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ج ح ظ م

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the physical characteristic of bulging or protruding eyes, and by extension, to actions involving forceful gripping, binding, or striking.

Derived headwords

الجَحْظَمnoun
  1. 1.
    large-eyedboth

    Describing someone with large, protruding eyes.

جَحْظَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to grip and strikeclassical

    To grip a boy's hands firmly on his knees and then strike him.

جَحْظَمَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to bind securelyclassical

    To bind someone securely with a rope, regardless of the method.

Parallel reading

الجحظم، بالظاء المعجمة: المشالة: العظيم العينين
Al-Jaḥẓam, with the unpointed ẓāʼ: the protruding: the large-eyed.
يقال: هو من الجحظ، والميم زائدة.
It is said: it is from [the root] J-Ḥ-Ẓ, and the mīm is an addition.
جحظمت الغلام جحظمة: إذا شددت يديه على ركبتيه ثم ضربته
I j-ḥ-ẓ-m-ed the boy a j-ḥ-ẓ-m-ah: if you held his hands firmly on his knees and then struck him.
نقله الكسائي
Al-Kisāʼī transmitted it.
وقال ابن الأعرابي عن الدبيري: جحظمه بالحبل: أوثقه كيفما كان.
And Ibn Al-Aʻrābī said, from Al-Dabīrī: He j-ḥ-ẓ-m-ed him with the rope: he bound him securely however it was.