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جهم

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

The root جهم (j-h-m) primarily relates to a stern, frowning, or uninviting facial expression. It extends to meanings of being stern, severe, or unyielding, and also encompasses concepts of scarcity or emptiness, particularly in relation to clouds.

Derived headwords

جَهَمَverb
  1. 1.
    he became grim-facedboth

    he became grim-faced

تَجَهَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to frown atboth

    To frown at someone, to show displeasure or sternness in one's face towards them.

فلا تجهمينا أم عمرو فإننا بنا داء ظبى لم تخنه عوامله — Do not frown upon us, Umm Amr, for we are afflicted with a sickness of gazelles that has not betrayed its faculties.
جَهُمَverb
  1. 1.
    he became grim-facedboth

    he became grim-faced

وقد جهم بالضم جهومة، إذا كان باسر الوجه — And he became stern-faced, meaning he had a frowning face.
جُهُومَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sternnessboth

    The state of being stern-faced or having a frowning countenance.

وقد جهم بالضم جهومة، إذا كان باسر الوجه — And he became stern-faced, meaning he had a frowning face.
جَهُومadjective
  1. 1.
    incapableclassical

    Lacking ability or strength; incapable or weak.

ورجل جهوم، أي عاجز — And a man is jahūm, meaning incapable.
جَهْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    early nightclassical

    The early part of the night.

  2. 2.
    sternnessclassical

    Sternness or severity.

وجهمة وجهمة، عن الفراء — And jahmah and jahmah, from Al-Farra'.
وبلده تجهم الجهوما — And a land that confronts the incapable.
الجَهَامnoun
  1. 1.
    clouds that have no water in themboth

    clouds that have no water in them

والجهام بالفتح: السحاب الذي لاماء فيه — And al-juhām, with fath: the clouds that contain no water.
جُهَيْمname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

وجيهم: موضع — And Juhaym: a place.

Parallel reading

رجل جهم الوجه، أي كالح الوجه.
A man with a stern face, meaning a frowning face.
تقول منه: جهمت الرجل وتجهمته، إذا كلحت في وجه.
From this, you say: jahamta the man and tajahhamtahu, if you frowned in his face.
فلا تجهمينا أم عمرو فإننا بنا داء ظبى لم تخنه عوامله
Do not frown upon us, Umm Amr, for we are afflicted with a sickness of gazelles that has not betrayed its faculties.
وقد جهم بالضم جهومة، إذا كان باسر الوجه.
And he became stern-faced (jahuma, with damma), meaning he had a frowning face.
ورجل جهوم، أي عاجز.
And a man is jahūm, meaning incapable.
وبلدة تجهم الجهوما
And a land that confronts the incapable.
والجهمة بالضم: أول مآخير الليل.
And al-jahmah, with damma: the early part of the night.
يقال جهمة وجهمة، عن الفراء.
It is said jahmah and jahmah, from Al-Farra'.
وبقهوة صهباء باكرتها بجهمة والديك لم ينعب
And with a reddish-brown wine I approached it early in the night, before your rooster crowed.
والجهام بالفتح: السحاب الذي لاماء فيه.
And al-juhām, with fath: the clouds that contain no water.
وجيهم: موضع
And Juhaym: a place.