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جِهِنَّامٌ

Root: جهنم

Full Definition

جِهِنَّامٌ and [جَهِنَّامٌ and جُهِنَّامٌ], with each of the three vowels to the ج [but accord. to the K it would rather seem to be جَهَنَّامٌ and جُهُنَّامٌ,] and , applied to a well (رَكِيَّةٌ, S, K, or بِئْرٌ, Ham), Deep; in which he who falls into it perishes.
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