Quranic root
جذو
j · dh · w
The root centers on standing upright or remaining firmly fixed, often with an implication of persistence or adherence.
From upright, fixed posture, the lexical development extends to sticking or clinging fast, becoming elevated or projecting, poised tiptoe posture, and related derived actions such as mutual lifting.
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
جَذْوَة
jadhwah
- Part of speech
- Noun
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Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
A piece of firewood remaining after burning, especially a live ember or firebrand.
In أَوْ جَذْوَةٍ مِنَ النَّارِ, it denotes a portion taken from a fire; the classical descriptions include a glowing or flaming coal and firewood that remains after the flames have subsided.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 28:29word 23
“a burning wood”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 28:29جَذْوَةٍۢa burning wood
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 15 Classical meanings
جَذَا
To stand or remain firmly; to be or become erect and straight.
May be used of a thing or living being, including remaining firm upon something.
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جَذَا
To stick or cling fast to something.
Used of something adhering tightly to another object, as a tick clinging to a camel.
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جَذَا
To stand poised on the extremities of the toes; in variant usage, to sit on the knees or heels.
Applied to a bird standing on tiptoe while warbling and circling, and to a horse or person standing on the toes; authorities distinguish this posture from sitting on the knees.
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جَذَا
Of a camel’s hump, to become filled with fat and elevated.
A specialized use describing the raised, fat-bearing hump.
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جَذَا
To be raised, extended, or projecting outward.
Used of the nostrils and, in a bodily description, of an elbow standing out from the side.
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أَجْذَى
Of a young camel, to bear fat in its hump.
A Form IV usage describing the development of a fat, elevated hump.
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أَجْذَى
To lift a stone in order to test or display strength.
The action may be performed competitively, with people taking turns or striving to lift the stone.
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تَجَاذَى
To vie with one another in lifting a stone.
A reciprocal Form VI construction for competing or assisting one another in the stone-lifting trial.
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أَجْذَى
To raise one’s eye or sight and cast it before oneself.
Used transitively with the eye or gaze directed ahead.
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جَاذٍ
Remaining firm or steadfast.
An active participle of جَذَا; applied, for example, to supports or stones that remain in place.
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جَاذٍ
Poised on the knees, heels, or tips of the toes.
The participial posture term has variant descriptions among authorities, ranging from kneeling or sitting on the heels to standing on tiptoe.
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جَوَاذٍ
Of she-camels, carrying themselves erect in their gait, with the feet lifted clear from the ground.
Applied specifically to she-camels; one reported interpretation emphasizes swiftness, while another emphasizes their erect carriage.
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مُجْذٍ
Firm and erect upon the ground.
An active participle of Form IV, used in a simile of a tree that stands firmly and uprightly.
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مُجْذَوْذٍ
Keeping constantly attached to a dwelling or to a camel’s saddle and not leaving it.
Describes persistent adherence to a place or riding gear.
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مُجْذَوْذٍ
A person who lowers or abases himself, as though clinging to the ground from abjectness.
A figurative characterization derived from the notion of sticking closely to the ground.
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Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The noun is recorded with variant classical vocalizations جِذْوَة, جُذْوَة, and جَذْوَة; the public headword follows the Quranic form supplied by QAC and the Quran-focused evidence.
The interpretation of جَوَاذٍ varies in the classical evidence between erect carriage with lifted feet and swiftness.