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اجحم

Root: جحم

Form: 4

Full Definition

اجحمIV , inf.n. أِجْحَامٌ, He refrained, forbore, abstained, or desisted, from it; namely, a thing; like احجم: but the former is a rare dial. var. Both these verbs bear contr. significations; being used as meaning He advanced, or went forward: and also he receded, or drew back.

def.2 اجحم فُلَانًا He, or it, was near to destroying, or killing, such a one.

def.3 See also 1.
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