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جَأْشْ ذ The return to its place, (رُوَاع, Lth, S, K,) or the fright, (رَوْع, as in a copy of the A, [which latter is agreeable with explanations of the verb given above,]) of the heart, when in a state of commotion on an occasion of fright. (Lth, S, A, K.) -A2- The soul (نَفْس) of a man: (IDrd, A, K:) or his heart: or firmness, or constancy, of heart: or strength of heart when one hears a thing and knows not what it is: (TA:) sometimes, [جَاشٌ,] without ': (K:) pl. جُؤُوشٌ (K) and جِئَاشٌ. (TA.) You say, فُلَانٌ رَابِطُ الجَأْشِ Such a one restrains his soul, or himself, from flight, by reason of his courage; (S A; *) is strong in heart; as also رَبِيطُ الجَأْشِ: (S in art. ربط:) or both signify is courageous. (K in art. ربط, q. v.) And وَاهِى الجَأْشِ [Infirm, or weak, in soul, or heart]. (A, TA.) And رَبَطَ لِذٰلِكَ الأَمْرِ جَأْشًا, (A,) or جَاشًا only, [without ',] (ISk, TA,) see art. ربط. And رَبَطَ جَأْشُهُ His heart became strong. (K in art. ربط q. v.) ― -b2- See also جُؤْشُوشٌ.

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