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الجشع

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns intense and excessive desire for wealth or possessions, often to the point of coveting what others have. It describes a greedy and avaricious disposition.

Derived headwords

الجَشَعnoun
  1. 1.
    Greedboth

    Extreme and excessive eagerness for wealth or possessions, or taking one's own share while coveting the share of others.

جَشِعَverb
  1. 1.
    to be greedyboth

    To be characterized by extreme eagerness for wealth or possessions.

جَشِعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Greedyboth

    Possessing extreme eagerness for wealth or possessions.

مَجَاشِعname
  1. 1.
    Majashi'classical

    The name of an ancestor of a tribe from Tamim.

تَجَاشَعَاverb
  1. 1.
    to vie for waterclassical

    To contend with each other over water, showing intense thirst or desire for it.

التَّجَشُّعnoun
  1. 1.
    Greedinessclassical

    The act or state of being excessively eager or covetous.

Parallel reading

الجشع، محركة: أشد الحرص، وأسوأه، أو أن تأخذ نصيبك وتطمع في نصيب غيرك.
Greed, when vocalized, is the most intense eagerness, and the worst of it, or to take your share and covet the share of others.
وقد جشع، كفرح، فهو جشع من جشعين.
And he became greedy, like one who becomes sad, so he is a greedy person among the greedy.
ومجاشع بن دارم، بالضم: أبو قبيلة من تميم، وابن مسعود السلمي: صحابي.
And Majashi' bin Darim, with dammah, is the ancestor of a tribe from Tamim, and Ibn Mas'ud Al-Sulami is a companion.
وتجاشعا الماء: تضايقا عليه، وتعاطشا.
And they vied for the water: they contended over it, and were thirsty for it.
والتجشع: التحرص.
And التجشع (greediness) means intense eagerness.