جهضم

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root describes something large, bulky, and imposing, often associated with physical size and a sense of arrogance or dominance. It can refer to large animals like lions or horses, or to people exhibiting traits of being stout, arrogant, or cowardly.

Derived headwords

الجَهْضَمnoun

1.
Large-bodied personboth
A person who is large in the flanks, or large-headed and round-faced, or stout in the flanks and thick in the middle.
2.
Lionclassical
The lion is described as جهضم.

جَهْضَمadjective

1.
Large-flankedboth
Describing a camel that is large in the flanks, or spacious in the flanks.

جَهْضَمadjective

1.
Cowardlyclassical
Describing someone as extremely cowardly.

تَجَهْضَمَverb

1.
To act arrogantlyclassical
To behave with arrogance and haughtiness, similar to acting superior.

Parallel reading

الجهضم: الضخم الجنبين

Al-Jahḍam: large in the flanks.

وقيل: الضخم الهامة المستديرها

And it is said: large-headed and round-headed.

وفي الصحاح: الضخم الهامة المستدير الوجه

And in Al-Ṣiḥāḥ: large-headed and round-faced.

وقيل: هو المنتفخ الجنبين الغليظ الوسط

And it is said: he is stout in the flanks and thick in the middle.

ابن الأعرابي الجهضم الجبان

Ibn al-A'rābī: Al-Jahḍam is the coward.

فلان جهضم ماه القلب: نهاية في الجبن

So-and-so is Jahḍam of the heart: the extreme of cowardice.

وتجهضم الفحل على أقرانه: علاهم بكلكله

And the stallion behaved arrogantly towards his peers: he towered over them with his chest.

وبعير جهضم الجنبين: ضخم

And a camel, Jahḍam of the flanks: is large.

وفي التهذيب: رحب الجنبين

And in Al-Tahdhīb: spacious in the flanks.

والجهضم: الأسد

And Al-Jahḍam: the lion.

والتجهضم: كالتعظم والتغطرس

And Al-Tajahḍum: is like acting superior and arrogant.