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 (saʿīr)
- A place or situation of great suffering in life
- صَارَتْ حَيَاتُهُ جَحِيمًا
- ṣārat ḥayātuhu jaḥīman
- His life became hell.
- An extremely hot place
- (religion, definite اَلْجَحِيم (al-jaḥīm)) hell
- Synonyms: جَهَنَّم (jahannam), سَعِير (saʿīr), النَّار (an-nār)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 79:39:
- فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَى
- faʾinna l-jaḥīma hiya l-maʾwā
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 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 (naʿīm)
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