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Root entry · 40 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of plunging or throwing oneself into something, often impulsively or without consideration. It extends to concepts of difficulty, hardship, and extreme age or weakness, as well as the act of entering or approaching.

Derived headwords

قَحَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to plunge intoboth

    To throw oneself into an affair suddenly and without deliberation.

  2. 2.
    to throw oneselfclassical

    To throw oneself into a river or a chasm.

قَحَمَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make plunge intoboth

    To make someone enter into an affair without deliberation.

تَقَحَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to plunge intoboth

    To plunge into something, like hellfire.

  2. 2.
    to traverseclassical

    To traverse difficult terrain or stages without stopping.

اِقْتَحَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to plunge intoboth

    To plunge into something, especially a difficult or dangerous situation.

  2. 2.
    to despiseclassical

    To look down upon or disdain someone.

  3. 3.
    to setclassical

    Used for a star when it sets or disappears.

  4. 4.
    to stormboth

    To storm or enter a place forcefully.

اِنْقَحَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to plunge intoboth

    To plunge into something, often used interchangeably with 'iqtamaḥa'.

القُحْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    plungingclassical

    The act of plunging into something.

  2. 2.
    hardshipboth

    A severe drought or a harsh year that causes destruction.

  3. 3.
    difficultiesboth

    The difficult parts of a road.

  4. 4.
    sinclassical

    The act of committing sin.

القَحْمnoun
  1. 1.
    difficultiesclassical

    The difficult and arduous matters that are not undertaken by everyone.

  2. 2.
    very old ageboth

    Being extremely old, beyond normal old age.

قَحْمadjective
  1. 1.
    very oldboth

    Extremely old, especially referring to camels or humans.

قَحْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hardshipboth

    A severe year of drought and hardship.

  2. 2.
    old eweclassical

    An old ewe or female animal.

قَحُومadjective
  1. 1.
    steeply descendingclassical

    Describing a millstone that descends rapidly.

المُقْحِمadjective
  1. 1.
    weakboth

    Weak or feeble, especially due to premature aging.

  2. 2.
    bedouinboth

    An Arab who grows up in the desert and does not leave it.

المُقْحِمnoun
  1. 1.
    camelclassical

    A camel that prematurely develops adult teeth, indicating rapid growth or poor nutrition.

المِقْحَامnoun
  1. 1.
    reckless attackerclassical

    One who plunges into matters without deliberation; a reckless person.

أَقْحَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to make enterboth

    To make something enter or be introduced into something else.

  2. 2.
    to cause hardshipclassical

    To cause people to enter the settled lands due to drought.

القَحَامَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sourceclassical

    A masdar (verbal noun) without a corresponding verb.

القُحُومَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sourceclassical

    A masdar (verbal noun) without a corresponding verb.

قَحَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to traverseclassical

    To traverse deserts or places without stopping or settling.

  2. 2.
    to approachboth

    To draw near to something.

قَاحِمadjective
  1. 1.
    intensely blackclassical

    Describing something that is extremely black, like coal.

قَحَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to enterboth

    To enter or penetrate something.

مُقْحَامnoun
  1. 1.
    reckless attackerclassical

    A stallion that mounts mares without being sent in; a reckless person.

الأَقْحَمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    jawboneclassical

    The jawbone, specifically the lower jaw.

قَحَمname
  1. 1.
    name of a manclassical

    A proper name for a male individual.

أَقْحَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to enter settled landsclassical

    When the people of the desert become prosperous and enter the settled lands.

المُقْحِمَاتnoun
  1. 1.
    great sinsclassical

    Grave sins that lead their perpetrators into hellfire.

تَقَحَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to advanceclassical

    To advance forward, especially in battle.

القَحْمnoun
  1. 1.
    great mattersclassical

    Great and difficult matters that require courage and are not undertaken by everyone.

قَحْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    great matterclassical

    A difficult or arduous matter, especially in conflict or debt.

قَحَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be impetuousclassical

    To be impetuous and bold in action.

تَقَحَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to traverse without stoppingclassical

    To traverse stages or locations without descending or stopping.

قَحَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to enter hardshipclassical

    To enter into a year of drought and hardship.

أَقْحَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to bring into settled lifeclassical

    To bring someone out of the desert and into settled life.

القُحْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    committing sinclassical

    The act of committing sin or transgression.

اِقْتَحَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to enterboth

    To make a horse enter a river.

المُقْحِمadjective
  1. 1.
    unaccompaniedclassical

    Describing a camel that travels in the desert without a guide or driver.

قَحَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be harshclassical

    To be harsh or severe.

قَحَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be impoliteclassical

    To be rude or impolite to a friend.

المِقْحَامadjective
  1. 1.
    recklessclassical

    One who rushes into matters without proper consideration; reckless.

القُحْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    riverclassical

    The first part of a river, near its source.

قُحْمَةnoun
  1. 1.
    winterclassical

    A dialectal variant of 'faḥmah' referring to winter.

مُقْحَمَةadjective
  1. 1.
    superfluousclassical

    A word or phrase that is superfluous or unnecessary.

Parallel reading

رمى بنفسه فيه فجأة بلا روية
He threw himself into it suddenly without deliberation.
أدخله في الأمر من غير روية
He made him enter into the affair without deliberation.
أقبلت زينب تقحم لها
Zaynab approached, exposing herself to her insults.
أنا آخذ بحجزكم عن النار، وأنتم تقتحمون فيها
I am holding you back from the Fire, and you are plunging into it.
من سره أن يتقحم جراثيم جهنم فليقض في الجد
Whoever wishes to plunge into the depths of Hell, let him be serious in his endeavors.
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he did not attempt the difficult path.
القحمة: د باليمن في تهامة عظيم مشهور
Al-Qahmah: A large, famous place in Yemen, in Tihamah.
الاقتحام في الشيء
Plunging into something.
الانقحام في السير
Plunging into the journey.
لما رأيت العام عاما أشخما ... كلفت نفسي وصحابي قحما
When I saw the year as a harsh year... I burdened myself and my companions with arduousness.
أصابت الأعراب القحمة، إذا أصابهم قحط
The Arabs were struck by hardship, when drought afflicted them.
القحمة: المهلكة والقحط، وأيضا: السنة الشديدة
Hardship: Destruction and drought, and also: a severe year.
قحم الطريق: مصاعبه
The difficult parts of the road: its hardships.
من الشهر: ثلاث ليال آخره ؛ لأن القمر قحم في دنوه إلى الشمس
Of the month: the last three nights; because the moon plunges in its approach to the sun.
يقحم الفارس لولا قبقبه
The rider plunges, were it not for his saddle.
أقول والناقة بي تقحم
I say, and the she-camel is plunging with me.
إنه تقحمت بي الناقة الليلة
The she-camel threw me down tonight.
لا تقتحمه عين من قصر
No eye would disdain it for its shortness.
أراقب النجم كأني مولع ... بحيث يجري النجم حتى يقتحم
I watch the star as if I am obsessed... where the star runs until it sets.
علونا وسدنا سؤددا غير مقحم
We rose and led with a leadership that was not weak.
إذا ألقى سنيه في عام واحد فهو: مقحم
If it sheds its years in one year, it is: prematurely aged.
الأعرابي المقحم: الذي ينشأ في البر
The bedouin who is prematurely aged: one who grows up in the desert.
رأيت قحما شاب فاقلحما ... طال عليه الدهر فاسلهما
I saw an extremely old one who became very old... time passed over him and he became weak.
ابغني خادما لا يكون قحما فانيا ولا صغيرا ضرعا
Find me a servant who is neither extremely old and frail nor small and weak.
طواها فلم ينزل بها
He traversed them without stopping.
أسود قاحم: شديد السواد
Intensely black: extremely black.
محالة قحوم: سريعة الانحدار
A millstone that is rapidly descending.
اقتحمه: هجمه
He stormed it: he attacked it.
اقتحم الفحل الشول: هجمها من غير أن يرسل فيها
The stallion mounted the barren mares: he attacked them without being sent in.
أقحم أهل البادية، بالضم إذا أجدبوا فحلوا الريف
The people of the desert, when they are in drought, enter the settled lands.
أقحم فرسه النهر إقحاما: أدخله
He made his horse enter the river: he introduced it.
المقحمات: الذنوب العظام التي تقحم أصحابها في النار
The great sins: grave sins that plunge their owners into the Fire.
هم الحاملون الخيل حتى تقحمت قرابيسها وازداد موجا لبودها
They are the ones who carry the horses until their saddle-bows plunge and their girths increase in waves.
من قحم الدين وزهد الأرفاد
From the burdens of debt and the lack of support.
والشيب داء نحيس لا دواء له ... للمرء صحيحا صائب القحم
And gray hair is an unlucky disease with no cure... for a person who is sound and accurate in his endeavors.
قوم إذا حاربوا في حربهم قحم
A people who, when they fight, are impetuous in their war.
تقحم الراعي إذا الراعي أكب
The shepherd traverses when the shepherd is exhausted.
مقحم الراعي ظنون الشرب
The shepherd's traverse is based on assumptions about drinking.
قحمتهم سنة جدبة تقتحم عليهم
A barren year afflicted them, plunging upon them.
أقحموا بفتح الهمزة عن ثعلب، وقحموا تقحيما، بالضم فانقحموا: أدخلوا بلاد الريف هربا من الجدب
They entered (with fatha) according to Tha'lab, and they entered (with damma) and plunged: they entered the settled lands fleeing from drought.
أقحمت السنة نابغة بني جعدة ؛ أي: أخرجته من البادية، وأدخلته الحضر
The year drove Nabighah of Banu Ja'dah out; meaning: it brought him out of the desert and into the settled lands.
القحمة، بالضم: ركوب الإثم
Al-Qahmah (with damma): committing sin.
اقتحم فرسه النهر: أدخله
He made his horse plunge into the river: he entered it.
بعير مقحم: إذا كان يذهب في المفازة بلا مسيم ولا سائق
A prematurely aged camel: if it travels in the desert without a guide or driver.
من الناس أقوام إذا صادفوا الغنى ... تولوا وقالوا للصديق وقحموا
Among people are those who, when they find wealth... turn away and say to their friend, 'We are harsh/rude'.
وفلان فيه مقتحم: إذا كان من ذوي المروءة
And so-and-so has 'muktahim': if he is of noble character.
هذه لفظة مقحمة أي زائدة
This is a superfluous word, meaning extra.