Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

جَاحَ, (Ṣ, A,) aor. يَجُوحُ, (Ṣ,) inf. n. جَوْحٌ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) He (a man, Ṣ) extirpated, or exterminated, (Ṣ, A, Ḳ,) a thing: (Ṣ:) He (God, Ṣ) destroyed (Ṣ, A, Ḳ) a man's property, or cattle, (Ṣ,) by what is termed جَائِحَة: (Ṣ, A:) as alsoاجاح↓, (Ṣ, A,) inf. n. إِجَاحَةٌ; (Ḳ;) andاجتاح↓, (Ṣ,) inf. n. اِجْتِيَاحٌ. (Ḳ.) You say [also], جَاحِتِ الآفَةُ المَالَ, i. e. الجَائِحَةُ, aor. تَجُوحُهُ, inf. n. as above; andاجاحتهُ↓; andاجتاحتهُ↓; The bane, or pest, or the like, destroyed the property, or cattle; as also جَاحَتْهُ, aor. تَجِيحُهُ, inf. n. جِيَاحَةٌ: (Mṣb:) and one says of anything, such as drought, or dearth, and civil war, or conflict and faction, &c., جاح المَالَ andاجتاحهُ↓, meaning it extirpated, or exterminated, the property, or cattle. (TA.) And جَاحَتْهُمُ الجَائِحَةُ, (Ṣ,) or السَّنَةُ, inf. n. جَوْحٌ and جِيَاحٌ; andأَجَاحَتْهُمْ↓; (TA;) andاِجْتَاحَتْهُمْ↓; (Ṣ, A, TA;) i. e. [The calamity, bane, pest, or the like, or drought, or dearth, destroyed or] extirpated [them, or] their property, or cattle.(TA.) Andاجتاح↓ العَدُوُّ مَالَهُ The enemy destroyed, or made an end of, his property, or cattle; syn. أَتَى عَلَيْهِ. (TA.)

Also جاح, aor. يَجُوحُ, inf. n. جَوْحٌ, He destroyed the property, or cattle, of his relations. (IAạr, TA.)

And, aor. يَجُوحُ, He deviated from the road, or beaten track. (IAạr, Ḳ.)

جَائِحٌ [act. part. n. of 1]. You say آفَةٌ جَائِحَةٌ A destructive bane or pest or the like: (Mṣb:) and سَنَةٌ جَائِحَةٌ a year of drought or dearth or sterility: (Mgh:) pl. جَوَائِحُ. (Mgh, Mṣb.)

[And hence,] The locust. (IAạr, T in art. جحى.)

جَائِحَةٌ [fem. of جَائِحٌ, q. v.: and hence, as a subst.,] A bane, a pest, (Mṣb,) a calamity, or the like, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) or a great calamity, (Mgh, TA,) that destroys, or extirpates, men's property, or cattle; (Ṣ, Mgh, Mṣb,* Ḳ, TA;) as drought, or dearth; or civil war, or conflict and faction, and the like: (Ṣ, TA:) drought, or dearth, that destroys, or extirpates, men's property, or cattle; as alsoجَوْحَةٌ↓: (Wásil, TA:) or a calamity that befalls a man, and destroys all his property, or cattle: (AʼObeyd, T:) or severe drought or dearth, that destroys, or extirpates, men's property, or cattle: (ISh:) sometimes it is the effect of large hail; and sometimes, of excessive cold or heat: (T:) or (accord. to Esh-Sháfiʼee, Mgh, Mṣb) a blast, or blight, or calamity arising from the atmosphere, that destroys the fruits, (Mgh, Mṣb, TA,) or some thereof; (Mgh;) only relating to fruits: (TA:) pl. جَوَائِحُ. (A, Mgh, Mṣb.) It is said in a trad., أَمَرَ بِوَضْعِ الجَوَائِحِ, which is an elliptical phrase, meaning He commanded to remit the poor-rate in respect of things affected by a blast, or blight, (Mgh, Mṣb,) namely, property, (Mgh,) or fruits, (Mṣb,) so affected; (Mgh, Mṣb;) i. e., that no portion thereof, (Mgh,) or of the remains thereof, (Mṣb,) should be taken for the poor-rate. (Mgh, Mṣb.)

مَجُوحٌ Property, or cattle, destroyed by a bane, or pest, or the like; as also مَجِيحٌ [belonging to art. جيح], andمُجَاحٌ↓. (Mṣb.)

مِجْوَحٌ [A person or thing] that destroys, or extirpates, everything. (Ḳ, TA.)