡ʒazl/
nounA2#898 most common
Also: dry wood, logs, cut wood
Example sentences
هَذَا جَزْلٌ جَافٌّ.
This is dry firewood.
نَجْمَعُ الجَزْلَ لِنُشْعِلَ النَّارَ.
We gather the firewood to light the fire.
أَلْقَى الرَّجُلُ جَزْلاً فِي المَوْقِدِ لِيُدْفِئَ البَيْتَ.
The man threw firewood into the hearth to warm the house.
فِي الشِّتَاءِ نَخْزِنُ أَجْزَالاً مِنَ الحَطَبِ اليَابِسِ تَكْفِينَا حَتَّى الرَّبِيعِ.
In winter we store stacks of dry wood that last us until spring.
كَانَ البَدْوُ يُفَضِّلُونَ الجَزْلَ الغَلِيظَ لِأَنَّهُ يَبْقَى مُتَّقِدًا طَوَالَ اللَّيْلِ.
The bedouin preferred thick firewood because it kept burning all night.
لَا يَكَادُ الجَزْلُ المُبَلَّلُ يَشْتَعِلُ، فَكَانَ الأَقْدَمُونَ يَنْتَقُونَ اليَابِسَ مِنْهُ وَيَدَّخِرُونَهُ تَحْتَ سُقُوفِ الحَظَائِرِ.
Wet firewood barely catches, so the ancients would pick out the dry pieces and store them under the roofs of the animal pens.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جَزْلٌ (jazlun) | أَجْزَالٌ (ʾajzālun) |
| Genitive | جَزْلٍ (jazlin) | أَجْزَالٍ (ʾajzālin) |
| Accusative | جَزْلاً (jazlan) | أَجْزَالاً (ʾajzālan) |
| Vocative | يا جَزْلُ (yā jazlu) | يا أَجْزَالُ (yā ʾajzālu) |
Word family
جَزِيل (jazīl)abundant, plentiful
جَزَالة (jazāla)abundance; eloquence of style
أَجْزَلَ (ʾajzala)to give lavishly
جَزَلَ (jazala)to cut off
Etymology
جَزْل comes from the triliteral root ج-ز-ل, whose core sense is to cut or cut off. The noun names wood that has been cut and left to dry, that is, firewood. The root is Semitic; compare the Hebrew and Aramaic root g-z-l, to seize or tear away by force.
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