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جحش

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of scraping or abrading, particularly the skin. It also extends to denote a young donkey and, metaphorically, a stubborn or isolated person, as well as a young child before maturity.

Derived headwords

جَحَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to scrapeboth

    To scrape or abrade the skin.

جُحِشَverb
  1. 1.
    to be scrapedboth

    To have the skin scraped or abraded.

جَحْشnoun
  1. 1.
    scrapingboth

    A scraping or abrasion, especially of the skin.

  2. 2.
    young donkeyboth

    A young donkey; a foal.

جُحَاشnoun
  1. 1.
    Its plural is jiḥāsh, with kasraboth

    Its plural is jiḥāsh, with kasra

جُحْشَانnoun
  1. 1.
    Jiḥshān, on the pattern of ghilmānboth

    Jiḥshān, on the pattern of ghilmān

جَحْشَةnoun
  1. 1.
    And the female is jaḥshaboth

    And the female is jaḥsha

جُحَيْشnoun
  1. 1.
    It is said of a man when he acts independently: juḥaysh waḥdahu (a lone foal)both

    It is said of a man when he acts independently: juḥaysh waḥdahu (a lone foal)

جُحُوشnoun
  1. 1.
    young childrenclassical

    Children before they become strong or mature.

جَاحَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to push backclassical

    To push back against someone or something; to contend with.

Parallel reading

أصابه شئ فجحش وجهه
Something afflicted him, and his face was scraped.
وبه جحش
And he had a scrape on him.
والجحش: ولد الحمار
And the jaḥsh is the young of a donkey.
والأنثى جحشة
And the female is a jaḥshah.
ويقال للرجل إذا كان يستبد برأيه: جحيش وحده
And it is said of a man, if he insists on his own opinion: he is a juḥaysh alone.
وهو ذم
And this is a dispraise.
والجحشة: صوفة يلفها الراعي على يده يغزلها
And the jaḥshah is a tuft of wool that the shepherd wraps around his hand for spinning.
وجحاش: أبو حى من غطفان
And Juhash is the father of a tribe from Ghatafan.
وجائت جحاش قضها بقضيضها
And Juhash came, its entirety and its pieces.
وجاحشه، أي دافعه
And jāḥasha-hu, meaning to push him back.
والجحيش: المتنحي عن القوم
And the juḥaysh is one who withdraws from the people.
إذا نزل الحى حل الجحيش
When the tribe descends, the juḥaysh settles.
والجحوش: الصبي قبل أن يشتد
And the juḥūsh are the child before he becomes strong.
قتلنا مخلدا وابنى حراق وآخر جحوشا فوق الفطيم
We killed Mukhallad and the sons of Hurraq, and another, juḥūshan, beyond the weaned one.