jāḥa

annihilate, ruin, flood

جاحَ

Word

Verb

Root

ج و ح

Forms

Present
يَجُوحُ

In the library

ويقال لولد كلّ بهيمة إذا ساء غذاؤه: جحن ومحثل وجذع، وكلّ ما غذّي بغير أمّه يقال له: عجيّ، وكذلك الجحن والوغل والسّغل كلّه السّيّئ الغذاء.

Enjoyment and Conviviality, page 177 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ جاحَيَجُوحُ—
she هِيَ جاحَتتَجُوحُ—
they two (m.) هُما جاحايَجُوحانِ—
they two (f.) هُما جاحَتاتَجُوحانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ جاحُوايَجُوحُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ جُحْنَيَجُحْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ جُحْتَتَجُوحُجُوحْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ جُحْتِتَجُوحِينَجُوحِي
you two أَنْتُما جُحْتُماتَجُوحانِجُوحَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ جُحْتُمتَجُوحُونَجُوحُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ جُحْتُنَّتَجُحْنَجُوحْنَ
I أَنا جُحْتُأَجُوحُ—
we نَحْنُ جُحْنانَجُوحُ—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 9 entries
  • جَاحَ Form I extirpated, or exterminated
    , (S, A,) aor. يَجُوحُ, (S,) inf. n. جَوْحٌ, (S, K,) He (a man, S) extirpated, or exterminated, (S, A, K,) a thing: (S:) He (God, S) destroyed (S, A, K) a man's property, or cattle, (S,) by what is termed جَايأِحَة: (S, A:) as also ↓ اجاح, (S, A,) inf. n. إِجَاحَةٌ; (K;) and ↓ اجتاح, (S,) inf. n. اِجْتِيَاحٌ. (K.) You say [also], جَاحِتِ الآفَةُ المَالَ, i. e. الجَايأِحَةُ, aor. تَجُوحُهُ, inf. n. as above; and ↓ اجاحتهُ; and ↓ اجتاحتهُ; The bane, or pest, or the like, destroyed the property, or cattle; as also جَاحَتْهُ, aor. تَجِيحُهُ, inf. n. جِيَاحَةٌ: (Msb:) and one says of anything, such as drought, or dearth, and civil war, or conflict and faction, &c., جاح المَالَ and ↓ اجتاحهُ, meaning it extirpated, or exterminated, the property, or cattle. (TA.) And جَاحَتْهُمُ الجَايأِحَةُ, (S,) or السَّنَةُ, inf. n. جَوْحٌ and جِيَاحٌ; and ↓ أَجَاحَتْهُمْ; (TA;) and ↓ اِجْتَاحَتْهُمْ; (S, A, TA;) i. e. [The calamity, bane, pest, or the like, or drought, or dearth, destroyed or] extirpated [them, or] their property, or cattle. (TA.) And العَدُوُّ مَالَهُ ↓ اجتاح The enemy destroyed, or made an end of, his property, or cattle; syn. أَتَى عَلَيْهِ. (TA.) ― -b2- Also جاح, aor. يَجُوحُ, inf. n. جَوْحٌ, He destroyed the property, or cattle, of his relations. (IAar, TA.) -A2- And, aor. يَجُوحُ, He deviated from the road, or beaten track. (IAar, K.)
  • أَجْوَحَ Form IV Open entry
    see 1, in three places.
  • إِجْتَوَحَ Form VIII Open entry
    see 1, in five places.
  • جَوْحَةٌ Open entry
    : see جَايأِحَةٌ.
  • جَايأِحٌ A destructive bane or pest or the like
    [act. part. n. of 1]. You say آفَةٌ جَايأِحَةٌ A destructive bane or pest or the like: (Msb:) and سَنَةٌ جَايأِحَةٌ a year of drought or dearth or sterility: (Mgh:) pl. جَوَايأِحُ. (Mgh, Msb.) ― -b2- [And hence,] The locust. (IAar, T in art. جحى.)
  • جَايأِحَةٌ A bane, a pest
    [fem. of جَايأِحٌ, q. v.: and hence, as a subst.,] A bane, a pest, (Msb,) a calamity, or the like, (S, Msb, K,) or a great calamity, (Mgh, TA,) that destroys, or extirpates, men's property, or cattle; (S, Mgh, Msb, * K, TA;) as drought, or dearth; or civil war, or conflict and faction, and the like: (S, TA:) drought, or dearth, that destroys, or extirpates, men's property, or cattle; as also ↓ جَوْحَةٌ: (Wásil, TA:) or a calamity that befalls a man, and destroys all his property, or cattle: (A'Obeyd, T:) or severe drought or dearth, that destroys, or extirpates, men's property, or cattle: (ISh:) sometimes it is the effect of large hail; and sometimes, of excessive cold or heat: (T:) or (accord. to Esh-Sháfi'ee, Mgh, Msb) a blast, or blight, or calamity arising from the atmosphere, that destroys the fruits, (Mgh, Msb, TA,) or some thereof; (Mgh;) only relating to fruits: (TA:) pl. جَوَايأِحُ. (A, Mgh, Msb.) It is said in a trad., أَمَرَ بِوَضْعِ الجَوَايأِحِ, which is an elliptical phrase, meaning He commanded to remit the poor-rate in respect of things affected by a blast, or blight, (Mgh, Msb,) namely, property, (Mgh,) or fruits, (Msb,) so affected; (Mgh, Msb;) i. e., that no portion thereof, (Mgh,) or of the remains thereof, (Msb,) should be taken for the poor-rate. (Mgh, Msb.)
  • مُجَاحٌ Open entry
    : see what next follows.
  • مَجُوحٌ destroyed
    Property, or cattle, destroyed by a bane, or pest, or the like; as also مَجِيحٌ [belonging to art. جيح], and ↓ مُجَاحٌ. (Msb.)
  • مِجْوَحٌ that destroys, or extirpates, everything
    [A person or thing] that destroys, or extirpates, everything. (K, TA.)

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