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جَيْش
army /ˈdʒajʃ/
nounA2#719 most common
Also: troops, military force, host
Example sentences
الجَيْشُ كَبيرٌ.
The army is big.
أَخي يَعْمَلُ في الجَيْشِ.
My brother works in the army.
دَخَلَ الجَيْشُ المَدينَةَ في الصَّباحِ.
The army entered the city in the morning.
انْسَحَبَ الجَيْشُ بَعْدَ مَعْرَكَةٍ طَويلَةٍ.
The army withdrew after a long battle.
حَشَدَتِ الدَّوْلَةُ جُيوشَها على طولِ الحُدودِ.
The state massed its armies along the border.
لَمْ يَكُنِ الجَيْشُ المُنْهَكُ قادِراً على صَدِّ الهَجومِ المُفاجِئِ.
The exhausted army was unable to repel the surprise attack.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جَيْشٌ | جُيوشٌ |
| Genitive | جَيْشٍ | جُيوشٍ |
| Accusative | جَيْشاً | جُيوشاً |
| Vocative | يا جَيْشُ | يا جُيوشُ |
Word family
جُيوشarmies (plural)
جاشَto surge, seethe
تَجْييشmobilization, conscription
جَيَشانagitation, surging
Etymology
The noun comes from the triconsonantal root ج-ي-ش, tied to the verb جاش, meaning to surge, boil, or seethe. An army was pictured as a surging, heaving mass of men. The sense narrowed over time to the organized body of troops it names today.
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