جب

Meaning

Verb

1. to sever, to notch, to cut, to chop off, to lop off, to truncate
2. to beat down the leaves
3. to castrate entirely, to cut off a man's penis
4. to fructify the fruit palm
5. to surpass, to overcome, to vanquish

Noun

1. cistern, well
2. pit, fosse, cavity
3. pothole, chuckhole

Noun

verbal noun of جَبَّ (jabba) (form I)

Concepts

answer

cistern

collect

comply

explore

fearful

😨

incumbent

levy

necessary

pollinate

pothole

prostrate

reply

traverse

a coward

be a coward

be incumbent

be necessary

be fearful

call a coward

cause to curdle

make into cheese

Translations

sot

bamp

Grube

Loch

🕳️

Schlagloch

Auskolkung

Gletschertopf

creux

trou

🕳️

fondrière

nid de poule

kuil

bache

hoyo

🕳️

yol çukuru

Etymology

From the root ج ب ب (j b b). Related to Classical Syriac ܓܘܒܐ (gubbā).