Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تجحُم

Root: جحم

Form: 5

Full Definition

تجحُمV He burned with vehemence of desire, or covetousnsss, and niggardliness; as also تجاحم : from جَاحِمُ الحَرْبِ.
2 Hence, also, i. q. تَضَايَقَ [app. meaning He became straitened in disposition]. You say also, هُوَ عَلَيْنَا, i. e., يَتَضَايَقُ [app., He becomes straitened in disposition against us]: a phrase mentioned by El-Mundhiree on the authority of Aboo-Tálib.


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