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جُبّ
well (a deep pit dug for water) /ˈdʒubb/
nounB1#2475 most common
Also: pit, cistern
Example sentences
هَذَا جُبٌّ عَمِيقٌ.
This is a deep well.
سَقَطَ الْوَلَدُ فِي الْجُبِّ.
The boy fell into the well.
أَلْقَوْا يُوسُفَ فِي الْجُبِّ.
They threw Joseph into the well.
كَانَ الْجُبُّ مَخْفِيًّا بَيْنَ الصُّخُورِ فِي الْوَادِي.
The well was hidden among the rocks in the valley.
نَزَلَ الرِّجَالُ إِلَى قَاعِ الْجُبِّ لِيَسْتَخْرِجُوا مَا تَبَقَّى مِنَ الْمَاءِ.
The men climbed down to the bottom of the well to draw out what water remained.
ظَلَّتْ صُورَةُ الْجُبِّ الَّذِي طُرِحَ فِيهِ أَخُوهُ تُطَارِدُهُ فِي مَنَامِهِ سِنِينَ طَوِيلَةً.
The image of the well into which his brother had been cast kept haunting his dreams for many long years.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جُبٌّ | جِبَابٌ |
| Genitive | جُبٍّ | جِبَابٍ |
| Accusative | جُبًّا | جِبَابًا |
| Vocative | يَا جُبُّ | يَا جِبَابُ |
Word family
جُبّةcloak, long robe
جَبّto cut off, sever
أَجَبّhornless or humpless
جِبابwells, pits (plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root j-b-b, tied to the idea of cutting or hollowing something out. A jubb is a pit or well dug into the ground, and the same root gives Arabic words for a hollowed-out garment. The word appears in the Quranic story of Joseph, thrown into a well by his brothers, which fixed it firmly in Arabic literary memory.
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