جحم

5 تجحُم تجحم He burned with vehemence of desire, or covetousnsss, and niggardliness; (K;) as also ↓ تجاحم: from جَاحِمُ الحَرْبِ. (TA.) ― -b2- Hence, also, (TA,) i. q. تَضَايَقَ [app. meaning He became straitened in disposition ]. (K.) You say also, عَلَيْنَا ↓ هُوَ يَتَجَاحَمُ, i. e., يَتَضَايَقُ [app., He becomes straitened in disposition against us ]: a phrase mentioned by El-Mundhiree on the authority of Aboo-Tálib. (TA.)