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جحن

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of poor nourishment, stunted growth, and scarcity or stinginess. It extends to describe slowness, weakness, and confinement, as well as specific geographical names.

Derived headwords

جَحَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to be poorly nourishedboth

    Said of a child, meaning their nourishment was bad or insufficient.

أَجْحَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause poor nourishmentclassical

    To cause someone else's nourishment to be bad or insufficient.

  2. 2.
    to be stingyboth

    To be restrictive or tight-fisted with one's family, either due to poverty or stinginess.

جُحْوَانname
  1. 1.
    Juhwanclassical

    A proper name.

جَحْنnoun
  1. 1.
    slow to matureclassical

    Describing someone who is slow to reach maturity or develop.

  2. 2.
    weak plantclassical

    Describing a plant that is weak, small, and underdeveloped.

مُجْحَنadjective
  1. 1.
    weak and smallclassical

    Describing something, like a plant, that is weak and small.

جُحْنَةnoun
  1. 1.
    tickclassical

    A type of parasitic arachnid.

جُحَيْنَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    what adheresclassical

    That which sticks or adheres to something, referring to the heart or its lining.

لُوَيحَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    what adheresclassical

    That which sticks or adheres to something, referring to the heart or its lining.

جَيْحُونname
  1. 1.
    river of Khwarazmclassical

    A river located in the region of Khwarazm.

جَيْحَانname
  1. 1.
    river between Syria and Byzantiumclassical

    A river situated between the regions of Syria and the Byzantine Empire; it is a Persian loanword.

Parallel reading

جحن الصبي، كفرح، فهو جحن: ساء غذاؤه، وأجحنه غيره.
The boy was poorly nourished, like 'faraha', so he is 'jahn': his nourishment was bad, and another caused him to be poorly nourished.
والجحن، ككتف: البطيء الشباب، والنبات الضعيف الصغير، كالمجحن، كمكرم، والقراد، كالجحنة، بالضم.
And 'al-jahn', like 'katif': the slow to mature, and the weak, small plant, like 'al-mujhan', like 'mukram', and the tick, like 'al-juhnah', with dammah.
وكمنع وأجحن وجحن: ضيق على عياله فقرا أو بخلا.
And like 'mana'a', 'ajhana' and 'jahana': he was restrictive with his family due to poverty or stinginess.
وجحيناء القلب ولويحاؤه: ما لزمه.
And 'juhaynaa' of the heart and its lining: what adheres to it.
وجيحون: نهر خوارزم.
And 'Jayhun': the river of Khwarazm.
وجيحان: نهر بين الشام والروم، معرب جهان.
And 'Jayhan': a river between Syria and Byzantium, a loanword from Persian 'Jahan'.