B1noun
جَبَل
jabal
mountain
Example
تَسَلَّقنا الجَبَلَ صَباحًا.
tasallaqnā l-jabala ṣabāḥan.
We climbed the mountain in the morning.
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Arabic root
ج-ب-ل
2 words from this root family
A2noun
جَبَلٌ
jabal
mountain
Example
وَتَرَى الْجِبَالَ تَحْسَبُهَا جَامِدَةً وَهِيَ تَمُرُّ مَرَّ السَّحَابِ
wa-tarā al-jibāla taḥsabuhā jāmidatan wa-hiya tamurru marra as-saḥāb
And you see the mountains, thinking them rigid, while they will pass as the passing of clouds (27:88)
Grammar
Masculine noun. Plural: جِبَالٌ (jibāl). Mountains are called رَوَاسِيَ (firm pegs) in some verses.
Culture
Mountains in the Quran serve as pegs stabilizing the earth and as symbols of immovability. On the Day of Judgment they will be moved.