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ج-ه-د
The Arabic root ج-ه-د (j-h-d)
Form I verb جَهَدَ: to strive
17 words in the dictionary are built from ج-ه-د, including verbs in Forms I, III, IV, VIII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.
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Verb · Form I
جَهَدَ
to strive
Adjective
جَاهِد
striving
Noun
مَجْهُود
effort
Noun
إِجْهَاد
Verb · Form III
جَاهَدَ
to endeavor
Verb · Form IV
أَجْهَدَ
to overwork
Noun
جِهَاد
struggle
Verbs and the nouns that come from them
جَهَدَ
· present يَجْهَدُ
Form I · The plain action
to strive, to struggle, to labour, to exert oneself, to take pains, to endeavor (especially in the sense of strenuously, to the utmost of one's ability, etc.); to overwork, to overtax, to fatigue, to exhaust
جَاهِد
striving
مَجْهُود
effort
جَاهَدَ
· present يُجَاهِدُ
Form III · Done to or with someone
to endeavor, to strive; to fight
جِهَاد
struggle
مُجَاهَدَة
مُجَاهِد
struggler
مُجَاهَد
أَجْهَدَ
· present يُجْهِدُ
Form IV · Causative
to overwork, to overburden, to exhaust
إِجْهَاد
مُجْهِد
مُجْهَد
اِجْتَهَدَ
· present يَجْتَهِدُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to work hard, to strive
اِجْتِهَاد
diligence
مُجْتَهِد
diligent
مُجْتَهِد
mujtahid
مُجْتَهَد
Other nouns and adjectives
أَجْهَد
elative degree of جاهِد
جَهَاد
flat land
جُهْد
strain
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