confess, express

, (A, Msb, K,) aor. , (Msb, K,) inf. n. جَهْرٌ and جِهَارٌ, (Er-Rághib, TA,) It (a thing, A, Msb) was, or became, plain, apparent, conspicuous, open, or public; syn. ظَهَرَ, (A, Msb,) and بَدَا, (TA,) and عَلَنَ: (K:) or the radical signification is, it (a thing) was, or became, exceedingly plain to be perceived, either by the sense of sight or by that of hearing. (Er-Rághib, TA.) [Accord. to some, when relating to what is visible, it is tropical; and when relating to what is audible, proper: but if so, it seems to be so much used in the former sense as to be, in that sense, conventionally regarded as proper. See also جَهْرَةٌ.] -A2- جَهُرَ, aor. , [inf. n., app., جَهَارَةٌ and جُهُورَةٌ,] He (a man, TA) was, or became, great, or bulky, (K, TA,) [and therefore a conspicuous object,] before the eyes of the beholder. (TA.) [And He was, or became, pleasing, or goodly, in aspect: see جَهَارَةٌ, below.] ― -b2- Also, (A, Msb, K,) inf. n. جَهَارَةٌ, (A, Msb,) It (the voice) rose [so as to be plainly heard]; was, or became, high, or loud. (A, Msb, * K.) ― -b3- Also, (S,) inf. n. جَهَارَةٌ, (TA,) He, (a man) was, or became, high, or loud, of voice. (S, TA.) -A3- جِبِر aor. , (Msb,) inf. n. جَهَرٌ, (S, Msb,) He (a man) was unable to see in the sun. (S, Msb, TA.) And in like manner said of the eye. (K.) -A4- جَهَرَهُ, (Msb, TA,) inf. n. جَهْرٌ; (TA;) and جَهَرَ بِهِ; (A, Msb;) and ↓ اجهرهُ, (A, Msb, TA,) [and بِهِ ↓ اجهر;] and ↓ جَهْوَرَهُ; (TA;) He made it plain, apparent, conspicuous, open, or public. (A, Msb, TA.) ― -b2- جَهَرَ الكَلَامَ, and جَهَرَبِهِ; (K;) and ↓ اجهرهُ, inf. n. إِجْهَارٌ; (S;) and بِهِ ↓ اجهر; (K;) and ↓ جَهْوَرَ; (TA;) and جَهَرَ بِالقَوْلِ, and بِدُعَايأِهِ, and بِصَلَاتِهِ, (TA,) and بِقِرَآءَتِهِ, (Sgh, Msb, TA,) aor. , inf. n. جَهْرٌ and جِهَارٌ; (TA;) and بقرءآته ↓ اجهر; (Sgh, Msb, TA;) He uttered the speech, and the saying, and his supplication, and his prayer, and his recitation, with a plain, or an open, voice; openly; publicly: (S, Msb, K, TA:) or جَهَرَ بِكَلَامِهِ, (A,) and بِالقَوْلِ, and ↓ جَهْوَرَ; (S;) and بِقِرَآءَتِهِ; (A;) he uttered his speech, and the saying, and his recitation, with a raised, or loud, voice; aloud: (S, A:) and جَهَرَ الصَّوْتَ he raised the voice [so as to make it plainly heard]. (K.) ― -b3- جَهَرَ بِالمَعَاصِى, and ↓ اجهر, and ↓ جاهر, he made known the acts of disobedience that he had committed, by talking of them: he who does so is termed بِالمُعَاصِى ↓ مُجَاهِرٌ, and simply مُجَاهِرٌ. (TA.) And مَا فِى صَدْرِهِ ↓ اجهر He revealed what was in his bosom. (A.) And الحَدِيثَ بَعْدَ مَا هَيْنَمَهُ ↓ جَهْوَرَ He revealed the story after he had concealed it. (A.) And ↓ اجهر الأَمْرَ He made the case, or affair, notorious. (TA.) ― -b4- Also جَهَرَهُ He discovered it (K, TA) ocularly. (TA.) ― -b5- He saw him (a man) without any veil (K, TA) intervening; (TA;) as also ↓ اجتهرهُ: (K:) or he looked towards him, or regarded him. (K.) You say, مَا فِى الحَىِّ أَحَدٌ تَجْهَرَهُ عَيْنِى There is not in the tribe any one whom my eye regards as worthy of notice or respect by reason of his greatness therein; syn. تَأْخُذُهُ. (TA.) And القَوْمُ فُلَانًا ↓ اجتهر The people looked towards such a one without any veil intervening between them and him. (TA.) ― -b6- He treated him, or regarded him, with reverence, veneration, respect, or honour: (K:) or (TA) he regarded him as great in his eyes: (K, TA:) he saw him to be great in aspect, or appearance; (S;) as also ↓ اجتهرهُ (S, K) and ↓ استجرهُ: (A:) he was pleased with his beauty, and his form, or appearance, or state of apparel or the like; as also ↓ اجتهرهُ: (Lh, * K:) or he pleased him by his beauty and form or appearance &c.: (A:) or it pleased him by its beauty; as also ↓ اجتهرهُ. (TA.) ― -b7- He saw it (an army, S, A, K, and a people, TA) to be numerous in his eyes; as also ↓ اجتهرهُ. (S A, K.) -A5- جَهَرَ البِيأْرَ, (S, K,) aor. , inf. n. جَهْرٌ, (TA,) He cleared out the well, (S, K,) and took forth from it the black fetid mud that it contained; as also ↓ اجترها: (S:) or both signify he entirely, or nearly, exhausted the well of its water: (K:) or the former, he reached the water of the well, (K, TA,) in digging: or so جَهَرَ alone: (TA:) and accord. to Akh, جَهَرْتُ الرَّكِيَّةَ signifies I cleared out the mud that the water covered in the well, so that the water appeared and became clear. (S.) 'Áïsheh said, describing her father, دُفُنَ الرَّوَآءِ ↓ اجتهر, lit., He cleared out the filled-up wells of abundant water so as to make the water well forth; alluding to his rectifying affairs that had become disordered. (TA from a trad.) -A6- جَهَرْنَاهُمْ We came to them in the morning, at the time called الصَّبَاح, (S, A, K, TA,) when they were inadvertent. (S, K, TA.) ― -b2- جَهَرَ الأَرْضَ He traversed the land (S, K) without knowledge. (S.) -A7- جَهَرَ السِّقَآءَ He shook the milk-skin to make butter, (Fr, S, K,) and took forth its butter. (Fr, TA.) -A8- جَهَرَتِ الشَّمْسُ المُسَافِرَ The sun dazzled the eye, and confused the sight, of the traveller; syn. أَسْدَرَتْ عَيْنَهُ. (K.)

: see 1. ― -b2- [Its inf. n.] مُجَاهَرَةٌ signifies The fighting [with any one] face to face: and the showing open enmity, or hostility, with any one: and the reading, or reciting, a thing aloud: and the speaking loudly. (KL.) You say, جاهر بِالعَدَاوَةِ, (Msb,) inf. n. مُجَاهَرَةٌ (S, Msb) and جِهَارٌ, (Msb,) He showed open enmity or hostility, with another. (S, * Msb.) And جَاهَرْتُهُمْ بِالأَمْرِ I acted openly with them in the affair, or case; syn. عَالَنْتُهُمْ بِهِ. (JK.) [And جاهرهُ He treated him openly with enmity &c.] ― -b3- جَاهَرَهُمْ بِالأَمْرِ, (TA,) inf. n. مُجَاهَرَةٌ and جِهَارٌ, (K,) [is explained as signifying] He vied with them, or strove to overcome or surpass them, in the affair, or case. (K, * TA.) [But غالبهم, in the TA, and المُغَالَبَةُ, in the K, are here evidently mistranscriptions for عَالَنَهُمْ and المُعَالَنَةُ.]

see 1, in eight places. ― -b2- اجهر also signifies He begat sons goodly in stature (IAar, K) and in aspect, (IAar, TA,) or in cheeks: (K:) or, a squint-eyed son. (IAar, K.)

[تَجَاهُرٌ signifies The showing oneself openly: and acting openly, or being open in one's conduct or converse, with others. You say,] تَجَاهَرُوا بِالعَدَاوَةِ They showed open enmity, or hostility, one with another; syn. تَبَادَوْابِهَا. (S in art. بدو.) -A2- [And تجاهر He feigned himself unable to see in the sun: see the part. n., below.]

see 1, in eight places.

: see 1. ― -b2- Also He took it forth. (TA from a trad.)

: see 1, in four places.

: see جَهْرَةٌ, in two places.

: see جَهَارَةٌ, in six places.

: see جَهِيرٌ, in two places.

A thing that is plain, apparent, conspicuous, open, or public. (K.) You say, رَآهُ جَهْرَةً (S, A, &c.) He saw him, or it, [plainly,] without the intervention of any veil: (TA:) and ↓ رآه جِهَارًا [signifies the same: or] he saw him, or it, with exceeding plainness: (Er-Rághib, TA:) or the former signifies he saw him, or it, with his eyes, ocularly, or before his eyes, (S, A, Bd in ii. 52, Msb,) without anything intervening: (S:) so in the Kur. [ii. 52], حَتَّى نَرَى ٱللّٰهَ جَهْرَةً: (S, Bd:) and [some say that] جَهْرَةً is here originally an inf. n. of جَهَرْتُ in جَهَرْتُ بِالقِرَآءَةِ, [like ↓ جَهْرًا,] and metaphorically used in the sense of مُعَايَنَةً: it is in the accus. case as an inf. n.: or it is thus used as a denotative of state relating to the agent or the object: and some read ↓ جَهَرَةً, as an inf. n. like غَلَبَة, or as pl. of جَاهِرٌ, and as such it is a denotative of state: (Bd:) or جَهْرَةً is here from جَهَرْتُ الرَّكِيَّةَ: (Akh, S:) accord. to Ibn-' Arafeh, it here signifies unconcealed from us: (TA:) and in the Kur. iv. 152, ocularly; not concealed from us by anything. (K, * TA.) ― -b2- You say also, كَلَّمَهُ جَهْرَةً [and ↓ جَهْرًا He spoke to him plainly, with an open voice, aloud, or publicly]. (S, TA.) ― -b3- And ↓ لَقِيَهُ نَهَارًا جِهَارًا and ↓ جَهَارًا [He met him in the daytime, openly, or publicly]. (K.)

[A blaze covering the face of a horse: or the quality of having such a blaze:] a subst. from أَجْهَرُ applied to a horse. (TA.) ― -b2- A cast in the eye. (AA, TA. [See also أَجْهَرُ.])