جَوَابٌ

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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.

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