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جوش

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the chest or breast, and by extension, the beginning or onset of something, particularly time. It also denotes a specific place.

Derived headwords

الجَوْشnoun
  1. 1.
    chest, breastboth

    The chest or breast of a person or animal.

الجُؤْشُوشnoun
  1. 1.
    chest, breastclassical

    An alternative term for the chest or breast, synonymous with الجوش.

الجَوْشَنnoun
  1. 1.
    The chestboth

    The chest

  2. 2.
    The cuirassboth

    The cuirass

جَوْشname
  1. 1.
    Jowshboth

    A proper name for a place.

جاشَverb
  1. 1.
    to begin, to startclassical

    To commence or begin, particularly referring to the passage of time, like the night.

Parallel reading

الجوش: الصدر، مثل الجؤشوش والجوشن.
Al-Jowsh: the chest, like Al-Ju'shush and Al-Jowshan.
وجوش: موضع.
And Jowsh: a place.
ترض حصى معزاء جوش وأكمه * بأخفافها رض النوى بالمراضح *
They tread the pebbles of a plain of Jowsh and a hillock * with their hooves, treading date pits in the watering troughs *
ومضى جوش من الليل: أي صدر منه، مثل جرش.
And 'Jowsh of the night passed': meaning, it began from it, like Jarash.
إذا الديك في جوش من الليل طربا
When the rooster crows in a part of the night, exultant