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1 جَحَظَتْ عَيْنُهُ جحظت عينه جحظت عينة , aor. جَحَظَ , (S, K,) inf. n. جُحُوظٌ (T, S, TA) and جِحَاظٌ, (M, TA,) His eyeball, the globe of his eye, was prominent (T, M, K, TA) and apparent: (TA:) or was large (S, K, TA) and prominent; (S, TA;) as though a large pearl came forth from the eyelids. (Jm, TA.) -A2- جَحَظَ إِِلَيْهِ عَمَلَهُ (tropical:) He looked into, or examined, his deed, and saw the evil that he had done: (K:) and it may mean he looked into his face, and reminded him of the evil of his deed. (Az, TA.) The Arabs also say, لَأَجْحَظَنَّ إِِلَيْكَ أَثَرَ يَدِكَ, meaning (assumed tropical:) I will assuredly show thee the evil of the effect of thy hand. (Az, TA)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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