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جَأْشْ

Root: جأش

Full Definition

جَأْشْ The return to its place, (رُوَاع, Lth, S, K,) or the fright, (رَوْع, as in a copy of the A, [which latter is agreeable with explanations of the verb given above,]) of the heart, when in a state of commotion on an occasion of fright.

def.2 The soul (نَفْس) of a man: or his heart: or firmness, or constancy, of heart: or strength of heart when one hears a thing and knows not what it is: sometimes, [جَاشٌ,] without ء: pl. جُؤُوشٌ and جِئَاشٌ. You say, فُلَانٌ رَابِطُ الجَأْشِ Such a one restrains his soul, or himself, from flight, by reason of his courage; is strong in heart; as also رَبِيطُ الجَأْشِ: (S in art. ربط:) or both signify is courageous. (K in art. ربط, q. v.) And وَاهِى الجَأْشِ [Infirm, or weak, in soul, or heart]. And رَبَطَ لِذٰلِكَ الأَمْرِ جَأْشًا, or جَاشًا only, [without ء,] see art. ربط. And رَبَطَ جَأْشُهُ His heart became strong. (K in art. ربط q. v.)
2 See also جُؤْشُوشٌ.
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