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جحا

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to personal names and a specific verb form indicating engulfment or overwhelming. It appears to be largely focused on proper nouns and a single derived verbal concept.

Derived headwords

اجْتَاحَهverb
  1. 1.
    engulfed himclassical

    This is a verb form indicating that something overwhelmed or engulfed a person or thing.

جُحْوَانname
  1. 1.
    Juhwanclassical

    The name of a man from the tribe of Banu Asad.

جُحَاname
  1. 1.
    Juhaclassical

    The name of a man. Al-Akhfash stated that it is diptote (la yansarif) because it is like 'Umar.

Parallel reading

اجتحاه: قلب اجتاحه.
It engulfed him: it means it overwhelmed him.
وجحوان: اسم رجل من بنى أسد.
And Juhwan: the name of a man from Banu Asad.
فقبلي مات الخالدان كلاهما * عميد بنى جحوان وابن المضلل
Before me died the two eternal ones, both of them: the chief of Banu Juhwan and the son of Al-Mudhallel.
وجحا: اسم رجل.
And Juha: the name of a man.
قال الاخفش: لا ينصرف، لانه مثل عمر.
Al-Akhfash said: it is diptote (la yansarif), because it is like 'Umar.