Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

جَحِيشٌ

Root: جحش

Full Definition

جَحِيشٌ The side, of a man: and a lateral, or an adjacent, part, or place, or tract. You say, أُصِيبَ جَحِيشُهُ His side was hit, or hurt. And نَزَلَ فُلَانٌ الجَحِيشَ Such a one alighted in the adjacent part or tract.

def.2 A man who retires to a distance, apart from others: who alights apart from others, and does not mix with them: who lives alone, with none to incommode him in his house. You say, نَزَلَ فُلَانٌ جَحِيشًا Such a one alighted alone; apart from others.


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