جهش1 جَهَشَ إِلَيْهِ, (S, K,) and جَهِشَ, (K,) which  latter, accord. to IDrd, is the more common, (TA,) aor. ـَ inf. n. جَهْشٌ (S, K) and جُهُوشٌ and جَهَشَانٌ, (K,) He betook himself to him by reason of fright or fear, seeking protection, and being about, or ready, to weep; like as the child betakes himself to his mother by reason of fright or fear, (As, S, K,) and to his father, (As,) being  about, or ready, to weep; (As, S;) as also ↓ أَجْهَشَ. (AO, S, K.) b2:  جَهَشَتْ نَفْسُهُ, (S, A,) or جَهَشَتْ إِلَيْهِ نَفْسُهُ, inf. n. جُهُوشٌ; (TA;) and ↓ أَجْهَشَتْ; (S, A, TA;) His soul heaved, (S, A,) and he was about, or ready, to weep: (A:) or his soul heaved, and quitted him. (TA.) b3:  جَهَشَ لِلشَّوْقِ وَالحُزْنِ He was ready, or about, to desire, and to mourn: (IDrd:) and بِالبُكَآءِ ↓ أَجْهَشَ He was ready, or about, to weep. (El-Umawee, K.) b4:  جَهَشَ مِنَ الشَّىةءِ, (AA, K,) and جَهِشَ, (K,) aor. ـَ inf. n. جَهَشَانٌ, (AA, K,) He was frightened at the thing, or afraid of it: (AA, K:) or he fled from the thing.. (Sgh, K.) b5:  جَهَشُوا فَزِعِينَ They came quickly to me, frightened. (A.) b6:  يَجْهَشُ مِنْ أَرْضٍ إِلَى أَرْضٍ He removes, and goes quickly, from land to land. (K.) b7:  جَهَشَإِلَى القَوْمِ, inf. n. جَهْشٌ, He came to the people, or company of men. (TA.) 4 أَجْهَشَ see 1, in three places.A2:  اجهش فُلَانًا He hastened such a one. (Ibn-'Abbaád, K.) جَهْشَةٌ A flow of tears (A, K, TA) falling one after another on the occasion of جَهْش [or the betaking oneself to another by reason of fright or fear, &c.]. (TA.) A2:  A company of men; as also ↓ جَاهِشَةٌ: (K:) or the latter signifies a party, and a multitude, of men. (TA.) جُهُوشٌ Quick; who removes, and goes quickly, from land to land. (K.) جَاهشَةٌ: see جَهْشَةٌ.