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جحح

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to pregnancy and fullness, particularly in animals. It also extends to concepts of leadership and high status.

Derived headwords

أَجْحَتْverb
  1. 1.
    to be pregnantclassical

    Used to describe a female animal, especially of the feline family, when she becomes pregnant and her belly swells.

مُجِحٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    pregnantclassical

    Describing a female animal that is pregnant and has a large belly.

جَحْجَاحnoun
  1. 1.
    leaderboth

    A chief, a lord, or a prominent leader.

الجَحَاجِحnoun
  1. 1.
    the plural is al-jaḥājiḥ.both

    the plural is al-jaḥājiḥ.

جَحَاجِحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the plural of jamājim is jaḥājiḥa.both

    the plural of jamājim is jaḥājiḥa.

جَحَاجِيحnoun
  1. 1.
    leadersclassical

    Another plural form of 'Jahjah', referring to chiefs or prominent leaders. The 'h' is a substitute for the deleted 'y'.

Parallel reading

أجحت المرأة: حملت.
The woman became pregnant: she conceived.
وأصل الإجحاح للسباع.
And the origin of 'ijḥāḥ' is for wild beasts.
قيس كلها تقول لكل سبعة إذا حملت فأقربت وعظم بطنها: قد أجحت، فهى مجح.
All of Qays say about any female animal when she conceives, is close to giving birth, and her belly has enlarged: 'She has become pregnant', and she is 'mujḥ'.
والجحجاح: السيد، والجمع الجحاجح.
And 'al-Jahjah' is the chief, and the plural is 'al-Jahājiḥ'.
ماذا ببدر فالعقنقل من مرازبة جحاجح
What is in Badr and Al-'Aqanqal from prominent chiefs?
وجمع الجحاجح جحاجحة، وإن شئت جحاجيح، والهاء عوض من الياء المحذوفة، ولا بد منها أو من الياء، ولا يجتمعان.
And the plural of 'al-Jahājiḥ' is 'Jahājiḥah', and if you wish 'Jahājīḥ', and the 'h' is a substitute for the deleted 'y', and it is necessary to have either the 'h' or the 'y', but not both.