← Back to Al-Sihah

جحم

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to intense heat, fire, and the act of staring or opening the eyes widely. It also encompasses concepts of severe illness affecting the eyes and abstaining from something.

Derived headwords

الجَحِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    Hellfireboth

    A name for Hellfire. Any great fire in a chasm is called Jahim.

جَحِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    a name for hellfireboth

    a name for hellfire

  2. 2.
    every great fire in a deep pit is a جَحِيمboth

    every great fire in a deep pit is a جَحِيم

جَاحِمadjective
  1. 1.
    Intensely hot placeclassical

    A place of intense heat.

جَحْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Eye (Himyari dialect)classical

    The eye, according to the dialect of Himyar.

جَحَمَverb
  1. 1.
    To stare widelyboth

    To open one's eyes widely as if staring fixedly.

جَاحِمَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Staringboth

    An eye that is staring fixedly.

جَحْمَنِيverb
  1. 1.
    To stare intenselyclassical

    To stare intensely at someone with one's eyes.

تَجْحِيمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Intense staringclassical

    The act of staring intensely.

أَجْحَمadjective
  1. 1.
    he refrained from the thingboth

    he refrained from the thing

جَحْمَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Intensely red-eyed womanclassical

    A woman with intensely red and wide eyes.

الجُحَامnoun
  1. 1.
    Eye diseaseclassical

    A disease that affects a person, causing their eyes to swell.

أَحْجَمَverb
  1. 1.
    he refrainedboth

    he refrained

  2. 2.
    he refrainedboth

    he refrained

أَجْحَمَverb
  1. 1.
    he refrained from the thingboth

    he refrained from the thing

Parallel reading

قالوا ابنوا له بنيانا فألقوه في الجحيم
They said, 'Construct for him a building and cast him into the blaze.'
وكل نار عظيمة في مهواة فهي جحيم
And every great fire in a chasm is Jahim.
والموت جاحم
And death is intensely hot.
والجحمة: العين بلغة حمير
And 'Jahmah' is the eye in the dialect of Himyar.
أيا جحمتا بكى على أم عامر
O my two eyes, weep for Umm 'Amir.
جحم الرجل: فتح عينيه كالشاخص
A man 'jahama': he opened his eyes widely as if staring.
والعين جاحمة
And the eye is staring.
وجحمني بعينيه تجحيما
And he stared intensely at me with his eyes.
والأجحم: الشديد حمرة العين مع سعتها
And 'Ajham' is one with intensely red eyes along with their wideness.
والمرأة جحماء
And the woman is 'Jahmaa' (intensely red-eyed).
والجحام: داء يصيب الانسان فترم عيناه
And 'Juhām' is a disease that afflicts a person, causing their eyes to swell.
وأجحم عن الشئ: كف عنه
And 'ajhama' from a thing: he refrained from it.
مثل أحجم
Like 'ahjama'.