جحم

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ج ح م (j ḥ m)
3 terms

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

Verb

جَحُمَ (jaḥuma) I (non-past يَجْحُمُ (yajḥumu), verbal noun جُحُوم (juḥūm))
جَحِمَ (jaḥima) I (non-past يَجْحَمُ (yajḥamu), verbal noun جَحَم (jaḥam) or جُحُوم (juḥūm))

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

Verb

جَحَمَ (jaḥama) I (non-past يَجْحَمُ (yajḥamu), verbal noun جَحْم (jaḥm))

  1. to kindle, to make burn fiercely
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Denominal verb of جَحْمَة (jaḥma, eye).

Verb

جَحَّمَ (jaḥḥama) II (non-past يُجَحِّمُ (yujaḥḥimu), verbal noun تَجْحِيم (tajḥīm))

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