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جاهد

جاهد

Arabic

Verb

جَاهَدَ (jāhada) III, non-past يُجَاهِدُ‎ (yujāhidu)

  1. to endeavor, to strive
  2. to fight
  3. to wage holy war against the infidels
Derived terms
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of جَهَدَ (jahada, to strive, to toil), from the root ج ه د (j-h-d).

Adjective

جَاهِد (jāhid) (masculine plural أَجْهَاد (ʾajhād))

  1. striving, labouring, toiling; being laborious, tedious, exerting
    جَهْدٌ جَاهِدٌ
    jahdun jāhidun
    a laborious labour, a severe difficulty or distress, etc.
Declension
References
  • Lane, vol. I (1863), p. 474.