Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ج ح م (j ḥ m)
3 terms

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

Verb

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

  1. to kindle, to make burn fiercely
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Etymology 2

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Denominal verb of جَحْمَة (jaḥma, eye).

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

  1. (obsolete, Yemen) to regard with fixed eyes
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جَحَّمَ (jaḥḥama) II (non-past يُجَحِّمُ (yujaḥḥimu), verbal noun تَجْحِيم (tajḥīm))