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جهنم

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of hell, specifically the Islamic concept of Hellfire. It also extends to the idea of a distant, deep place, and is used to name a specific poet and a well.

Derived headwords

الجَهْنَامnoun
  1. 1.
    Distant depthclassical

    Refers to a place that is far down or has a distant bottom.

جَهَنَّامname
  1. 1.
    Hellboth

    The name of the fire in which God punishes His servants, named so because of its distant depth.

  2. 2.
    Poet's nicknameclassical

    A name or nickname for a poet who engaged in poetic duels with Al-A'sha.

  3. 3.
    A woman's nameclassical

    Said to be the name of a woman, possibly a concubine, whom Al-A'sha addressed in his poetry.

بِئْرُ جَهَنَّامnoun
  1. 1.
    Deep wellclassical

    A well that is distant or deep in its bottom, from which the name of Hell is derived.

جَهَنَّمname
  1. 1.
    Hellboth

    The proper name for the Hellfire in Islamic eschatology, where God punishes those who deserve it.

جَهَنَّامname
  1. 1.
    Amr ibn Qatn's nicknameclassical

    A nickname for Amr ibn Qatn, from the tribe of Banu Sa'd, who was known for his poetic rivalry with Al-A'sha.

Parallel reading

الجهنام: القعر البعيد.
Al-Jahnam: The distant depth.
وبئر جهنم وجهنام، بكسر الجيم والهاء: بعيدة القعر
And the well of Jahnam and Juhannam, with kasra on the Jim and Ha: is distant in its depth.
وبه سميت جهنم لبعد قعرها
And Hell was named so because of its distant depth.
وقال اللحياني: جهنام اسم أعجمي
And Al-Laythiyani said: Jahnam is a foreign name.
وجهنام اسم رجل
And Juhannam is the name of a man.
وجهنام لقب عمرو بن قطن من بني سعد بن قيس بن ثعلبة
And Juhannam is the nickname of Amr ibn Qatn from Banu Sa'd ibn Qays ibn Tha'labah.
وكان يهاجي الأعشى
And he used to engage in poetic duels with Al-A'sha.
ويقال هو اسم تابعته
And it is said he is the name of her follower.
ودعوا له ... جهنام جدعا للهجين المذمم
And they called out for him... Jahnam, may God disfigure the blameworthy bastard.
وتركه إجراء جهنام يدل على أنه أعجمي
And leaving Jahnam undeclined indicates that it is foreign.
وقيل: هو أخو هريرة التي يتغزل بها في شعره: ودع هريرة.
And it is said he is the brother of Hurayrah, whom he woos in his poetry: 'And leave Hurayrah'.
جهنم من أسماء النار التي يعذب الله بها عباده
Jahannam is among the names of the Fire with which God punishes His servants.
وهو ملحق بالخماسي، بتشديد الحرف الثالث منه
And it is assimilated to the pentasyllabic, with the third letter thereof being doubled.
ولا يجرى للمعرفة والتأنيث
And it is not declined for definiteness and femininity.
ويقال: هو فارسي معرب
And it is said: it is a Persian loanword.
جهنم اسم النار التي يعذب الله بها في الآخرة
Jahannam is the name of the Fire with which God punishes in the Hereafter.
وهي أعجمية لا تجرى للتعريف والعجمة
And it is foreign and is not declined for definiteness and foreignness.
وقال آخرون: جهنم عربي سميت نار الآخرة بها لبعد قعرها
And others said: Jahannam is Arabic, and the Fire of the Hereafter was named so because of its distant depth.
وإنما لم تجر لثقل التعريف وثقل التأنيث
And it is not declined only because of the weight of definiteness and the weight of femininity.
وقيل: هو تعريب كهنام بالعبرانية
And it is said: it is the Arabicization of 'Kehanam' in Hebrew.
من جعل جهنم عربيا احتج بقولهم بئر جهنام
He who considers Jahannam Arabic argues from their saying 'a well of Jahnam'.
ويكون امتناع صرفها للتأنيث والتعريف
And its non-declension is due to femininity and definiteness.
ومن جعل جهنم اسما أعجميا احتج بقول الأعشى: ودعوا له جهنام فلم يصرف
And he who considers Jahannam a foreign name argues from Al-A'sha's saying: 'And they called out for Jahannam, and it was not declined'.
فتكون جهنم على هذا لا تنصرف للتعريف والعجمة والتأنيث أيضا
So Jahannam, according to this, would not be declined for definiteness, foreignness, and also femininity.
ومن جعل جهنام اسما لتابعة الشاعر المقاوم للأعشى لم تكن فيه حجة لأنه يكون امتناع صرفه للتأنيث والتعريف لا للعجمة
And he who considers Jahnam the name of the follower of the poet rivaling Al-A'sha, it is not an argument for him, because its non-declension would be due to femininity and definiteness, not foreignness.
أن جهنم اسم عجمي
That Jahannam is a foreign name.
ويقويه امتناع صرف جهنام في بيت الأعشى
And its non-declension in Al-A'sha's verse strengthens this.
بئر جهنام للبعيدة القعر
A well of Jahnam for the distant depth.
ومنه سميت جهنم
And from this, Jahannam was named.
فهذا يدل أنها عربية
And this indicates that it is Arabic.
جهنام، بالضم، للشاعر الذي يهاجي الأعشى
Jahnam, with damma, is for the poet who engages in duels with Al-A'sha.
واسم البئر جهنام، بالكسر.
And the name of the well is Jahnam, with kasra.