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1. ⇒ جحف

جَحَفَهُ, aor. ـَ {يَجْحَفُ}, (Ḳ,) inf. n. جَحْفٌ, (TA,) He, or it, stripped off, scraped off, or otherwise removed, its superficial part; (Ḳ;) [and soاجتحفهُ↓; for you say,] اجتحف السَّيْلُ الوَادِى The torrent stripped off [or swept away] the superficial parts of the valley. (TA.)

Root: جحف - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

He, or it, took away, carried away, or removed, the whole of it, or the greater part of it, or much of it; or swept it away: (Ḳ, TA:) or, as some say, vehemently. (TA.) And مُجَاحَفَةٌ [an inf. n. of جاحف↓] signifies The taking a thing, taking it away, removing it, or sweeping it away. (TA.)

Root: جحف - Entry: 1. Signification: A3

He, or it, destroyed, and extirpated, him, or it; as alsoاجتحفهُ↓ andاجحف↓ به. (Mgh.)

Root: جحف - Entry: 1. Signification: A4

It (a bucket) took it and bore it away; namely, water. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: جحف - Entry: 1. Signification: A5

He collected it, لَنَفْسه for himself. (Ḳ.)

Root: جحف - Entry: 1. Signification: A6

He laded it out with his hand or with a ladle, namely, food, (IAạr, Ḳ,) and beverage, (TA,) لَهُ for him. (IAạr, Ḳ.)

Root: جحف - Entry: 1. Signification: A7

He threw it (a thing, IDrd) by kicking it with his foot. (IDrd, Ḳ.)

Root: جحف - Entry: 1. Signification: A8

جَحَفَ الكُرَةَ (Ḳ) andاجتحفها↓ (TA) He snatched away the ball (Ḳ, TA) from the ground. (TA in explanation of the former. See also جَحْفَةٌ.)

Root: جحف - Entry: 1. Signification: A9

[The inf. n.] جَحْفٌ also signifies The act of eating (AA, Ṣ, TA) what is called ثَرِيد, (Ṣ,* TA,) or butter with dates, or with dried dates. (AA, Ṣ.)

Root: جحف - Entry: 1. Signification: A10

And The act of striking, or smiting, with the sword. (AA, Ṣ, TA.)

Root: جحف - Entry: 1. Signification: A11

And The act of ejecting, or expelling. (KL.)

Root: جحف - Entry: 1. Signification: A12

And The doing damage, or an injury. (KL. [See also 4.])

Root: جحف - Entry: 1. Signification: A13

And جَحَفَ مَعَهُ He inclined with him, (Ḳ, TA,) عَلَى غَيْرِهِ against another: and in like manner, جَحَفَ لَهُ [he inclined to him]. (TA.)

Root: جحف - Entry: 1. Dissociation: B

جَحِفَ He (a man) was affected with the flux of the belly termed جُحَاف. (TA.)


3. ⇒ جاحف

جاحف, inf. n. مُجَاحَفَةٌ: see 1.

Root: جحف - Entry: 3. Signification: A2

جاحفهُ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) also signifies He pushed, or pressed, against, or upon, him, or it; (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA;) and so جاحف بِهِ: (TA:) and clave to him, or it: (Ḥam p. 62:) and جِحَافٌ [which is also an inf. n. 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. (AA, TA.) 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]. (TA.)

Root: جحف - Entry: 3. Signification: A3

He was, or became, near to him, or it. (Ṣ, IF, Ḳ.) So in the phrase جاحف الذَّنْبَ [He was, or became, near to committing the crime, or sin, or act of disobedience]. (IF, TA.) [See also 4.]

Root: جحف - Entry: 3. Signification: A4

جاحف عَنْهُ He repelled from him. (TA.)

Root: جحف - Entry: 3. Signification: A5

[The inf. n.] جِحَافٌ also signifies The act of fighting, or combating: (Ḳ:) and slaying. (TA.)

Root: جحف - Entry: 3. Signification: A6

And A bucket's striking against the mouth of the well, so that its water pours out, and sometimes it becomes rent. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)


4. ⇒ اجحف

اجحف بِهِ, (inf. n. إِجْحَافٌ, Mṣb,) He, or it, took away, carried away, or removed, him, or it; (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ;) said, in this sense, of a torrent: (Mṣb:) and extirpated him, or it; (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb;) said of a torrent, (Ṣ, Mṣb,) and of time, or fortune, and of a calamity. (TA.) See also 1.

Root: جحف - Entry: 4. Signification: A2

He, or it, did damage, or an injury, to him. (KL,* MA.) [See also 1.] It is said by one of the sages, مَنْ آثَرَ الدُّنْيَا أَجْحَفَ بِآخِرَتِهِ [He who prefers the enjoyments of the present life mars his enjoyments of the life to come]. (TA.) And you say, أَجْحَفَتْ بِهِ الفَاقَهُ Want reduced him to poverty, (Ḳ, TA,) and caused his property to pass away. (TA.) And أَجْحَفَتِ السَّنَةُ The year was, or became, one of drought, and dearth, or sterility. (Mṣb.) [Accord. to Fei,] إِجْحَافٌ is met. used as meaning ‡ The making to suffer excessive loss or detriment. (Mṣb.) [It is also used as a simple subst., meaning Damage, harm, or injury: pl. إِجْحَافَاتٌ.]

Root: جحف - Entry: 4. Signification: A3

He imposed upon him, or tasked him with, (namely, his slave, Mṣb,) that which he was unable to do. (Mṣb, TA.)

Root: جحف - Entry: 4. Signification: A4

[Hence, perhaps, † He strained it, or wrested it; namely, a word, or an expression.]

Root: جحف - Entry: 4. Signification: A5

He approached him, or it; was, or became, near to him, or it. (Ṣ, Ḳ.) [See also 3.]

Root: جحف - Entry: 4. Signification: A6

He approached it, or drew near to it, (namely, a road,) but did not enter it. (TA.) And اجحف بِهِمْ, said of an enemy, and of a torrent, or rain, He, or it, approached them, or drew near to them, but missed them. (TA.)

Root: جحف - Entry: 4. Signification: A7

He was near to falling short of accomplishing it, namely, an affair, or of doing what was requisite therein; or was near to being remiss therein. (TA.)


6. ⇒ تجاحف

تجاحفوا They reached, or hit, one another with staves, (Ḳ, TA,) in the O, with bows, (TA,) and swords, (Ḳ, TA,) in fighting. (TA.) Hence the phrase, in a trad., إِذَا تَجَاحَفَتْ قُرَيشٌ المُلْكَ بَيْنَهُمْ, i. e., When Kureysh shall contend together in fight for dominion. (TA.)

Root: جحف - Entry: 6. Signification: A2

تجاحفوا الكُرَةَ بَيْنَهُمْ They contended together in snatching away the ball (تَخَاطَفُوهَا) with the goff-sticks, (Ḳ,* TA,) after rolling it along. (TA.)


8. ⇒ اجتحف

اجتحفهُ: see 1, in three places.

Root: جحف - Entry: 8. Signification: A2

Also He seized it, took it, or carried it off, by force. (Ḳ, TA.)

Root: جحف - Entry: 8. Signification: A3

He took it up, namely, the food called ثَريد, with the three fingers. (Ṣgh, Ḳ.)

Root: جحف - Entry: 8. Signification: A4

He exhausted it, namely, the water of a well, (Ḳ, TA,) with the hand or with a vessel. (TA.)


جَحْفٌ

جَحْفٌ: see the next paragraph.


جَحْفَةٌ

جَحْفَةٌ A portion of clarified butter. (Ṣgh, Ḳ.)

Root: جحف - Entry: جَحْفَةٌ Signification: A2
Root: جحف - Entry: جَحْفَةٌ Dissociation: B

An affection resembling مَغَص [or pain and griping] in the belly, (Ḳ, TA,) arising from indigestion. (TA.) [See also جَحَافٌ.]

Root: جحف - Entry: جَحْفَةٌ Dissociation: C

The playing with the ball; as alsoجَحْفٌ↓ [inf. n. of جَحَفَ, q. v.]. (Ḳ.)


جُحْفَةٌ

جُحْفَةٌ A portion of water remaining in the sides of a watering-trough or tank; as alsoجَحْفَةٌ↓. (Kr, Ḳ.)

Root: جحف - Entry: جُحْفَةٌ Signification: A2

The water that is exhausted from a well: or, that remains in the well after the exhausting [of the rest]. (Ḳ.)

Root: جحف - Entry: جُحْفَةٌ Signification: A3

A small quantity of the food called ثَرِيد, in a vessel, not filling it. (Ḳ.)

Root: جحف - Entry: جُحْفَةٌ Signification: A4

The quantity that is laded out at once, of food: or a handful: (IAạr, Ḳ:) pl. جُحَفٌ. (TA.)

Root: جحف - Entry: جُحْفَةٌ Signification: A5

A portion of scattered herbage in the قَوْز (a mistake for قَرْن, meaning the most elevated part, TA) of a desert, (Ḳ, TA,) resembling waters on all its sides, such as that the seeker of water knows not which of the waters is the nearest to the extremity thereof. (TA.)


جُحَافٌ

جُحَافٌ That carries away everything; applied to a torrent; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) as alsoجَاحِفٌ↓; (TA;) and to death. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: جحف - Entry: جُحَافٌ Signification: A2

Death [itself]. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: جحف - Entry: جُحَافٌ Signification: A3

A flux of the belly, arising from indigestion: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or a pain that attacks in consequence of eating flesh-meat without bread. (TA.) [See also جَحْفَةٌ.]


جَحُوفٌ

جَحُوفٌ A bucket (دَلْوٌ) that takes and bears away water. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: جحف - Entry: جَحُوفٌ Signification: A2

Food of the kind called ثَرِيد remaining in the middle of a bowl. (IAạr, Ḳ.)


جَاحِفٌ

جَاحِفٌ: see جُحَافٌ


مُجْحِفًا

مَرَّ الشَّىْءُ مُضِرًّا وَمُجْحِفًا The thing passed by approaching, or coming near. (Ṣ.)

Root: جحف - Entry: مُجْحِفًا Signification: A2

سَنَةٌ مُجْحِفَةٌ A year that renders the cattle lean: or a year that destroys people, or impoverishes them, or injures them, (تُجْحِفُ بِهِمْ,) by slaughter, or by marring, or destroying, the cattle. (TA.)

Root: جحف - Entry: مُجْحِفًا Signification: A3

And مُجْحِفَةٌ, alone, A calamity; (Ḳ;) because it extirminates people. (TA.)


مَجْحُوفٌ

مَجْحُوفٌ A man affected with the flux of the belly termed جُحَافٌ. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)