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جَحَدَ

Root: جحد

Form: 1

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جَحَدَI , Present.T حَدَدَ Verbal.Noun جَحْدٌ and جُحُودٌ, He denied a thing; disacknowledged it; in an absolute sense, whether knowing it to be otherwise than as he represented it to be or not. [It is used by grammarians, and often by others, as relating to something past, or supposed or asserted to be past; and thus, in a more restricted sense than نَفَى.] You say, جَحَدَهُ حَقَّهُ, and بِحَقِّهِ, inf. ns. as above; [and ; (see 3 in art. كبر, where جاحَدَهُ is used in explaining كَابَرَهُ; and see what follows;)] He denied, or disacknowledged, his right, or due, knowing it to be such, and also, not knowing it; the doing of which is also termed مُكَابَرَةٌ: but accord. to some, it is made trans. by means of ب only by its being made to imply the meaning of كَفَرَ.

def.2 Also جَحَدَهُ, He found him to be niggardly, or avaricious: or he found him to possess little good; i. e., to be either niggardly or poor.

def.3 جَحِدَ, Present.T حَدِدَ Verbal.Noun جَحْدٌ, He was, or became, niggardly, or avaricious; possessed little good; as also : or his property became dissipated or dispersed, and passed away; and so ↓ the latter verb.
2 It was, or became, little in quantity, or scanty.
3 It was, or became, strait, and difficult.
4 It was, or became, scanty; did not grow tall.
5 جَحِدَتِ الأَرْضُ The land became dry, and of no good.
6 جَحَدَ عَامُنَا [Our year was, or became, one of little rain: see جَحِدٌ].


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