See also: خوف and خ و ف

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From the root ج و ف (j-w-f). The sense “inner” suggests a relation with Egyptian jwf (flesh) since the flesh is in the “inner” part of the body. Compare Hebrew גוף (guf, body).

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جَوْف (jawfm (plural أَجْوَاف (ʔajwāf))

  1. hollow, cavity, depression
  2. interior, inner
    • 1025, ابن سينا [Avicenna], القانون في الطب [Canon Medicinae]:
      فاغرة (var.‎ فاكرة).‏
      الماهية‏:‏ حب يشبه الحمص له حب كالمحلب وفي جوفه حب أسود كالشهدانج يحمل من السفالة‏.‏
      الطبع‏:‏ حارة يابسة في الثالثة‏.‏
      الخواص‏:‏ فيها تحليل وقبض‏.‏
      أعضاء الغذاء‏:‏ يدخل في الأدوية المصلحة للمعدة والكبد الباردتين وينفع من سوء الاستمراء البارد‏.‏
      أعضاء النفض‏:‏ ينفع من الإسهال البارد ويعقل البطن‏.‏
      Sichuan pepper:
      Its essence: The fruit resembles chickpeas, it has fruits like mahaleb cherry, and in its inner there is a black fruit like hempseed, born from below.
      Its nature: Hot and dry in the third degree.
      Its peculiarities: In it there is discharging and constipation.
      Alimentary organs: It is put into drugs by reason of availing the stomach and the liver when they are cold and it is useful against calamities of cold appetite.
      Excretory organs: It helps against cold diarrhoea and constricts the belly.
  3. belly, abdomen
    • a. 625, الأعشى [al-ʾaʿšā], edited by Geyer, Rudolf, Zwei Gedichte von Al-ʾAʿšâ (Sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Philosophisch-historische Klasse; 149/6)‎[1], volume Mâ Bukâʾu, Wien: In Kommission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, published 1905, page 100:
  4. (Northwest Africa, al-Andalus) north
    Synonym: شَمَال (šamāl)
  5. verbal noun of جَافَ (jāfa, to be hollow; to reach the interior of) (form I)

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جَوَّفَ (jawwafa) II, non-past يُجَوِّفُ‎ (yujawwifu)

  1. to hollow out

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جَوِفَ (jawifa) I, non-past يَجْوَفُ‎ (yajwafu)

  1. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) to be hollow, to be concave

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جَوَف (jawafm

  1. verbal noun of جَوِفَ (jawifa) (form I)
    1. hollowness
    2. amplitude

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جُوف (jūfm pl

  1. masculine plural of أَجْوَف (ʔajwaf)