ج ع م

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

The root ج ع م (j-ʿ-m) primarily relates to concepts of greed, strong desire, and intense appetite, often in a negative or excessive sense. It also extends to meanings of speech, physical conditions in animals, and specific states of land or plants.

Derived headwords

الجَعْمُnoun

1.
greedboth
Greed or strong desire for something.
2.
hoarsenessclassical
Roughness or coarseness of speech, characterized by a wide throat.

تَجَعَّمَverb

1.
to be greedyboth
To exhibit greed or strong desire.
2.
to speak coarselyclassical
To speak with roughness or coarseness.

جَعِمَverb

1.
to desire intenselyboth
To desire something strongly, like craving meat.
2.
to be greedyboth
To be greedy or covetous.
3.
to lose teethclassical
To lose one's teeth, or for teeth to recede into the gums.
4.
to be hungryclassical
To be hungry.
5.
to refrainclassical
To refrain from eating or biting, by placing something in the mouth.

جَعِمٌadjective

1.
greedyboth
Characterized by greed or strong desire.
2.
cravingboth
Having a strong craving for something.
3.
hungryclassical
Hungry.

جُعِمَverb

1.
to lose teethclassical
To lose one's teeth, or for teeth to recede into the gums.
2.
to be hungryclassical
To be hungry.

جُعِمٌadjective

1.
hungryclassical
Hungry.

جَعَمَverb

1.
to craveboth
To crave something, especially meat.
2.
to eat bonesclassical
For camels to gnaw on bones and dog droppings when other food is scarce.
3.
to refrainclassical
To refrain from eating or biting, by placing something in the mouth.

جَعَمَverb

1.
to lose teethclassical
For animals to lose their teeth, or for teeth to recede into the gums.

الجُعَامُnoun

1.
disease in camelsclassical
A disease affecting camels and other animals, often caused by dew or specific vegetation.

الجَعْمَاءُadjective

1.
old (female camel)classical
An old female camel, having lost its teeth or with teeth receded.
2.
mentally impaired (woman)classical
A woman whose intellect has deteriorated due to old age.
3.
stupid (woman)classical
A foolish or simple-minded woman.
4.
anusclassical
The anus.

أَجْعَمَverb

1.
to uprootclassical
To uproot plants, consuming them down to their roots.
2.
to be afflicted with diseaseclassical
For a group of people to be afflicted with the disease called 'al-ju'am'.

مُجْعِمٌadjective

1.
uprootedclassical
A plant that has been eaten down to its roots.

المُجْعَمُnoun

1.
refugeclassical
A place of refuge or shelter.

الجِيْعَمُadjective

1.
hungryclassical
A hungry person.

تَجَعَّمَ العُودُverb

1.
to be dryclassical
For a piece of wood to become dry or withered.

الجُعْمِيُّadjective

1.
greedyclassical
A person who is greedy with desire.

الجُعُومُnoun

1.
greedy personclassical
A person who is greedy or covetous.
2.
hungry womanclassical
A hungry woman.

الجُعْمُnoun

1.
hungerclassical
Hunger.

جَعْمَانُname

1.
a male nameclassical
A male given name, borne by a significant lineage in Yemen known for jurisprudence and hadith narration.

Parallel reading

الجعم: محركة: الطمع

Al-ja'm (vowelized): greed.

وقد جعم وتجعم فهو جعم.

He became greedy and exhibited greed, and he is greedy.

الجعم: غلظ الكلام في سعة حلق

Al-ja'm: coarseness of speech with a wide throat.

وجعم إلى اللحم، كفرح: إذا قرم

And he craved meat, as in 'faraha': when he desired it intensely.

إ ذ جعم الذهلان كل مجعم

When the two tribes intensely desired every refuge.

جعمت الإبل جعما: قضمت العظام وخرء الكلاب

The camels gnawed bones and dog droppings, a 'ja'm'.

وإن داء الجعام أكثر ما يصيبها من ذلك.

And the disease of al-ju'am most often afflicts them from that.

وجعم فلان: لم يشته الطعام، كجعم، كمنع عن ابن سيده، وهو ضد.

And so-and-so did not desire food, like 'ja'ama' (as in mana'a) according to Ibn Sidah, and it is an antonym.

وهو مجعوم وجعم، ككتف، فيه لف ونشر غير مرتب.

And he is maj'um and ja'm (like katif), containing disordered arrangement and presentation.

وجعمت الإبل: أسنت وذهبت أسنانها كلها

And the camels became old and lost all their teeth.

والجعماء من النوق: المسنة، ولا يقال للذكر أجعم.

And al-ja'ma' from the she-camels: the old one; and it is not said of a male 'aj'am.

وأجعمت الأرض: كثر الحنك على نباتها فأكله وألجأه إلى أصوله

And the land became 'aj'ama': grazing animals were abundant on its plants, eating them down to their roots.

وأجعم الشجر: أكل ورقه إلى أصوله

And the tree became 'aj'ama': its leaves were eaten down to its roots.

عنسية لم ترع طلحا مجعما

An 'ansiyah (she-camel) that did not graze on uprooted acacia.

وجعم البعير، كمنع: وضع على فيه ما يمنعه من الأكل والعض

And the camel refrained, as in 'mana'a', by placing in its mouth something that prevents it from eating and biting.

والجيعم، كحيدر: الجائع

And al-ji'am, like haydar: the hungry one.

وأجعم: استأصل

And 'aj'ama': to uproot completely.

ومنهم رئيس زبيد وقاضيها الإمام المحدث إسحاق بن محمد بن إبراهيم بن أبي القاسم بن إسحاق بن إبراهيم بن أبي القاسم بن إبراهيم بن أبي القاسم بن عبد الله بن جعمان

Among them is the chief of Zabid and its judge, the Imam and Hadith scholar Ishaq bin Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin Abi al-Qasim bin Ishaq bin Ibrahim bin Abi al-Qasim bin Ibrahim bin Abi al-Qasim bin Abdullah bin Ja'man.