جَاحَ
Root: جوح
Form: 1
Full Definition
جَاحَI
, Present.T يَجُوحُ, Verbal.Noun جَوْحٌ, He extirpated, or exterminated, a thing: He destroyed a man's property, or cattle, by what is termed
جَائِحَة: as also
, Verbal.Noun إِجَاحَةٌ; and
, Verbal.Noun اِجْتِيَاحٌ. You say [also], جَاحِتِ
الآفَةُ المَالَ, i. e. الجَائِحَةُ, Present.T تَجُوحُهُ, Verbal.Noun as above; and
; and
; The bane, or pest, or the like, destroyed the property, or cattle; as also جَاحَتْهُ, Present.T تَجِيحُهُ, Verbal.Noun جِيَاحَةٌ: and one says of anything, such as drought, or dearth, and civil war, or conflict and faction, &c., جاح المَالَ and
, meaning it extirpated, or exterminated, the property, or cattle. And جَاحَتْهُمُ الجَائِحَةُ, or السَّنَةُ, Verbal.Noun جَوْحٌ and جِيَاحٌ; and
; and
; i. e. [The calamity, bane, pest, or the like, or drought, or dearth, destroyed or] extirpated [them, or] their property, or cattle.
2 Also جاح, Present.T يَجُوحُ, Verbal.Noun جَوْحٌ, He destroyed the property, or cattle, of his relations.
def.2 And, Present.T يَجُوحُ, He deviated from the road, or beaten track.
2 Also جاح, Present.T يَجُوحُ, Verbal.Noun جَوْحٌ, He destroyed the property, or cattle, of his relations.
def.2 And, Present.T يَجُوحُ, He deviated from the road, or beaten track.
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