جحيم

Arabic

Etymology
Root
ج ح م (j-ḥ-m)

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

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

Descendants
  • → Gujarati: જહીમ (jahīm)

References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “جحيم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, 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
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