جهد

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of effort, exertion, and striving. It extends to meanings of capacity, endurance, hardship, and intense desire, particularly in relation to physical or spiritual endeavors.

Derived headwords

الجَهْدnoun

1.
ability, capacityboth
ability, capacity
2.
hardship, difficultyboth
hardship, difficulty

الجُهْدnoun

1.
ability, capacityboth
ability, capacity
2.
hardship, difficultyboth
hardship, difficulty

اجهدverb

1.
he burdened his riding animal beyond its capacity in travelboth
he burdened his riding animal beyond its capacity in travel

جهدverb

1.
he burdened his riding animal beyond its capacity in travelboth
he burdened his riding animal beyond its capacity in travel
2.
he exerted himself in it and went to extremesboth
he exerted himself in it and went to extremes

أجهدverb

1.
he burdened his riding animal beyond its capacity in travelboth
he burdened his riding animal beyond its capacity in travel

مجهودnoun

1.
exhausted from hardshipboth
exhausted from hardship

مجهودadjective

1.
exhausted from hardshipboth
exhausted from hardship

جهيدadjective

1.
hard-grazedclassical
Pasture that has been heavily grazed by livestock.

جهدnoun

1.
he burdened his riding animal beyond its capacity in travelboth
he burdened his riding animal beyond its capacity in travel
2.
he exerted himself in it and went to extremesboth
he exerted himself in it and went to extremes

جهدnoun

1.
he burdened his riding animal beyond its capacity in travelboth
he burdened his riding animal beyond its capacity in travel
2.
he exerted himself in it and went to extremesboth
he exerted himself in it and went to extremes

جهادnoun

1.
verbal noun of jāhadaboth
verbal noun of jāhada

جاهدverb

1.
he strove in the way of Godboth
he strove in the way of God

مجاهدةnoun

1.
verbal noun of jāhadaboth
verbal noun of jāhada

اجتهادnoun

1.
exertionboth
The act of exerting oneself to the utmost; diligent effort.

تجاهدnoun

1.
exertionclassical
The act of exerting oneself to the utmost; diligent effort.

Parallel reading

الجهد والجهد: الطاقة.

Al-juhd and al-jahd: capacity.

والذين لا يجدون إلا جهدم

And those who find nothing but their effort (or capacity).

قال الفراء: الجهد بالضم الطاقة.

Al-Farra' said: Al-juhd (with dammah) is capacity.

والجهد بالفتح من قولك: اجهد جهدك في هذا الأمر، أي ابلغ غايتك.

And al-jahd (with fatha) is from your saying: 'Ijhud juhdaka fi hadha al-amr', meaning reach your utmost limit.

والجهد: المشقة.

And al-jahd: hardship.

يقال: جهد دابته وأجهدها، إذا حمل عليها في السير فوق طاقتها.

It is said: 'Jahada dabbatuhu wa ajhadaha', if one makes it carry a load beyond its capacity in travel.

وجهد الرجل في كذا، أي جد فيه وبالغ.

And a man exerted himself in something, meaning he was diligent and went to extremes.

وجهدت اللبن فهو مجهود، أي أخرجت زبده كله.

And I processed the milk, and it became processed (majhud), meaning I extracted all its butter.

وجهدت الطعام: اشتهيته.

And I craved the food: I desired it.

وجهدت الطعام، إذا أكثرت من أكله.

And I ate a lot of food, if one eats excessively.

ومرعى جهيد: جهده المال.

And جهيد pasture: it was grazed heavily by the livestock.

وجهد الرجل فهو مجهود، من المشقة، يقال أصابهم قحوط من المطر فجهدوا جهدا شديدا.

And a man became exhausted (majhud), from hardship; it is said they were afflicted by a drought of rain, so they suffered severe hardship (juhdan shadidan).

وجهد عيشهم بالكسر، أي نكد واشتد.

And their livelihood became difficult (jahada bi al-kasr), meaning it was miserable and severe.

والجهاد بالفتح: الأرض الصلبة.

And al-jihād (with fatha): hard ground.

وجاهد في سبيل الله مجاهدة وجهادا.

And he struggled in the way of God, a struggle (mujāhadah) and a striving (jihādan).

والاجتهاد والتجاهد: بذل الوسع والمجهود.

And al-ijtihād and al-tajāhudu: exerting one's utmost capacity and effort.