الجهد

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns effort, exertion, and striving. It encompasses concepts of energy, hardship, and reaching one's utmost capacity. It also extends to meanings of difficulty, scarcity, and intense struggle.

Derived headwords

الجُهْدnoun

1.
effortboth
The capacity to exert oneself, energy, or power.
2.
hardshipboth
Difficulty, toil, or a state of suffering.
3.
utmost capacityboth
Reaching the limit of one's ability or endeavor.

جهدverb

1.
to striveboth
To exert oneself to the utmost, to endeavor diligently.
2.
to exhaustboth
To reach the limit of one's capacity or strength.

واجهد جهدك — And exert your utmost effort

جَهَدَverb

1.
to exert oneselfboth
To apply oneself diligently and with great effort.
2.
to reach the limitboth
To push oneself or something to its maximum capacity.
3.
to testclassical
To put someone or something to a severe test.
4.
to weakenboth
To make someone weak or emaciated, especially through illness.
5.
to extract butterclassical
To extract all the butter from milk.
6.
to craveclassical
To intensely desire food.
7.
to eat excessivelyclassical
To consume a large amount of food.

جهد دابته: بلغ جهدها — He exhausted his mount: he reached its limit of endurance

جهد المرض فلانا: هزله — The illness weakened so-and-so: it made him emaciated

جهد اللبن: أخرج زبده كله — He extracted all the butter from the milk

جهد الطعام: اشتهاه — He craved the food

جُهِدَverb

1.
to be weakenedboth
To be made weak or emaciated, especially by illness or hardship.

اجتهدverb

1.
to strive hardboth
To make a supreme effort, to exert oneself to the utmost.
2.
to endeavorboth
To try one's best to achieve something.

اجتهد — He strove hard

أجهدverb

1.
to exhaustboth
To cause someone or something to reach their limit of endurance or capacity.
2.
to make difficultclassical
To make a situation or task extremely hard.
3.
to appearclassical
For grey hair to become abundant and fast-spreading.
4.
to emergeclassical
For the land to become prominent or visible.
5.
to become clearboth
For the truth or a matter to become evident and manifest.
6.
to be cautiousclassical
To be extremely careful and meticulous in a matter.
7.
to mixclassical
For something to become thoroughly mixed or confused.
8.
to squanderclassical
To spend and disperse one's wealth completely.
9.
to be hostileclassical
To intensify enmity towards an enemy.
10.
to become prominentclassical
For a people to become distinguished or prominent.
11.
to be possibleclassical
For a matter or task to become feasible or possible.

أجهد الشيب: كثر، وأسرع — Grey hair became abundant and fast-spreading

أجهد الأرض: برزت — The land became prominent

أجهد الحق: ظهر، ووضح — The truth became clear and evident

أجهد في الأمر: احتاط — He was cautious in the matter

أجهد ماله: أفناه وفرقه — He squandered his wealth

أجهد العدو: جد في العداوة — He intensified his enmity towards the enemy

أجهد لي القوم: أشرفوا — The people became prominent

أجهد لك الأمر: أمكنك — The matter became possible for you

جَهْدnoun

1.
hardshipclassical
A state of extreme difficulty, suffering, or distress.
2.
povertyclassical
A state of extreme poverty or destitution.
3.
many dependentsclassical
A large family or many dependents causing hardship.

جهد البلاء: الحالة التي يختار عليها الموت، أو كثرة العيال، والفقر — The hardship of affliction: a state where one would choose death, or having many dependents and poverty

جَهْدَةnoun

1.
hardshipclassical
A state of extreme difficulty or suffering.

جُهْدَةnoun

1.
hardshipclassical
A state of extreme difficulty or suffering.

جَهْدًاadverb

1.
with great effortboth
Performing an action with maximum exertion and intensity.

جَهْدًا جِهَادًاother

1.
maximum effortclassical
An emphatic expression for the utmost exertion and striving.

جهد جاهد: مبالغة — Maximum effort: an exaggeration (emphasizing intensity)

سَحَابnoun

1.
hard groundclassical
Dry, barren land that yields no vegetation.
2.
fruit of the Arak treeclassical
The fruit produced by the Arak tree (Salvadora persica).

كسحاب: الأرض الصلبة لا نبات بها — Like Sahab: hard ground with no vegetation

قِتَالnoun

1.
fightingclassical
Engaging in combat or warfare with an enemy.

بالكسر: القتال مع العدو — With kasra: fighting with the enemy

مُجَاهَدَةnoun

1.
struggleclassical
The act of striving or fighting against an enemy.

كالمجاهدة — Like Mujahadah (struggle)

قُصَارَاكnoun

1.
your utmostboth
The limit of your ability or effort.

وجهاداك أن تفعل: قصاراك — Your striving to do it is your utmost

بَنُو جَهَادَةname

1.
Banu Jihadahclassical
A specific tribe or clan.

وبنو جهادة: بطن منهم — And Banu Jihadah: a clan among them

الجُهَيْدَىnoun

1.
effortclassical
The state of exerting oneself; effort.

والجهيدى، مخففة: الجهد — And Al-Juhayda (lightened): Al-Juhd (effort)

مَرْعَى جُهَيْدother

1.
difficult pastureclassical
A pasture that is hard to access or sustain.

ومرعى جهيد: جهده المال — And a difficult pasture: the wealth exhausted it

أَيْمَانِهِمْnoun

1.
their oathsboth
Referring to their sworn oaths.

{جهد أيمانهم} ، أي: بالغوا في اليمين، واجتهدوا — {Jahada Aymanihim}, meaning: they exerted themselves in their oaths, and strove hard

التَّجَاهُدnoun

1.
exertionboth
The act of expending one's effort or capacity.

والتجاهد: بذل الوسع، كالاجتهاد — And At-Tajähud: expending one's capacity, like Al-Ijtihād (striving)

الاجْتِهَادnoun

1.
strivingboth
The act of making a supreme effort or endeavor.

كالاجتهاد — Like Al-Ijtihād (striving)

Parallel reading

الطاقة، ويضم، والمشقة.

Energy, and it is pronounced with damma, and hardship.

واجهد جهدك: ابلغ غايتك.

And exert your utmost effort: reach your goal.

وجهد، كمنع: جد، كاجتهد، و دابته: بلغ جهدها، كأجهدها، و بزيد: امتحنه، و المرض فلانا: هزله، و اللبن: أخرج زبده كله، و الطعام: اشتهاه، كأجهده، وأكثر من أكله.

And jahada, like man'a: to strive, like ijtahada; and his mount: he reached its limit of endurance, like ajhadahu; and Zayd: he tested him; and the illness so-and-so: it weakened him; and the milk: he extracted all its butter; and the food: he craved it, like ajhadahu, and ate excessively of it.

وجهد عيشه، كفرح: نكد، واشتد.

And his life was difficult, like fariha: it became miserable and severe.

وجهد البلاء: الحالة التي يختار عليها الموت، أو كثرة العيال، والفقر.

And the hardship of affliction: the state where one would choose death, or having many dependents and poverty.

وجهد جاهد: مبالغة.

And jahada jahida: an emphasis (meaning extreme effort).

وكسحاب: الأرض الصلبة لا نبات بها، وثمر الأراك، وبالكسر: القتال مع العدو، كالمجاهدة.

And like Sahab: the hard ground with no vegetation, and the fruit of the Arak tree; and with kasra: fighting with the enemy, like Mujahadah.

وأجهد الشيب: كثر، وأسرع، و الأرض: برزت، و الحق: ظهر، ووضح، و في الأمر: احتاط، و الشيء: اختلط، و ماله: أفناه وفرقه، و العدو: جد في العداوة، و لي القوم: أشرفوا، و لك الأمر: أمكنك.

And grey hair became abundant and fast-spreading; and the land: it became prominent; and the truth: it became clear and evident; and in the matter: he was cautious; and the thing: it became mixed; and his wealth: he squandered and dispersed it; and the enemy: he intensified his enmity; and the people: they became prominent; and the matter for you: it became possible.

وجهاداك أن تفعل: قصاراك.

And your striving to do it is your utmost capacity.

وبنو جهادة: بطن منهم.

And Banu Jihadah: a clan among them.

والجهيدى، مخففة: الجهد.

And Al-Juhayda, lightened: Al-Juhd (effort).

ومرعى جهيد: جهده المال:

And a difficult pasture: the wealth exhausted it:

{جهد أيمانهم} ، أي: بالغوا في اليمين، واجتهدوا.

{Jahada Aymanihim}, meaning: they exerted themselves in their oaths, and strove hard.

والتجاهد: بذل الوسع، كالاجتهاد.

And At-Tajähud: expending one's capacity, like Al-Ijtihād (striving).