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وَجَاحٌ

Root: وجح

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وَجَاحٌ and وُجَاحٌ and وِجَاحٌ, of which three forms IAar prefers the first, and sometimes the و is changed into ا, and one says أَجَاحٌ and أُجَاحٌ and إِجَاحٌ, and in one dial. وجاحِ, indecl., with kesreh for its termination, and جاحٌ, (K, in art. جوح,) A thing by which a person or thing is veiled, concealed, or hidden; a veil; a covering; a curtain.
2 جَآءَ فُلَانٌ وَمَا عَلَيْهِ وجاحٌ Such a one came having upon him nothing to veil, or conceal, him.
3 لَيْسَ دُونَهُ وجاحٌ There is nothing that veils, or conceals, before, or in the way to, him, or it.
4 لَيْسَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُ وجَاحٌ There is nothing that veils, or conceals, between me and him, or it.
5 وَحَاحٌ Water in a tank or cistern sufficient to cover its bottom.
6 وَجَاحٌ The remains of a thing, such as property, &c.
7 لَقِيتُهُ أَدْنَى وَجَاحٍ I met him, he being the first object that I saw.

def.2 Smooth rock.
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