جَائِحٌ
Root: جوح
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جَائِحٌ
[act. part. n. of 1]. You say آفَةٌ جَائِحَةٌ
A destructive bane or pest or the like: and سَنَةٌ جَائِحَةٌ
a year of drought or dearth or sterility: pl. جَوَائِحُ.
2 [And hence,] The locust. (IAar, T in art. جحى.)
2 [And hence,] The locust. (IAar, T in art. جحى.)
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