قحم

Root entry · 29 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of plunging into something, often with haste or recklessness. It extends to meanings of hardship, difficulty, and severe conditions, particularly in relation to travel, time, and scarcity. It also encompasses notions of contempt, disappearance, and advanced age.

Derived headwords

قَحَمَ في الأمرِ، كَنَصَرَ، قُحُوماًverb

1.
to plunge into an affairboth
To throw oneself into an affair suddenly and without consideration.

قَحَمَهُ تَقْحِيماًverb

1.
to cause to plungeboth
To cause someone or something to plunge into an affair or situation.

أَقْحَمَهُverb

1.
to cause to plungeboth
To cause someone or something to plunge into an affair or situation.

انْقَحَمَverb

1.
to plungeboth
To plunge into something, often an affair or difficult situation.

اقْتَحَمَverb

1.
to plunge intoboth
To plunge into something, often an affair or difficult situation.
2.
to storm a placemodern
To enter a place forcefully, like a house or stronghold.
3.
to attack vulnerable animalsclassical
A stallion attacking female camels that are ready for mating without being sent to them.
4.
to disappearclassical
A star disappearing below the horizon.

القُحْمَةnoun

1.
a placeclassical
A place in Yemen.
2.
plungingboth
The act of plunging into something.
3.
calamityboth
A destructive event or misfortune.
4.
severe yearboth
A year of extreme hardship.
5.
droughtboth
A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall.

القَحْمَةnoun

1.
plungingboth
The act of plunging into something.
2.
calamityboth
A destructive event or misfortune.
3.
severe yearboth
A year of extreme hardship.
4.
droughtboth
A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall.

قَحْمَةُ الطريقِnoun

1.
difficulties of the roadboth
The hardships and obstacles encountered on a road.

قَحْمَةٌ من الشهرِnoun

1.
end of the monthclassical
The last three nights of a lunar month.

قَحَمَتهُ الفرسُ تَقْحِيماًverb

1.
to throw downclassical
A horse throwing its rider down onto their face.

تَقَحَّمَ بهِverb

1.
to throw downclassical
To throw oneself or be thrown down onto one's face.

احْتَقَرَهُverb

1.
to despiseboth
To hold someone or something in contempt.

النجمُ قَحَمَverb

1.
star setclassical
A star disappearing below the horizon.

المُقْحِمُadjective

1.
weakclassical
Someone who is weak.
2.
camelclassical
A camel that is two or three years old and is strong enough to be ridden, or a camel that is in its third or fourth year of life.
3.
bedouinclassical
A bedouin who grows up in the desert.

القَحْمُadjective

1.
very oldboth
Extremely advanced in age.

القُحُومُadjective

1.
very oldboth
Extremely advanced in age.

قَحْمَةٌadjective

1.
very oldboth
Extremely advanced in age.

القَحَامَةُnoun

1.
advanced ageclassical
The state of being extremely old.

القُحُومَةُnoun

1.
advanced ageclassical
The state of being extremely old.

قَحَمَ المَفَاوِزَ، كَمَنَعَverb

1.
to traverse desertsclassical
To traverse vast, desolate desert areas.

قَحَمَ إليهِverb

1.
to approachclassical
To draw near to someone or something.

أسْوَدٌ قَاحِمٌadjective

1.
jet blackboth
Extremely dark black, like pitch.

مُحَالَةٌ قَحُومٌadjective

1.
steeply descendingclassical
A slope or incline that descends rapidly.

اقْتَحَمَ المَنْزِلَverb

1.
to storm a housemodern
To enter a house forcefully or suddenly.

مِقْحَامٌadjective

1.
aggressive stallionclassical
A stallion that attacks female camels ready for mating without being sent to them.

الأَقْحَمَةُnoun

1.
a specific boneclassical
The hyoid bone, a U-shaped bone in the neck.

قَحْمٌname

1.
a nameclassical
A proper name.

أَقْحَمَ أهلُ الباديةِverb

1.
to become destituteclassical
The people of the desert becoming destitute and then moving to fertile lands.

أَقْحَمَ فرسَهُ النهرَverb

1.
to make cross a riverboth
To make a horse enter a river.

Parallel reading

قَحَمَ في الأمرِ، كنصر، قُحُوماً: رمى بنفسه فيه فجأة بلا روية

He plunged into the affair, like 'nasara', with 'quhūman': he threw himself into it suddenly without consideration.

وقحمه تقحيما، وأقحمته فانقحم واقتحم

And he caused him to plunge, and I caused him to plunge, so he plunged and he stormed.

والقحمة: د باليمن، وبالضم: الاقتحام في الشيء، والمهلكة، والسنة الشديدة، والقحط

And 'al-quḥmah' is a place in Yemen, and with dammah: plunging into something, and a calamity, and a severe year, and drought.

وقحم الطريق، كصرد: مصاعبه

And 'qahama' the road, like 'sarada': its difficulties.

ومن الشهر: ثلاث ليال آخره

And from the month: the last three nights of it.

وقحمته الفرس تقحيما: رمته على وجهه

And the horse threw him down with 'taqḥīman': it threw him onto his face.

كتقحمت به واقتحمه: احتقره

Like 'taqaḥḥama' with it and 'iqtaḥama': he despised it.

والنجم: غاب

And the star: set.

والمقحم، كمكرم: الضعيف، والبعير يثني ويربع في سنة فيقحم سنا على سن، والأعرابي الذي ينشأ في البر

And 'al-muqḥam', like 'mukram': the weak one, and the camel that is two or three years old in a year and thus advances year upon year, and the bedouin who grows up in the desert.

والقحم: الكبير السن جدا، كالقحوم، وهي قحمة، والاسم: القحامة والقحومة، مصادر بلا فعل

And 'al-qaḥm': the very old one, like 'al-quḥūm', and it is 'quḥmah', and the noun is 'al-qaḥāmah' and 'al-quḥūmah', masdars without a verb.

وقحم المفاوز، كمنع: طواها

And he traversed the deserts, like 'mana'a': he folded them up.

و إليه: دنا

And to him: he drew near.

وأسود قاحم: فاحم

And a jet-black lion: intensely black.

ومحالة قحوم: سريعة الانحدار

And a steeply descending slope: rapidly descending.

واقتحم المنزل: هجمه

And he stormed the house: he attacked it.

واقتحم الفحل الشول: هجمها من غير أن يرسل فيها، فهو مقحام

And the stallion attacked the barren camels: he attacked them without being sent to them, so he is 'miqḥām'.

والأقحمة: الأفحمة

And 'al-aqḥamah': the hyoid bone.

وقحم: اسم

And 'qaḥm': a name.

وأقحم أهل البادية، بالضم: أجدبوا فحلوا الريف

And the people of the desert became destitute, with dammah: they became barren and then settled in the fertile land.

وأقحم فرسه النهر: أدخله

And he made his horse enter the river: he put it in.