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جشء

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

جُشَاآءٌ ذ A belch; i. e., a sound accompanied with wind, from the mouth, on an occasion of satiation of the stomach; (Mgh, Msb;) a subst. from 5; (As, S, Msb, K;) as also ↓ جُشَأَةٌ (S, K) and ↓ جُشْأَةٌ: (K: but the first and last of these three words are omitted in some copies of the K:) or ↓ the second of these three words, accord. to some, is a superlative epithet, signifying a great, or frequent, belcher. (MF.) ― -b2- Also (assumed tropical:) An invasion of the night, and of the sea. (K, TA.) The torrent and the night (السَّيْلُ وَاللَّيْلُ) are called الأَعْمَيَانِ [the two blind things] because their invasion is vehement. (TA.)

Derived headwords

جُشَاآءٌ
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السَّيْلُ وَاللَّيْلُ