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ج-و-ف

The Arabic root ج-و-ف (j-w-f)

Form I verb جَافَ: to be hollow

11 words in the dictionary are built from ج-و-ف, including verbs in Forms I, II, IV, V. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

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Verb · Form I
to be hollow
Noun
جِيفَة
corpse
Noun
تَجْوِيف
verbal noun of جَوَّفَ
Adjective
أَجْوَف
concave
Verb · Form II
جَوَّفَ
to hollow out
Noun
جَوْف
hollow

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

جَافَ · present يَجُوفُ
Form I · The plain action

to be hollow; to reach the interior of

جَوْف
Verbal noun
hollow
جَائِف
Active participle
مَجُوف
Passive participle
جَوِفَ · present يَجْوَفُ
Form I · The plain action

to be hollow, to be concave

جَوَف
Verbal noun
verbal noun of جَوِفَ
أَجْوَف
Active participle
concave
جَوَّفَ · present يُجَوِّفُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to hollow out

تَجْوِيف
Verbal noun
verbal noun of جَوَّفَ
مُجَوِّف
Active participle
مُجَوَّف
Passive participle
أَجَافَ · present يُجِيفُ
Form IV · Causative

to penetrate, to enter the inner of; to hit the innards of, to wound the belly of; to shut, to close

إِجَافَة
Verbal noun
مُجِيف
Active participle
مُجَاف
Passive participle
تَجَوَّفَ · present يَتَجَوَّفُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to become hollow

تَجَوُّف
Verbal noun
مُتَجَوِّف
Active participle

Other nouns and adjectives

جِيفَة
Noun
corpse

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