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1 جَاحَ جاح , (S, A,) aor. يَجُوحُ, (S,) inf. n. جَوْحٌ, (S, K,) He (a man, S) extirpated, or exterminated, (S, A, K,) a thing: (S:) He (God, S) destroyed (S, A, K) a man's property, or cattle, (S,) by what is termed جَائِحَة: (S, A:) as also ↓ اجاح , (S, A,) inf. n. إِِجَاحَةٌ; (K;) and ↓ اجتاح , (S,) inf. n. اِجْتِيَاحٌ. (K.) You say [also], جَاحِتِ الآفَةُ المَالَ, i. e. الجَائِحَةُ, aor. تَجُوحُهُ, inf. n. as above; and ↓ اجاحتهُ ; and ↓ اجتاحتهُ ; The bane, or pest, or the like, destroyed the property, or cattle; as also جَاحَتْهُ, aor. تَجِيحُهُ, inf. n. جِيَاحَةٌ: (Msb:) and one says of anything, such as drought, or dearth, and civil war, or conflict and faction, &c., جاح المَالَ and ↓ اجتاحهُ , meaning it extirpated, or exterminated, the property, or cattle. (TA.) And جَاحَتْهُمُ الجَائِحَةُ, (S,) or السَّنَةُ, inf. n. جَوْحٌ and جِيَاحٌ; and ↓ أَجَاحَتْهُمْ ; (TA;) and ↓ اِجْتَاحَتْهُمْ ; (S, 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.) And العَدُوُّ مَالَهُ ↓ اجتاح The enemy destroyed, or made an end of, his property, or cattle; syn. أَتَى عَلَيْهِ. (TA.) ― -b2- Also جاح, aor. يَجُوحُ, inf. n. جَوْحٌ, He destroyed the property, or cattle, of his relations. (IAar, TA.) -A2- And, aor. يَجُوحُ, He deviated from the road, or beaten track. (IAar, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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