Jump to content

جحم

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Arabic

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]
Root
ج ح م (j ḥ m)
3 terms

Compare with hapax Biblical Hebrew גחם (gakham, flame).

Verb

[edit]

جَحُمَ (jaḥuma) I (non-past يَجْحُمُ (yajḥumu), verbal noun جُحُوم (juḥūm))
جَحِمَ (jaḥima) I (non-past يَجْحَمُ (yajḥamu), verbal noun جَحَم (jaḥam) or جُحُوم (juḥūm))

  1. to burn, to blaze, to fire, to have many flames, to become vehement and fiery
Conjugation
[edit]

Verb

[edit]

جَحَمَ (jaḥama) I (non-past يَجْحَمُ (yajḥamu), verbal noun جَحْم (jaḥm))

  1. to kindle, to make burn fiercely
Conjugation
[edit]

Etymology 2

[edit]

Denominal verb of جَحْمَة (jaḥma, eye).

Verb

[edit]

جَحَّمَ (jaḥḥama) II (non-past يُجَحِّمُ (yujaḥḥimu), verbal noun تَجْحِيم (tajḥīm))

  1. (obsolete, Yemen) to regard with fixed eyes
Conjugation
[edit]