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جَحْجَحٌ

Root: جح

Full Definition

جَحْجَحٌ : see the following paragraph.
2 Also A low, an ignoble, a vile, a mean, or a sordid, man; possessing no manly qualities. [Thus it bears two contr. significations.]
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