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جِيل

generation

Noun · masculineRoot ج-ي-ل

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Plural
أَجْيَال

جِيل in English

Noun · masculine

  1. generation (entity of the same time period, or the time period itself)
    جِيلُ التِّسْعِينَاتThe nineties generation
  2. nation, ethnic group
    جِيلُ العَرَبArab nation
  3. century
  4. age, era, epoch, period

جِيل: plural and other forms

Singularجِيل
Pluralأَجْيَال

جِيل in a sentence

Dictionary examples

generation

جِيلُ التِّسْعِينَاتThe nineties generation

nation

جِيلُ العَرَبArab nation

From a fully vowelled text

جِيلٌ يَلْعَنُ أَبَاهُ وَلاَ يُبَارِكُ أُمَّهُ.There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.Proverbs 30:11, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
جِيلٌ مَا أَرْفَعَ عَيْنَيْهِ، وَحَوَاجِبُهُ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ.There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.Proverbs 30:13, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَمَاتَ يُوسُفُ وَكُلُّ إِخْوَتِهِ وَجَمِيعُ ذلِكَ الْجِيلِ.And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.Exodus 1:6, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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