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ج د ش

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of desiring or intending to take something. It also encompasses a specific meaning related to rough or coarse ground.

Derived headwords

جَدَشَverb
  1. 1.
    to desire to takeboth

    To intend to take something, to desire it with the aim of acquiring it.

يَجْدِشُverb
  1. 1.
    desires to takeboth

    He desires to take something, intending to acquire it.

الجَدْشُnoun
  1. 1.
    rough groundclassical

    Coarse, rough, or uneven land.

  2. 2.
    desire to takeclassical

    The act of desiring to take something.

أَجْدَاشٌnoun
  1. 1.
    rough groundsclassical

    Plural of 'jads', referring to areas of coarse or uneven land.

Parallel reading

جدش يجدش، من حد ضرب، إذا أراد الشيء ليأخذه.
Jadasha yajdishu, from the root 'daraba', means to desire something in order to take it.
والجدش، محركة: الأرض الغليظة، ج أجداش، كسبب وأسباب
And 'al-jads', with vowel movement, refers to coarse ground, its plural being 'ajdash', like 'sabab' and 'asbab'.
وهذا الحرف أهمله الجوهري، والصاغاني، وصاحب اللسان، وحكاه ابن القطاع علي بن جعفر بن علي السعدي، في تهذيب الأبنية والأفعال.
And this word was neglected by Al-Jauhari, Al-Saghani, and the author of Al-Lisan, but it was narrated by Ibn Al-Qatta' Ali bin Ja'far bin Ali Al-Sa'di in his 'Tahdhib Al-Abniyah wa Al-Af'al'.