Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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1. ⇒ جشع

جَشِعَ, aor. ـَ {يَجْشَعُ}, inf. n. جَشَعٌ, He was, or became, affected with the most vehement desire, eagerness, avidity, cupidity, or hankering, (Ṣ, O, Ḳ,) and, (O, Ḳ,) as explained by an Arab of the desert to Aṣ, (IDrd,) with the worst kind thereof, (IDrd, O, Ḳ,) for eating, &c.: (TA:) or, as explained by another Arab of the desert to Aṣ, (IDrd,) he took his own share, and coveted the share of another: (IDrd, Ḳ:) andتجشّع↓ sig nifies the like; (Ṣ;) or i. q. تَحَرَّصَ, q. v. (Ḳ.)

Root: جشع - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

جَشَعٌ also signifies The being impatient on account of separation from an associate. (TA.)

Root: جشع - Entry: 1. Signification: A3

And The being frightened, terrified, or afraid. (TA.)


5. ⇒ تجشّع


6. ⇒ تجاشع

تَجَاشَعَا المَآءَ They straitened each other in pressing to the water, and [so I render تَعَاطَشَا] vied, each with the other, in endeavouring to satisfy their thirst; (Ḳ;) on the authority of an Arab of the desert. (TA.)


جَشِعٌ

جَشِعٌ part. n. of جَشِعَ, Affected with the most vehement desire,, &c.: pl. جَشِعُونَ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) and جَشَاعَى and جُشَعَآءَ and جِشَاعٌ are also pls. [of the same]. (TA.)

Root: جشع - Entry: جَشِعٌ Signification: A2

الجَشِعُ The lion. (TA.)

Root: جشع - Entry: جَشِعٌ Signification: A3

رَجُلٌ جَشِعٌ بَشِعٌ, A man in whom are combined impatience and fright and a heavy, or a heaving, state of the soul. (TA.)


جَشِيعٌ

جَشِيعٌ One who assumes a false disposition, and that which is not in him. (TA.)


أَجْشَعُ

أَجْشَعُ [comparative and superlative of جَشِعٌ; More, and most, affected with most vehement desire,, &c.]. (TA.)


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