يَجِحَ

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يَجِحَI , [Present.T and Verbal.Noun as below,] He rejoiced; or was joyful, glad, or happy; as also تبجّح : and ↓ the latter signifies also he magnified himself; and gloried, or boasted: or, accord. to Lh, this verb signifies he gloried, or boasted; and vied with others, or contended with them for superiority, in beauty, or goodliness, in respect of something; as also تمجِح: or, as some say, he magnified himself: and بَجِعَ is said to signify he was, or became, great in his own estimation. You say also, بَجِعَ بِهِ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun بَجَحٌ; and بَجَحَ, Present.T ـَ; but the latter is of weak authority; He rejoiced in it, or at it; namely, a thing; as also تبجّح and : or he gloried in it, or boasted of it; and so تبجّح . And فُلَانٌ عَلَيْنَا, and يَتَمَجَّحُ علينا, Such a one talks foolishly, or irrationally, [to us, assuming superiority over us,] by reason of self-conceitedness: and so one says in speaking of a person in jest.

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