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جحلم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to relate to the act of throwing down or prostrating someone, often with force. It conveys a sense of overwhelming or subduing an opponent.

Derived headwords

جَحْلَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to prostrateclassical

    To throw someone down forcefully, to prostrate them.

Parallel reading

جحلمه: أي صرعه.
He prostrated him: meaning, he threw him down.