حد1 جَحَدَ, aor. ـَ inf. n. 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 art. 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 accord. to some, it is made trans. 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,) aor. ـِ (K,) inf. n. جَحْدٌ, (S,) He (a man) was, or became, niggardly, or avaricious; (S;) possessed little good; (S, K;) as also ↓ اج (S:) or his property became dissipated or dispersed, and passed away; and so ↓ the latter verb. (AA, TA.) b2:  It (anything, TA) was, or became, little in quantity, or scanty. (K, TA.) b3:  It (a person's life, TA) was, or became, strait, and difficult. (K, * TA.) b4: It (a plant) was, or became, scanty; (S;) did not grow tall. (S, K.) b5:  جَحِدَتِ الأَرْضُ The land became dry, and of no good. (L.) b6:  جَحَدَ عَامُنَا [Our year was, or became, one of little rain: see جَحِدٌ]. (A.) 3 حَاْدَّ see 1.4 أَحْدَ3َ see 1, in two places.جَحْدٌ and ↓ جُحْدٌ and ↓ جَحَدٌ Paucity, or scantiness, of good; (S, K;) which means both niggardliness and poverty: (A:) straitness of the means of subsistence; as also ↓ جُحُودٌ. (TA.) One says, ↓ نَكَدًا لَهُ وَجَحَدًا (S) and نُكْدًا لَهُ↓ وَجُحْدًا (L in art. نكد) [May God decree straitness, or difficulty, to him, and poverty]: a form of imprecation. (TA.) A2:  جَحْدٌ as an epithet, fem. with ة: see جَحْدٌ, in three places.جُحْدٌ: see جَحْدٌ, in four places.جَحَدٌ: see جَجْدٌ, in four places.جَحِدٌ (S, K) and ↓ جَجْدٌ and ↓ أَجْحَدُ (K) A man niggardly, or avaricious; (S;) possessing  little good. (S, K.) [Hence,] ↓ أَرْضٌ جَحْدَةٌ Dry  land, in which is no good. (L.) And عَامٌ جَحِدٌ, (S,) or ↓ جَحْدٌ, (A,) A year in which is little rain. (S.) b2:  Also جَحِدٌ, A thick and short horse: fem. with ة: pl. جِحَادٌ. (K.) جُحُودٌ: see جَحْدٌ.جَحَّادٌ (applied to a man, TA) Slow in emitting his seminal fluid; syn. بَطىْءُ الإِنْزَالِ. (K.) أَجْحَدُ: see جَحِدٌ.