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جحس

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of peeling or scraping, and by extension, intense struggle, fighting, and striving. It also encompasses the concept of jihad, highlighting a connection between physical exertion and spiritual or martial conflict.

Derived headwords

جَحَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to peelboth

    To remove the outer layer or skin of something.

  2. 2.
    to scrapeclassical

    To rub against something forcefully, often to remove a surface layer.

جَحَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to struggle intenselyclassical

    To engage in a fierce struggle or fight.

جَحَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to fightclassical

    To engage in combat or warfare.

جَحَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to striveclassical

    To make a great effort to achieve or obtain something.

جَاحَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to contend withclassical

    To struggle against someone or something in a dispute or competition.

جَاحَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to fightclassical

    To engage in combat or warfare with someone.

جَاحَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to strive forclassical

    To exert oneself to achieve or obtain something.

جِحَاسٌnoun
  1. 1.
    fighterclassical

    One who engages in fighting or combat.

جِحَاسٌnoun
  1. 1.
    struggleclassical

    An intense effort or fight.

جِحَاسٌnoun
  1. 1.
    combatclassical

    The act of fighting.

جِحَاسٌnoun
  1. 1.
    jihadclassical

    Striving or struggle, particularly in a religious or martial context.

الجِحَاسadjective
  1. 1.
    fierceclassical

    Intensely strong or violent, referring to a day of battle.

الجُحَاشnoun
  1. 1.
    jihadclassical

    The act of striving or fighting, often in a religious context.

Parallel reading

جَحَسَ جلده يجحسه: قشره
He peeled its skin, he peels it.
والشين أعرف
And the 'sh' (ش) is more well-known (for this meaning).
وجاحسه جحاسا: زاحمه وقاتله وزاوله على الأمر كجاحشه
And he contended with him, a contention: he jostled him, fought him, and engaged with him in the matter, like he contended with him.
والجحاس القتال
And al-juhas is the fighting.
إذا كعكع القرن عن قرنه، ... أبى لك عزك إلا شماسا، وإلا جلادا بذي رونق، ... وإلا نزالا وإلا جحاسا
When the rival recoils from his rival... your might compels you to be lofty, and to engage in a splendid combat, and to descend into battle, and to fight.
إن عاش قاسى لك ما أقاسي، ... من ضربي الهامات واحتباسي، والصقع في يوم الوغى الجحاس
If he lives, he will suffer from you what I suffer, from striking heads and my confinement, and the clash on the fierce day of battle.
الجحش الجهاد
Al-juhsh is jihad.
يوما ترانا في عراك الجحس، ... ننبو بأجلال الأمور الربس
One day you see us in the fray of battle, repelling the weighty, difficult matters.