جب

See also: حب, خت, چت, and چپ

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Verb

جَبَّ • (jabba) I (non-past يَجُبُّ (yajubbu), verbal noun جَبّ (jabb) or جِبَاب (jibāb))

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of جَبَّ (I, geminate, a ~ u, full passive (?), verbal nouns جَبّ, جِبَاب)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						جَبّ, جِبَاب jabb, jibāb
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						جَابّ jābb
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَجْبُوب majbūb
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	جَبَبْتُ jababtu	جَبَبْتَ jababta	جَبَّ jabba		جَبَبْتُمَا jababtumā	جَبَّا jabbā		جَبَبْنَا jababnā	جَبَبْتُمْ jababtum	جَبُّوا jabbū
	f		جَبَبْتِ jababti	جَبَّتْ jabbat			جَبَّتَا jabbatā			جَبَبْتُنَّ jababtunna	جَبَبْنَ jababna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَجُبُّ ʔajubbu	تَجُبُّ tajubbu	يَجُبُّ yajubbu		تَجُبَّانِ tajubbāni	يَجُبَّانِ yajubbāni		نَجُبُّ najubbu	تَجُبُّونَ tajubbūna	يَجُبُّونَ yajubbūna
	f		تَجُبِّينَ tajubbīna	تَجُبُّ tajubbu			تَجُبَّانِ tajubbāni			تَجْبُبْنَ tajbubna	يَجْبُبْنَ yajbubna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَجُبَّ ʔajubba	تَجُبَّ tajubba	يَجُبَّ yajubba		تَجُبَّا tajubbā	يَجُبَّا yajubbā		نَجُبَّ najubba	تَجُبُّوا tajubbū	يَجُبُّوا yajubbū
	f		تَجُبِّي tajubbī	تَجُبَّ tajubba			تَجُبَّا tajubbā			تَجْبُبْنَ tajbubna	يَجْبُبْنَ yajbubna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَجُبَّ, أَجُبِّ, أَجْبُبْ ʔajubba, ʔajubbi, ʔajbub	تَجُبَّ, تَجُبِّ, تَجْبُبْ tajubba, tajubbi, tajbub	يَجُبَّ, يَجُبِّ, يَجْبُبْ yajubba, yajubbi, yajbub		تَجُبَّا tajubbā	يَجُبَّا yajubbā		نَجُبَّ, نَجُبِّ, نَجْبُبْ najubba, najubbi, najbub	تَجُبُّوا tajubbū	يَجُبُّوا yajubbū
	f		تَجُبِّي tajubbī	تَجُبَّ, تَجُبِّ, تَجْبُبْ tajubba, tajubbi, tajbub			تَجُبَّا tajubbā			تَجْبُبْنَ tajbubna	يَجْبُبْنَ yajbubna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		جُبَّ, جُبِّ, اُجْبُبْ jubba, jubbi, ujbub			جُبَّا jubbā				جُبُّوا jubbū
	f		جُبِّي jubbī							اُجْبُبْنَ ujbubna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	جُبِبْتُ jubibtu	جُبِبْتَ jubibta	جُبَّ jubba		جُبِبْتُمَا jubibtumā	جُبَّا jubbā		جُبِبْنَا jubibnā	جُبِبْتُمْ jubibtum	جُبُّوا jubbū
	f		جُبِبْتِ jubibti	جُبَّتْ jubbat			جُبَّتَا jubbatā			جُبِبْتُنَّ jubibtunna	جُبِبْنَ jubibna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُجَبُّ ʔujabbu	تُجَبُّ tujabbu	يُجَبُّ yujabbu		تُجَبَّانِ tujabbāni	يُجَبَّانِ yujabbāni		نُجَبُّ nujabbu	تُجَبُّونَ tujabbūna	يُجَبُّونَ yujabbūna
	f		تُجَبِّينَ tujabbīna	تُجَبُّ tujabbu			تُجَبَّانِ tujabbāni			تُجْبَبْنَ tujbabna	يُجْبَبْنَ yujbabna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُجَبَّ ʔujabba	تُجَبَّ tujabba	يُجَبَّ yujabba		تُجَبَّا tujabbā	يُجَبَّا yujabbā		نُجَبَّ nujabba	تُجَبُّوا tujabbū	يُجَبُّوا yujabbū
	f		تُجَبِّي tujabbī	تُجَبَّ tujabba			تُجَبَّا tujabbā			تُجْبَبْنَ tujbabna	يُجْبَبْنَ yujbabna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُجَبَّ, أُجَبِّ, أُجْبَبْ ʔujabba, ʔujabbi, ʔujbab	تُجَبَّ, تُجَبِّ, تُجْبَبْ tujabba, tujabbi, tujbab	يُجَبَّ, يُجَبِّ, يُجْبَبْ yujabba, yujabbi, yujbab		تُجَبَّا tujabbā	يُجَبَّا yujabbā		نُجَبَّ, نُجَبِّ, نُجْبَبْ nujabba, nujabbi, nujbab	تُجَبُّوا tujabbū	يُجَبُّوا yujabbū
	f		تُجَبِّي tujabbī	تُجَبَّ, تُجَبِّ, تُجْبَبْ tujabba, tujabbi, tujbab			تُجَبَّا tujabbā			تُجْبَبْنَ tujbabna	يُجْبَبْنَ yujbabna

Noun

جُبّ • (jubb) m (plural أَجْبَاب (ʔajbāb) or جِبَاب (jibāb))

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

Declension

Declension of noun جُبّ (jubb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جُبّ jubb	الْجُبّ al-jubb	جُبّ jubb
Nominative	جُبٌّ jubbun	الْجُبُّ al-jubbu	جُبُّ jubbu
Accusative	جُبًّا jubban	الْجُبَّ al-jubba	جُبَّ jubba
Genitive	جُبٍّ jubbin	الْجُبِّ al-jubbi	جُبِّ jubbi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جُبَّيْن jubbayn	الْجُبَّيْن al-jubbayn	جُبَّيْ jubbay
Nominative	جُبَّانِ jubbāni	الْجُبَّانِ al-jubbāni	جُبَّا jubbā
Accusative	جُبَّيْنِ jubbayni	الْجُبَّيْنِ al-jubbayni	جُبَّيْ jubbay
Genitive	جُبَّيْنِ jubbayni	الْجُبَّيْنِ al-jubbayni	جُبَّيْ jubbay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَجْبَاب‎; جِبَاب ʔajbāb‎; jibāb	الْأَجْبَاب‎; الْجِبَاب al-ʔajbāb‎; al-jibāb	أَجْبَاب‎; جِبَاب ʔajbāb‎; jibāb
Nominative	أَجْبَابٌ‎; جِبَابٌ ʔajbābun‎; jibābun	الْأَجْبَابُ‎; الْجِبَابُ al-ʔajbābu‎; al-jibābu	أَجْبَابُ‎; جِبَابُ ʔajbābu‎; jibābu
Accusative	أَجْبَابًا‎; جِبَابًا ʔajbāban‎; jibāban	الْأَجْبَابَ‎; الْجِبَابَ al-ʔajbāba‎; al-jibāba	أَجْبَابَ‎; جِبَابَ ʔajbāba‎; jibāba
Genitive	أَجْبَابٍ‎; جِبَابٍ ʔajbābin‎; jibābin	الْأَجْبَابِ‎; الْجِبَابِ al-ʔajbābi‎; al-jibābi	أَجْبَابِ‎; جِبَابِ ʔajbābi‎; jibābi

Descendants

• → Catalan: aljub
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: aljube
  • Galician: alxibe
  • Portuguese: algibe, algibé
• → Ottoman Turkish: جب (cübb)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: búdža / бу́џа
• → Sicilian: gebbia
• → Spanish: aljibe

Noun

جَبّ • (jabb) m

1. verbal noun of جَبَّ (jabba) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun جَبّ (jabb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَبّ jabb	الْجَبّ al-jabb	جَبّ jabb
Nominative	جَبٌّ jabbun	الْجَبُّ al-jabbu	جَبُّ jabbu
Accusative	جَبًّا jabban	الْجَبَّ al-jabba	جَبَّ jabba
Genitive	جَبٍّ jabbin	الْجَبِّ al-jabbi	جَبِّ jabbi

Etymology 2

Verb

جُبْ • (jub) (form I) /d͡ʒub/

1. second-person masculine singular imperative of جَابَ (jāba)

Etymology 3

Verb

جِبْ • (jib) (form I) /d͡ʒib/

1. second-person masculine singular imperative of وَجَبَ (wajaba)

Urdu

Etymology

From اب (ab, “now”). Cognate with Punjabi ਜਦੋਂ (jadõ) / جدوں (jadõ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəb/

Adverb

جب • (jab) (Hindi spelling जब)

1. when (non-interrogative)

Derived terms

• جبھی (jabhī)

References

• “جب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “جب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.