جَحَدَ

, aorist حَدَ3َ , verbal noun جَحْدٌ and جُحُودٌ, He denied a thing; disacknowledged it; (L, MF;) in an absolute sense, whether knowing it to be otherwise than as he represented it to be or not. (MF.) [It is used by grammarians, and often by others, as relating to something past, or supposed or asserted to be past; and thus, in a more restricted sense than نَفَى.] You say, جَحَدَهُ حَقَّهُ, and بِحَقِّهِ, inf. ns. as above; [and ↓ جاحدهُ; (see 3 in article كبر, where جاحَدَهُ is used in explaining كَابَرَهُ; and see what follows;)] He denied, or disacknowledged, his right, or due, knowing it to be such, (S, A, * Msb, K, MF,) and also, not knowing it; (MF;) the doing of which is also termed مُكَابَرَةٌ: (TA:) but according to some, it is made transitive by means of ب only by its being made to imply the meaning of كَفَرَ. (MF.)

-A2- Also جَحَدَهُ, He found him to be niggardly, or avaricious: (K:) or he found him to possess little good; i. e., to be either niggardly or poor. (TA.)

-A3- جَحِدَ, (S, K,) aorist حَدِ3َ , (K,) verbal noun جَحْدٌ, (S,) He (a man) was, or became, niggardly, or avaricious; (S;) possessed little good; (S, K;) as also ↓ اجحد: (S:) or his property became dissipated or dispersed, and passed away; and so ↓ the latter verb. (AA, TA.)

It (anything, TA) was, or became, little in quantity, or scanty. (K, TA.)

It (a person's life, TA) was, or became, strait, and difficult. (K, * TA.)

It (a plant) was, or became, scanty; (S;) did not grow tall. (S, K.)

جَحِدَتِ الأَرْضُ The land became dry, and of no good. (L.)

جَحَدَ عَامُنَا [Our year was, or became, one of little rain: see جَحِدٌ]. (A.)