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جحس

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of entering, penetrating, or forcefully engaging with something. It extends to meanings of causing harm, injury, or destruction, and also encompasses struggle, contention, and vigorous effort, particularly in combat or competition.

Derived headwords

جَحَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to entermodern

    To go into or penetrate a place or thing.

  2. 2.
    to injureclassical

    To cause damage, abrasion, or scratching to the skin or body.

  3. 3.
    to killclassical

    To cause the death of someone.

جَحَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to injureclassical

    To scrape or scratch the skin, similar to 'jahas'.

جَحْسnoun
  1. 1.
    enteringclassical

    The act of entering or penetrating.

  2. 2.
    struggleclassical

    Contention, vigorous effort, or competition.

جُحَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    struggleclassical

    A fierce fight, contention, or struggle, especially in combat.

جَحَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    struggleclassical

    Contention or vigorous effort in pursuing a matter.

جَحَاشnoun
  1. 1.
    struggleclassical

    A term for intense fighting or contention.

جَحَشَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to injureclassical

    To scrape or scratch the skin.

جَحَسَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to killclassical

    To cause someone's death.

جَحَاسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    struggleclassical

    The act of struggling or contending vigorously.

جَحَاسًاnoun
  1. 1.
    struggleclassical

    A vigorous contention or effort in a matter.

جَاحَسَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to contend withclassical

    To struggle, contend, or engage vigorously with someone over a matter.

جَحَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    struggleclassical

    A term for intense fighting or contention.

جَحَسَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to cause troubleclassical

    To cause trouble or difficulty; to scheme or plot.

دَحَسَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to cause troubleclassical

    To cause trouble or difficulty; to scheme or plot.

Parallel reading

جحس فيه، كجعل: دخل.
Jahas in it, like ja'ala: entered.
جحس جلده: كدحه وخدشه وقشره، مثل جحشه، بالشين، حكاه يعقوب في البدل.
Jahas his skin: it scraped and scratched and peeled it, like jahasha, with the shīn, Ya'qub narrated it as a substitute.
سقط عن فرس فجحس شقه الأيمن والشين أعرف.
He fell from a horse and his right side was injured, and the shīn is more known.
جحس فلانا: قتله، لغة في الشين.
Jahas someone: killed him, a variant in the shīn.
الجحش: الجهاد، وتحول الشين سينا.
Al-Jahsh: the struggle, and the transformation of shīn to sīn.
الجحاس في القتال: مثل الجحاش، لغتان بالسين والشين.
Al-Juhas in fighting: like al-Juhash, two variants with sīn and shīn.
جاحسه جحاسا: زاحمه وقاتله وزاوله على الأمر، كجاحشه، حكاه يعقوب في البدل.
Jahasahan jahasā: he contended with him, fought him, and engaged with him in the matter, like jahashahu, Ya'qub narrated it as a substitute.
وإلا جلادا بذي رونق ... وإلا نزالا وإلا جحاسا
And not a fight with splendor... and not a descent and not a struggle.
والصقع في يوم الوغى الجحاس
And the striking on the day of battle, the intense struggle.
يقال: ذاك من جحسه ودحسه: أي مكره ومزاولته.
It is said: that is from his jahasahu and dahashahu: meaning his scheming and his engagement.