jashiʿa

be covetous, be greedy

جَشِعَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ج ش ع

Forms

Present: يَجْشَعُ

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present	Command
he هُوَ	جَشِعَ	يَجْشَعُ	—
she هِيَ	جَشِعَت	تَجْشَعُ	—
they two (m.) هُما	جَشِعا	يَجْشَعانِ	—
they two (f.) هُما	جَشِعَتا	تَجْشَعانِ	—
they (m.) هُمْ	جَشِعُوا	يَجْشَعُونَ	—
they (f.) هُنَّ	جَشِعْنَ	يَجْشَعْنَ	—
you (m.) أَنْتَ	جَشِعْتَ	تَجْشَعُ	اِجْشَعْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ	جَشِعْتِ	تَجْشَعِينَ	اِجْشَعِي
you two أَنْتُما	جَشِعْتُما	تَجْشَعانِ	اِجْشَعَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	جَشِعْتُم	تَجْشَعُونَ	اِجْشَعُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	جَشِعْتُنَّ	تَجْشَعْنَ	اِجْشَعْنَ
I أَنا	جَشِعْتُ	أَجْشَعُ	—
we نَحْنُ	جَشِعْنا	نَجْشَعُ	—

From the same root

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 6 entries

جَشِعَ Form I He was, or became, affected with the most vehement desire, eagerness, avidity, cupidity, or hankering

, aor. , inf. n. جَشَعٌ, He was, or became, affected with the most vehement desire, eagerness, avidity, cupidity, or hankering, (S, O, K,) and, (O, K,) as explained by an Arab of the desert to As, (IDrd,) with the worst kind thereof, (IDrd, O, K,) for eating &c.: (TA:) or, as ex plained by another Arab of the desert to As, (IDrd,) he took his own share, and coveted the share of another: (IDrd, K:) and ↓ تجشّع sig nifies the like; (S;) or i. q. تَحَرَّصَ, q. v. (K.) ― -b2- جَشَعٌ also signifies The being impatient on account of separation from an associate. (TA.) ― -b3- And The being frightened, terrified, or afraid. (TA.)
تَجَشَّعَ Form V Open entry

see 1.
تَجَاشَعَا المَآءَ Form VI They straitened each other in pressing to the water, and

They straitened each other in pressing to the water, and [so I render تَعَاطَشَا] vied, each with the other, in endeavouring to satisfy their thirst; (K;) on the authority of an Arab of the desert. (TA.)
جَشِعٌ Affected with the most vehement desire

part. n. of جَشِعَ, Affected with the most vehement desire, &c.: pl. جَشِعُونَ, (S, K,) and جَشَاعَى and جُشَعَآءَ and جِشَاعٌ are also pls. [of the same]. (TA.) ― -b2- الجَشِعُ The lion. (TA.) ― -b3- رَجُلٌ جَشِعٌ بَشِعٌ, A man in whom are combined impatience and fright and a heavy, or a heaving, state of the soul. (TA.)
جَشِيعٌ who assumes a false disposition, and that which is not in him

One who assumes a false disposition, and that which is not in him. (TA.)
أَجْشَعُ More, and most, affected with most vehement desire

[comparative and superlative of جَشِعٌ; More, and most, affected with most vehement desire, &c.]. (TA.)

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