ءجحم

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to intense heat, fire, and burning. It extends to concepts of intense effort, approaching destruction, and strong emotions like eagerness or stinginess. It also encompasses specific terms for eye conditions, animals, and character traits.

Derived headwords

أجحم عنهverb

1.
refrain fromclassical
To desist or hold back from something.
2.
almost destroyclassical
To bring someone close to destruction or ruin.

الجحيمnoun

1.
hellfireboth
Intensely burning fire, often referring to hell.
2.
intense fireclassical
Any fire that is burning intensely, with layers of flame.
3.
great fireclassical
A large fire located in a deep pit or chasm.

جحمةnoun

1.
intense heatclassical
A place of extreme heat.
2.
eyeclassical
The eye.

جحمهاverb

1.
to kindleclassical
To stoke or intensify a fire.

جحمverb

1.
to blazeboth
To burn intensely, to flare up.

جحيمverb

1.
to blazeboth
To burn intensely, to flare up.

الجاحمnoun

1.
glowing emberclassical
A fiercely burning ember or coal.
2.
heart of warclassical
The most intense part of a battle or war.
3.
intense killingclassical
The height of slaughter during a battle.

جاحمadjective

1.
stingyclassical
A person who is extremely stingy or miserly.

جاحمnoun

1.
eye diseaseclassical
A disease affecting the eye, or a condition in dogs' heads.

جاحمnoun

1.
birdclassical
A type of bird.

جاحمadjective

1.
shamelessclassical
A person with little or no sense of shame.

جحمنيverb

1.
stare intentlyclassical
To fix one's gaze intently without blinking, or to stare sharply.

عين جاحمةadjective

1.
staring eyeclassical
An eye that is wide open and fixed, staring.

الأجحمadjective

1.
red-eyedclassical
Having eyes that are intensely red and wide.

جحماءadjective

1.
red-eyed (fem.)classical
Feminine form of 'الأجحم', describing intensely red and wide eyes.

جحمnoun

1.
booksclassical
Plural of 'جحم' (book), though this usage is rare and possibly a scribal error.

سكرىnoun

1.
drunkardsclassical
Plural of 'سكرى' (drunkard), used here as a parallel plural to 'جحم'.

الجوحمnoun

1.
Hajjamclassical
A variant or related term to 'الحوجم', possibly referring to a specific type of person or action.

أجحم بن دندنةname

1.
Ajham bin Dandanaclassical
A proper name, referring to one of their notable men.

تجحمverb

1.
burn with greedclassical
To burn with intense desire, greed, or stinginess.
2.
be distressedclassical
To be troubled or distressed.

الجحمةnoun

1.
eyeclassical
The eye.

جحمverb

1.
open wideclassical
To open (an eye) widely, as if staring.

Parallel reading

أجحم عنه: كف

Ajham 'anhu: to refrain from.

وفلانا: دنا أن يهلكه

And fulan: to bring him close to destruction.

والجحيم: النار الشديدة التأجج

And al-jaheem: the intensely blazing fire.

وكل نار بعضها فوق بعض، كالجحمة ويضم

And every fire layered upon itself, like al-jahmah (with dammah).

وكل نار عظيمة في مهواة

And every great fire in a chasm.

والمكان الشديد الحر، كالجاحم

And the place of intense heat, like al-jaahim.

وجحمها، كمنعها: وقدها

And jahamahā, as man'ahā: to stoke it.

فجحمت، ككرمت، جحوما، وجحم، كفرح، جحما وجحما وجحوما: اضطرمت

So it blazed, as karumat, juhūman, and jahama, as fariha, jahman, jahman, and juhūman: it flared up.

والجاحم: الجمر الشديد الاشتعال

And al-jaahim: the intensely burning ember.

ومن الحرب: معظمها

And of war: its most intense part.

و Because: شدة القتل في معركتها

And of war: the intensity of killing in its battle.

وكغراب: داء في العين، أو في رؤوس الكلاب

And ka-ghurāb: a disease in the eye, or in the heads of dogs.

وكشداد: البخيل

And ka-shiddād: the stingy one.

وكصرد: طائر

And ka-ṣurad: a bird.

وكعنق: القليل الحياء

And ka-'unuq: the one with little shame.

وجحمني بعينه تجحيما: استثبت في نظره لا تطرف عينه، أو أحد النظر

And jahaḥmanī bi-'aynihi tajḥīman: to fix his gaze without blinking, or to stare sharply.

وعين جاحمة: شاخصة

And 'aynun jāḥimatun: a staring eye.

والأجحم: الشديد حمرة العينين مع سعتهما

And al-ajḥam: one with intensely red and wide eyes.

وهي جحماء ج: جحم ككتب وسكرى

And she is jaḥmā' (pl. jaham like kutub and sukra).

والجوحم: الحوجم

And al-jūḥam: al-ḥawjam.

وأجحم بن دندنة: أحد رجالاتهم

And Ajḥam bin Dandana: one of their men.

وتجحم: تحرق حرصا وبخلا، وتضايق

And tajahḥama: to burn with eagerness and stinginess, and to be distressed.

والجحمة: العين

And al-jaḥmah: the eye.

وجحم، كمنع: فتحها كالشاخص، والعين جاحمة

And jahama, as man'a: to open it (the eye) widely like a stare, and the eye is jāḥimah.