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جِيفَة
carrion /ˈdʒiː.fa/
nounB1#1904 most common
Also: carcass, rotting corpse, cadaver
Example sentences
رَأَيْتُ جِيفَةً فِي الطَّرِيقِ.
I saw carrion on the road.
الرَّائِحَةُ تَأْتِي مِنْ جِيفَةٍ قَرِيبَةٍ.
The smell is coming from a nearby carcass.
تَتَغَذَّى النُّسُورُ عَلَى الْجِيفَةِ.
Vultures feed on carrion.
لَا تَقْتَرِبْ مِنَ الْجِيفَةِ لِأَنَّهَا مَلِيئَةٌ بِالْأَمْرَاضِ.
Do not approach the carcass because it is full of diseases.
حَرَّمَ الدِّينُ أَكْلَ الْجِيفَةِ عَلَى النَّاسِ.
The religion forbade people from eating carrion.
وَصَفَ الشَّاعِرُ الْمَدِينَةَ الْمَهْجُورَةَ بِأَنَّهَا جِيفَةٌ تَنْهَشُهَا الذِّئَابُ.
The poet described the abandoned city as a carcass torn apart by wolves.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جِيفَةٌ | جِيَفٌ |
| Genitive | جِيفَةٍ | جِيَفٍ |
| Accusative | جِيفَةً | جِيَفًا |
| Vocative | يَا جِيفَةُ | يَا جِيَفُ |
Word family
جَافَto stink, to rot
جِيَفcarcasses (plural)
أَجْيَفputrid, rotten
مُجِيفstinking, decaying
Etymology
The word derives from the Arabic root j-y-f, which carries the sense of rotting and putrefaction. A related verb, jāfa, means to stink or decay. The noun names a dead animal body left to rot.
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