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1 جَحَفَهُ جحف جحفه جحفة , aor. جَحَفَ , (K,) inf. n. جَحْفٌ, (TA,) He, or it, stripped off, scraped off, or otherwise removed, its superficial part; (K;) [and so ↓ اجتحفهُ ; for you say,] اجتحف السَّيْلُ الوَادِي The torrent stripped off [or swept away] the superficial parts of the valley. (TA.) ― -b2- 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: (K, 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.) ― -b3- He, or it, destroyed, and extirpated, him, or it; as also ↓ اجتحفهُ and به ↓ اجحف . (Mgh.) ― -b4- It (a bucket) took it and bore it away; namely, water. (S, K.) ― -b5- He collected it, لَنَفْسه for himself. (K.) ― -b6- He laded it out with his hand or with a ladle, namely, food, (IAar, K,) and beverage, (TA,) لَهُ for him. (IAar, K.) ― -b7- He threw it (a thing, IDrd) by kicking it with his foot. (IDrd, K.) ― -b8- جَحَفَ الكُرَةَ (K) and ↓ اجتحفها (TA) He snatched away the ball (K, TA) from the ground. (TA in explanation of the former. See also جَحْفَةٌ.) ― -b9- [The inf. n.] جَحْفٌ also signifies The act of eating (AA, S, TA) what is called ثَرِيد, (S, * TA,) or butter with dates, or with dried dates. (AA, S.) ― -b10- And The act of striking, or smiting, with the sword. (AA, S, TA.) ― -b11- And The act of ejecting, or expelling. (KL.) ― -b12- And The doing damage, or an injury. (KL. [See also 4.]) ― -b13- And جَحَفَ مَعَهُ He inclined with him, (K, TA,) عَلَى غَيْرِهِ against another: and in like manner, جَحَفَ لَهُ [he inclined to him]. (TA.) -A2- جَحِفَ He (a man) was affected with the flux of the belly termed جُحَاف. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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