جحم

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
ج ح م (j-ḥ-m)

Compare with hapax Biblical Hebrew גחם (gakham, flame).

Verb[edit]

جَحُمَ (jaḥuma) I, non-past يَجْحُمُ‎ (yajḥumu)
جَحِمَ (jaḥima) I, non-past يَجْحَمُ‎ (yajḥamu)

  1. to burn, to blaze, to fire, to have many flames, to become vehement and fiery
Conjugation[edit]

Verb[edit]

جَحَمَ (jaḥama) I, non-past يَجْحَمُ‎ (yajḥamu)

  1. to kindle, to make burn fiercely
Conjugation[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Denominal verb of جَحْمَة (jaḥma, eye).

Verb[edit]

جَحَّمَ (jaḥḥama) II, non-past يُجَحِّمُ‎ (yujaḥḥimu)

  1. (obsolete, Yemen) to regard with fixed eyes