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جشش

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the actions of crushing, grinding, and cleaning. It extends to descriptions of sound and a collective noun for people.

Derived headwords

جَشَّشتُ الشَّيءَ أَجُشُّهُ جَشًّاverb
  1. 1.
    to crush and breakboth

    To crush something into small pieces and break it down.

جَشِيشnoun
  1. 1.
    And the sawīq (porridge) is jashīsh (coarsely ground)both

    And the sawīq (porridge) is jashīsh (coarsely ground)

  2. 2.
    So it is jashīsh (coarsely ground)both

    So it is jashīsh (coarsely ground)

الجَشِيشَةnoun
  1. 1.
    what is crushedclassical

    That which has been crushed or ground, particularly grain.

أَجْشَشْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to grind finelyclassical

    To grind something, especially grain, into a fine powder.

مَجَشّnoun
  1. 1.
    grindstoneclassical

    The millstone or grinding apparatus used to crush grain.

جَشَّهُ بالعَصَاverb
  1. 1.
    to strike with a stickboth

    To hit or strike something with a stick.

جَشَشْتُ البِئْرَverb
  1. 1.
    to clean a wellboth

    To clear out and clean a well, removing debris.

الأَجَشّadjective
  1. 1.
    hoarseboth

    Having a rough, deep, or hoarse voice.

  2. 2.
    deep-soundingboth

    Describing a sound that is deep and resonant, like thunder.

الجَشَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    group of peopleclassical

    A gathering or company of people.

Parallel reading

جششت الشئ أجشه جشا: دققته وكسرته.
I crushed the thing, crushing it, crushing: I made it fine and broke it.
والسويق جشيش.
And the fine-ground grain is jashish.
والجشيشة: ما جش من البر وغيره.
And al-jashishah: what is crushed of wheat and other things.
يقال: جششت البر وأجششته، إذا طحنته طحنا جليلا، فهو جشيش ومجشوش.
It is said: I crushed the wheat and I made it crushed, if you ground it a great grinding, then it is jashish and majshush.
والمجش: الرحى التي يطحن الجشيش بها.
And al-majash: the millstone with which the jashish is ground.
وجشه بالعصا: ضربه بها.
And I struck him with the stick: I hit him with it.
وجششت البئر: كنستها ونقيتها.
And I cleaned the well: I swept it and purified it.
يقولون لما جشت البئر أوردوا
They say when the well was cleaned, they brought water
فليس بها أدنى ذفاف لوارد
There is not in it the least impurity for a drinker.
يعني بها القبر.
Meaning by it the grave.
والأجش: الغليظ الصوت.
And al-ajash: the thick-voiced.
يقال: فرس أجش الصوت، وسحاب أجش الرعد.
It is said: a horse with a hoarse sound, and clouds with a deep thunder.
والجشة بالضم: الجماعة من الناس.
And al-jashshah (with dammah): a group of people.