جاحف
Root: جحف
Form: 3
Full Definition
2 جاحفهُ, Verbal.Noun as above, also signifies He pushed, or pressed, against, or upon, him, or it; and so جاحف بِهِ: and clave to him, or it: and جِحَافٌ [which is also an Verbal.Noun of the same verb] signifies the pushing, or pressing, one against another, or one upon another, in war: and the striving, struggling, contending, or conflicting, in an affair. Hence the saying of El-Ahnaf, إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَيْنَ تَمِيمٍ كَعُلْبَةِ الرَّاعِى يُجَاحِفُونَ بِهَا يَوْمَ الوِرْدِ, i. e. [I am, among Temeem, only like the milkingvessel of the pastor,] upon which they press, or crowd, together [on the day of coming to water].
3 He was, or became, near to him, or it. So in the phrase جاحف الذَّنْبَ [He was, or became, near to committing the crime, or sin, or act of disobedience]. [See also 4.]
4 جاحف عَنْهُ He repelled from him.
5 [The Verbal.Noun] جِحَافٌ also signifies The act of fighting, or combating: and slaying.
6 And A bucket's striking against the mouth of the well, so that its water pours out, and sometimes it becomes rent.
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