جحيم

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ج ح م (j-ḥ-m)

Compare جَحُمَ (jaḥuma, “(intransitive) to burn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.ħiːm/
• Rhymes: -iːm

Noun

جَحِيم • (jaḥīm) f

1. inferno, large fire

   Synonym: سَعِير (saʕīr)

2. A place or situation of great suffering in life

   صَارَتْ حَيَاتُهُ جَحِيمًا

   ṣārat ḥayātuhu jaḥīman

   His life became hell.

3. An extremely hot place
4. (religion, definite اَلْجَحِيم (al-jaḥīm)) hell

   Synonyms: هَاوِيَة (hāwiya), سَعِير (saʕīr), النَّار (an-nār), جَهَنَّم (jahannam), لَظَىٰ (laẓā), سَقَر (saqar), حُطَمَة (ḥuṭama)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 79:39:

     فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَى

     faʔinna l-jaḥīma hiya l-maʔwā

     Then indeed, Hellfire will be [his] refuge.

Declension

Declension of noun جَحِيم (jaḥīm)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَحِيم jaḥīm	الْجَحِيم al-jaḥīm	جَحِيم jaḥīm
Nominative	جَحِيمٌ jaḥīmun	الْجَحِيمُ al-jaḥīmu	جَحِيمُ jaḥīmu
Accusative	جَحِيمًا jaḥīman	الْجَحِيمَ al-jaḥīma	جَحِيمَ jaḥīma
Genitive	جَحِيمٍ jaḥīmin	الْجَحِيمِ al-jaḥīmi	جَحِيمِ jaḥīmi

Antonyms

• نَعِيم (naʕīm)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: જહીમ (jahīm)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “جحيم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Mu`jam al-Lughah al-Arabiyyah al-Mu`aasirah by Ahmad Mukhtar Umar (d. 2003 CE) معجم اللغة العربية المعاصرة لأحمد مختار عمر