جحيم
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ج ح م (j-ḥ-m); compare جَحُمَ (jaḥuma, “(intransitive) to burn”).
Noun
جَحِيم • (jaḥīm) f
- inferno, large fire
- Synonym: سَعِير (saʕīr)
- A place or situation of great suffering in life
- صَارَتْ حَيَاتُهُ جَحِيمًا
- ṣārat ḥayātuhu jaḥīman
- His life became hell.
- An extremely hot place
- (religion) hell
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- فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَى
- faʔinna l-jaḥīma hiya l-maʔwā
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Declension
Declension of noun جَحِيم (jaḥīm)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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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)
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