Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

جَائِحٌ

Root: جوح

Full Definition

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.)


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