جوح1 جَاحَ, (S, A,) aor. ـُ (S,) inf. n. جَوْحٌ, (S, K,) He (a man, S) extirpated, or exterminated, (S, A, K,) a thing: (S:) He (God, S) destroyed (S, A, K) a man's property, or cattle, (S,) by what is termed جَائِحَة: (S, A:) as also ↓ اجاح, (S, A,) inf. n. إِجَاحَةٌ; (K;) and ↓ اجتاح, (S,) inf. n. اِجْتِيَاحٌ. (K.) You say [also], جَاحِتِ الآفَةُ المَالَ, i. e. الجَائِحَةُ, aor. ـُ inf. n. as above; and ↓ اجاحتهُ; and ↓ اجتاحتهُ; The bane, or pest, or the like, destroyed the property, or cattle; as also جَاحَتْهُ, aor. ـِ inf. n. جِيَاحَةٌ: (Msb:) and one says of anything, such as drought, or dearth, and civil war, or conflict and faction, &c., جاح المَالَ and ↓ اجتاحهُ, meaning it extirpated, or exterminated, the property, or cattle. (TA.) And جَاحَتْهُمُ الجَائِحَةُ, (S,) or السَّنَةُ, inf. n. جَوْحٌ and جِيَاحٌ; and ↓ أَجَاحَتْهُمْ; (TA;) and ↓ اِجْتَاحَتْهُمْ; (S, A, TA;) i. e. [The calamity, bane, pest, or the like, or drought, or dearth, destroyed or] extirpated [them, or] their property, or cattle. (TA.) And العَدُوُّ مَالَهُ ↓ اجتاح The enemy destroyed, or made an end of, his property, or cattle; syn. أَتَى عَلَيْهِ. (TA.) b2:  Also جاح, aor. ـُ inf. n. جَوْحٌ, He destroyed the property, or cattle, of his relations. (IAar, TA.) A2:  And, aor. ـُ He deviated from the road, or beaten track. (IAar, K.) 4 أَجْوَحَ see 1, in three places.8 إِجْتَوَحَ see 1, in five places.جَوْحَةٌ: see جَائِحَةٌ.جَائِحٌ [act. part. n. of 1]. You say آفَةٌ جَائِحَةٌ A destructive bane or pest or the like: (Msb:) and سَنَةٌ جَائِحَةٌ a year of drought or dearth or sterility: (Mgh:) pl. جَوَائِحُ. (Mgh, Msb.) b2: [And hence,] The locust. (IAar, T in art. جحى.) جَائِحَةٌ [fem. of جَائِحٌ, q. v.: and hence, as a subst.,] A bane, a pest, (Msb,) a calamity, or the like, (S, Msb, K,) or a great calamity, (Mgh, TA,) that destroys, or extirpates, men's property, or cattle; (S, Mgh, Msb, * K, TA;) as drought, or dearth; or civil war, or conflict and faction, and the like: (S, TA:) drought, or dearth, that destroys, or extirpates, men's property, or cattle; as also ↓ جَوْحَةٌ: (Wásil, TA:) or a calamity that befalls a man, and destroys all his property, or cattle: (A'Obeyd, T:) or severe drought or dearth, that destroys, or extirpates, men's property, or cattle: (ISh:) sometimes it is the effect of large hail; and sometimes, of excessive cold or heat: (T:) or (accord. to Esh-Sháfi'ee, Mgh, Msb) a blast, or blight, or calamity arising from the atmosphere, that destroys the fruits, (Mgh, Msb, TA,) or some thereof; (Mgh;) only relating to fruits: (TA:) pl. جَوَائِحُ. (A, Mgh, Msb.) It is said in a trad., أَمَرَ بِوَضْعِ الجَوَائِحِ, which is an elliptical phrase, meaning He commanded to remit the poor-rate in respect of things affected by a blast, or blight, (Mgh, Msb,) namely, property, (Mgh,) or fruits, (Msb,) so affected; (Mgh, Msb;) i. e., that no portion thereof, (Mgh,) or of the remains thereof, (Msb,) should be taken for the poor-rate. (Mgh, Msb.) مُجَاحٌ: see what next follows.مَجُوحٌ Property, or cattle, destroyed by a bane, or pest, or the like; as also مَجِيحٌ [belonging to art. جيح], and ↓ مُجَاحٌ. (Msb.) مِجْوَحٌ [A person or thing] that destroys, or extirpates, everything. (K, TA.)