جَوَابٌ
Root: جوب
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جَوَابٌ
An answer, a reply, or a response, to a letter, or writing, and to a saying, or question; and this is either affirmative or negative: [accord. to some, it is only after a question or demand; but this is not correct; for it is often a reply to an affirmation:]
جِيبَةٌ [q. v.] is syn. therewith; and so are
جَابَةٌ [q. v.] and
مَجُوبَةٌ : the pl. of جواب is أَجْوِبَةٌ and جَوَابَاتٌ [Hence, in grammar, حَرْفُ جَوَابٍ
A responsive, or replicative, particle. And جَوَابُ شَرْطٍ
An apodosis; the complement, or correlative, of a condition; as أَكْرَمْتُكَ in the saying, إِنْ جِئْتَنِى أَكْرَمْتُكَ; also called جَزَآءُ شَرْطٍ, and جَوَابُ جَزَآءٍ. And جَوَابُ قَسَمٍ The complement of an oath.]
2 Also The sound of a bird pouncing down from the sky.
2 Also The sound of a bird pouncing down from the sky.
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