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5 تجحُم تجحم He burned with vehemence of desire, or covetousnsss, and niggardliness; (K;) as also ↓ تجاحم : from جَاحِمُ الحَرْبِ. (TA.) ― -b2- Hence, also, (TA,) i. q. تَضَايَقَ [app. meaning He became straitened in disposition]. (K.) You say also, عَلَيْنَاهُوَ يَتَجَاحَمُ , i. e., يَتَضَايَقُ [app., He becomes straitened in disposition against us]: a phrase mentioned by El-Mundhiree on the authority of Aboo-Tálib. (TA.)

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