ءجم

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to dense, thickets of reeds or bushes, and by extension, to fortified structures. It also describes the intensity of heat and the process of becoming dense or strong.

Derived headwords

الأَجَمَةnoun

1.
a thicket of reedsboth
a thicket of reeds

أَجَمَاتnoun

1.
plural of ajamahboth
plural of ajamah

أَجَمnoun

1.
plural of ajamahboth
plural of ajamah
2.
it was left unridden (said of a horse)both
it was left unridden (said of a horse)

إِجَامnoun

1.
plural of ajamahboth
plural of ajamah
2.
plural of ajamahboth
plural of ajamah

آجَامnoun

1.
plural of ajamahboth
plural of ajamah
2.
plural of ajamahboth
plural of ajamah

الأَجَمnoun

1.
a placeboth
a place

آجَامnoun

1.
plural of ajamahboth
plural of ajamah
2.
plural of ajamahboth
plural of ajamah

تَأَجَّمَverb

1.
To intensify (heat)classical
The day's heat intensified.

وتأجم النهار، أي اشتد حره — And the day's heat intensified, meaning its heat became severe.

تَأَجُّمnoun

1.
Intensification of heatclassical
The act or process of the day's heat becoming severe.

Parallel reading

الاجمة من القصب، والجمع أجمات وأجم وإجام وآجام وأجم، كما قلناه في الاكمة.

Al-ajamah is of reeds, and its plurals are ajamat, ajam, ijam, ajam, and ajam, as we said for al-akmah.

والاجم أيضا: حصن بناه أهل المدينة من حجارة.

And al-ajam is also: a fortress built by the people of Medina from stones.

قال يعقوب: كل بيت مربع مسطح أجم.

Ya'qub said: Every square, flat-roofed house is an ajam.

وتأجم النهار، أي اشتد حره.

And the day's heat intensified, meaning its heat became severe.

وهو يخفف ويثقل، والجمع آجام، مثل عنق وأعناق.

And it is lightened and heavy, and the plural is ajam, like 'unuq and a'naq.

وتأجمت الن

And the [fragmentary sentence indicating intensification].

وتأجم النهار، أي اشتد حره.

And the day intensified, meaning its heat became severe.

ولا أجما إلا مشيدا بجندل

And no fortified structure except one built high with stones.