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جحم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 اجحم عَنْهُ اجحم عنه اجحم عنة , (S, K,) inf.n. أِجْحَامٌ, (TA,) He refrained, forbore, abstained, or desisted, from it; (S, K;) namely, a thing; like احجم: (S:) but the former is a rare dial. var. (Har p. 95.) Both these verbs bear contr. significations; being used as meaning He advanced, or went forward: and also he receded, or drew back. (MF.) -A2- اجحم فُلَانًا He, or it, was near to destroying, or killing, such a one. (K.) -A3- See also 1.

Derived headwords

اجحم عَنْهُverb
  1. 1.
اجحم فُلَانًا