جحيم

Arabic

Etymology

From the 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
      (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

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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