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جَلّ
the greater part; most (of) /ˈdʒulː/
nounB2#3628 most common
Also: bulk, majority, the best part
Example sentences
جُلُّ الطُّلّابِ مُجْتَهِدُونَ.
Most of the students are hardworking.
قَضَيْتُ جُلَّ يَوْمِي فِي الْعَمَلِ.
I spent most of my day at work.
جُلُّ سُكّانِ الْمَدِينَةِ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ الْعَرَبِيَّةَ.
Most of the city's residents speak Arabic.
أَنْفَقَ جُلَّ ثَرْوَتِهِ عَلَى الْكُتُبِ.
He spent the bulk of his fortune on books.
يَتَّفِقُ جُلُّ الْمُؤَرِّخِينَ عَلَى أَنَّ هَذِهِ الْحَادِثَةَ كَانَتْ نُقْطَةَ تَحَوُّلٍ.
Most historians agree that this event was a turning point.
عَلَى الرُّغْمِ مِنْ اخْتِلَافِ الْآرَاءِ، فَإِنَّ جُلَّ الْبَاحِثِينَ يَتَبَنَّوْنَ هَذِهِ النَّظَرِيَّةَ فِي نِهَايَةِ الْمَطَافِ.
Despite differing opinions, most researchers end up adopting this theory.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جُلٌّ | |
| Genitive | جُلٍّ | |
| Accusative | جُلًّا | |
| Vocative |
Word family
جَلَّto be great, exalted
جَلِيلgreat, majestic, illustrious
جَلَالَةmajesty
إِجْلَالveneration, reverence
أَجَلّgreater, more illustrious
Etymology
جُلّ comes from the Arabic root ج-ل-ل (j-l-l), which carries the core sense of greatness or magnitude. The same root gives the verb جَلَّ, to be great or exalted, and the adjective جَلِيل, majestic. جُلّ narrowed from this idea of largeness to mean the large or dominant part of something, hence most or the bulk of.
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