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جمح

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of unruliness, stubbornness, and rapid, uncontrolled movement. It applies to animals, people, and even inanimate objects like arrows, signifying a lack of restraint or obedience.

Derived headwords

جَمَحَverb
  1. 1.
    the horse bolted: it became defiant to its rider and overcame him.both

    the horse bolted: it became defiant to its rider and overcame him.

  2. 2.
    he hastened.both

    he hastened.

جُمُوحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    so it is a bolting horse, with fatḥa.both

    so it is a bolting horse, with fatḥa.

جِمَاحٌnoun
  1. 1.
    unrulinessboth

    The state of a horse being unruly and resisting its rider.

جَمُوحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    so it is a bolting horse, with fatḥa.both

    so it is a bolting horse, with fatḥa.

جَامِحٌadjective
  1. 1.
    unrestrainedboth

    One who is unrestrained in his actions or desires.

يَجْمَحُونَverb
  1. 1.
    and from it is His saying, the Exalted: 'and they rush headlong'.both

    and from it is His saying, the Exalted: 'and they rush headlong'.

الجِمَاحُnoun
  1. 1.
    arrow without a headclassical

    A type of arrow with a rounded head, used by children to learn archery.

Parallel reading

جمح الفرس جموحا وجماحا، إذا اعتز فارسه وغلبه
The horse was unruly, with unruliness and stubbornness, when it asserted itself over its rider and overcame him.
فهو فرس جموح
And it is an unruly horse.
وجمحت المرأة من زوجها، وهو خروجها من بيته إلى أهلها قبل أن يطلقها
And the woman rebelled against her husband, which is her leaving his house to her family before he divorces her.
إذا رأتني ذات ضغن حنت وجمحت من زوجها
When a spiteful woman sees me, she becomes affectionate and rebels against her husband.
والجموح من الرجال: الذي يركب هواه فلا يمكن رده
And the stubborn man is he who follows his desires and cannot be turned back.
خلعت عذاري جامحا ما يردني عن البيض أمثال الدمى زجر زاجر
I cast off my restraint, unrestrained, nothing turns me away from fair women like dolls, no scolder or dissuader.
وجمح، أي أسرع
And 'jamaha' means to rush.
لولوا إليه وهم يجمحون
They turned towards it, and they were rushing.
والجماح بالضم والتشديد: سهم بلا نصل مدور الرأس يتعلم الصبى به الرمى
And 'al-jimāḥ' (with damma and shadda) is an arrow without a head, with a rounded tip, by which boys learn to shoot.