ج • ل • ح

, aor. جَلَحَ , inf. n. جَلَحٌ, He (a man, S, L, &c.) was, or became, bald in the two sides of his head: (S, K:) or in the two sides of the fore part of his head: (Msb:) or in the fore part of his head: or a little more bald than he who is termed أَنْزَعُ. (L.) [See also جَلَحٌ and أَجْلَحُ.] جَلِحَتِ الأَرْضُ, inf. n. as above, The herbage of the land was eaten; as also جُلِحَت. (TA.) And جُلِحَتِ الشَّجَرَةُ The branches of the tree were eaten, and it became reduced to its stem, or root. (AHn, TA.) -A2- جَلَحَ المَالُ الشَّجَرَ, aor. جَلَحَ , (S, K,) inf. n. جَلْحٌ; (S;) and ↓ جلّحهُ, inf. n. تَجْلِيحٌ; (TA;) The cattle ate the trees: or ate the upper parts thereof: (TA:) or fed upon the upper parts thereof, and peeled them. (S, K.) -A3- See also 3.

[the inf. n.] signifies the acting openly with another in an affair: (As, K:) and the showing open enmity or hostility with another. (S, K.) You say, جَالَحْتُ الرَّجُلَ بِالأَمْرِ I acted openly with the man in the affair. (S.) And جَالَحَنِى فُلَانٌ Such a one showed open enmity or hostility with me; as also ↓ جلّح عَلَىَّ. (A.) Also The contending with another for superiority in strength; syn. مُشَادَّةٌ (S) and مُكَالَحَةٌ. (S, K.) You say, ↓ جَالَحَنِى فُلَانٌ وَجَلَحَنِى [app. meaning Such a one contended with me for superiority in strength, and overcame me therein]. (TA.) And i. q. مُكَابَرَةٌ [The contending with another for superiority in greatness; &c.]. (K.)

A man bald in the two sides of his head: (S:) or in the two sides of the fore part of his head: (Msb:) or in the fore part of his head: (Mgh, L:) or a little more bald than he who is termed أَنْزَعُ: (L:) it signifies more than انزع, and less than أَجْلَى and أَجْلَهُ: (Mgh:) when a man is bald in the sides of his forehead, he is termed انزع; when the baldness is a little more, اجلح; when it extends to the half, or the like, اجلى; and then, اجله: (A 'Obeyd, TA:) the fem. is جَلْحَاءُ: and the pl. جُلْحٌ (L, Msb) and جُلْحَانٌ. (L.) (tropical:) Having no horn; applied to a bull and a he-goat: (A:) and in this sense the fem. is applied to a ewe (T, M, Msb) or she-goat, (T, M, A, Msb,) and to a cow: (T, M, A:) and in like manner [the pl.] جُلْحٌ is applied to cows or bulls having no horns; (S, TA;) erroneously said in the K to be جُلَّحٌ, like سُكَّرٌ. (TA.) (assumed tropical:) A [woman's camel-vehicle of the kind called] هَوْدَج that has not a high head or top: (Ibn-Kulthoom, IJ, S, K:) or without a top: (T:) or one that is of a square form: (As, IJ:) pl. ↓ أَجْلَاحٌ, (S, IJ,) like as أَعْزَالٌ is pl. of أَعْزَلُ; a very rare form of pl. of a sing. of the measure أَفْعَلُ. (IJ.) (assumed tropical:) A flat roof not surrounded by a wall or anything else to prevent persons' falling from it. (IAth, K.) قَرْيَةٌ جَلْحَاءُ (tropical:) A town having no fortress: (A, TA:) pl. قُرًى جُلْحٌ: the fortresses being likened to horns. (TA.) أَكَمَةٌ جَلْحَاءُ (assumed tropical:) [A hill] not having a pointed summit. (TA.) And هَضْبَةٌ جَلْحَاءُ (assumed tropical:) [A] smooth [hill]. (A.) أَرْضٌ جَلْحَاءُ (assumed tropical:) A land in which are no trees. (TA.) يَوْمٌ أَجْلَحُ (assumed tropical:) A hard, distressing, or calamitous, day; as also أَصْلَعُ. (A, TA.)

Land that produces no herbage. (K.)

A plant of which the upper parts have been eaten. (TA.)

(TA) and جَوَالِحُ (S, K [the latter being pl. of the former]) What flies about in successive portions from the heads of reeds and papyrusplants (S, K, TA) and other plants, in the wind, (TA,) resembling cotton; (S, TA;) and spiders' webs so flying about. (TA.) And the latter, Flakes of snow falling quickly and continuously. (TA.)

Baldness in the two sides of the head: (S, K:) or in the two sides of the fore part of the head: (Msb:) it is more than نَزَعٌ, and less than صَلَعٌ, (S, Msb,) which is less than جَلَهٌ: (Msb:) or baldness in the fore part of the head: or baldness that is a little more than what is termed نَزَعٌ. (L.)

A part, or place, in which is baldness such as is termed جَلَحٌ. (S, Msb.)

He shaved his head: (Fr, S, K:) the م is augmentative. (S.)

Wide (K, TA) and bare, or open, (TA,) land. (K, TA.)

A torrent that carries away everything in its course. (S, K.)

See مُجَالِحٌ.

Also Years of drought that carry off, or destroy, the cattle. (S, K.)

A tree having the head, or upper part, eaten. (L.) A plant, or tree, that has been eaten and has grown again. (TA.)

A she-camel (S) that bears with hardiness a severe year, preserving her milk; (S, K;) as also ↓ مُجَلِّحَةٌ. (L.) See also مُجَالِحٌ.

i. q. مُكَابِرٌ [Contending with another for superiority in greatness; &c.: see its verb, 3]. (S.) The lion. (K.) A she-camel that yields milk abundantly in winter: (S, K:) or that crops the twigs of the dry trees in winter, in a year of drought, and becomes fat upon them, and so preserves her milk: (IAar, TA:) pl. ↓ مَجَالِيحُ: (S, K:) or this is pl. of مُجَالِحٌ and ↓ مِجْلَاحٌ as epithets applied to a palm-tree and a she-camel that cares not for the want of rain. (AHn, TA.) And مُجَالَحَةٌ A she-camel that eats the سَمُر and عُرْفُط, whether they have leaves upon them or not. (TA.)

Eaten: (S, K:) eaten until nothing of it is left: (S:) herbage so eaten. (TA.)

A man (S) who eats much; a great eater; voracious. (S, K.) See also مِجْلَاحٌ. سَنَةٌ مُجَلِّحَةٌ A year of drought, barrenness, or death. (TA.) -A2- Insolent and audacious. (L.) You say, فُلَانٌ وَقِحٌ مُجَلِّحٌ [Such a one is impudent, insolent, and audacious]. (A, TA.) A bold wolf. (TA.)