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جحفل

Q. 1 جَحْفَلَهُ جحفل جحفله جحفلة , (S, K,) inf. n. جَحْفَلَةٌ, (TA,) He prostrated him on the ground; threw him down: (S, K:) and sometimes they said, جَعْفَلَهُ. (S.) -A2- He reproved, chid, or reproached, him for his deed; or did so severely. (Sgh, K.) Q.2 تَجَحْفَلُوا تجحفل تجحفلوا They congregated; collected themselves together. (S, K.) جَحْفَلٌ جحفل An army: (S:) or a numerous army. (K.) MF holds it to be formed, with an augmentative ل, from الجَحْفُ, meaning “ the taking, ” or “ carrying, ” a thing “ away. ” (TA.) -A2- A great man: (K:) or a man of great estimation or dignity. (S.) ― -b2- A generous, noble, or high-born, chief or lord. (K.) ― -b3- Great in the sides. (IAar, K.) جَحْفَلَةٌ جحفل جحفله جحفلة The lip (S, K) of a solid-hoofed animal, (Sudot;,) [i. e.,] of a horse, a mule, and an ass: (K:) and metaphorically applied to that of a man, which is properly termed شَفَةٌ: (TA:) not, as some assert, peculiarly the upper lip: (MF:) pl. جَحَافِلُ. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, (K,) جَحْفَلَتَانِ, (TA,) Two callosities (رَقْمَتَانِ) in the two arms of the horse, (K,) resembling two marks made with a hot iron, facing each other, in the inner side of each arm. (TA.) جَحَنْفَلٌ جحنفل (with an augmentative ن S) Thicklipped. (S, K.) 1 جحُمَتِ النَّارُ جحمت النار , aor. جَحُفَ , inf. n. جُحُومٌ; and جَحِمَت, aor. جَحَفَ , inf. n. جَحْمٌ and جَحَمٌ [accord. to the CK جُحْمٌ] and جُحُومٌ; The fire burned, burned up, burned brightly or fiercely, blazed, or flamed; (K, TA;) and had many live coals, and much flame: (TA in explanation of the latter verb; and so the former or the latter is explained in a copy of the S, in which it is imperfectly written:) or the former signifies it became great: (TA:) and ↓ اجحمت it became vehement; said of fire, and also of war. (Ham p. 810.) -A2- جَحَمَ, aor. جَحَفَ , He kindled fire; made it to burn, burn up, burn brightly or fiercely, blaze, or flame. (K.) 4 اجحم عَنْهُ اجحم عنه اجحم عنة , (S, K,) inf.n. أِجْحَامٌ, (TA,) He refrained, forbore, abstained, or desisted, from it; (S, K;) namely, a thing; like احجم: (S:) but the former is a rare dial. var. (Har p. 95.) Both these verbs bear contr. significations; being used as meaning He advanced, or went forward: and also he receded, or drew back. (MF.) -A2- اجحم فُلَانًا He, or it, was near to destroying, or killing, such a one. (K.) -A3- See also 1. 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, عَلَيْنَا ↓ هُوَ 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.) 6 تَجَاْحَفَ see 5, in two places. جَحْمَةٌ جحمه جحمة The burning, burning brightly or fiercely, blazing, or flaming, of fire; (Ham p. 77;) as also ↓ جَاحِمٌ : (TA:) or vehemence of burning or blazing or flaming: (Bd in xxxvii. 95:) or it is an epithet applied to fire because of its redness [or as meaning red]. (Ham ubi suprà.) ― -b2- See also جَحِيمٌ. جُحْمَةٌ جحمه جحمة : see جَحِيمٌ. جَحِيمٌ جحيم A fire burning, or blazing, or flaming, vehemently; (K;) as also ↓ جَاحِمٌ : (Ham p. 810:) and any fire having one part above another; as also ↓ جَحْمَةٌ and ↓ جُحْمَةٌ ; (K;) of which last the pl. is جُحَمٌ: (TA:) or having many live coals, and flaming much: (so in a copy of the S:) and any great fire in a pit or the like; (S, K;) from the saying in the Kur [xxxvii. 95], قَالُوا ا@بْنُوا لَهُ بُنْيَانًا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِى الجَحِيمِ [They said, Build ye for him a building, and cast him into the great fire therein]. (S.) And الجَحِيمُ is one of the names of The fire [of Hell]; (S, TA;) from which may God preserve us. (TA.) See also جَاحِمٌ. جَحَّامٌ جحام Niggardly, tenacious, stingy, penurious, or avaricious: (K:) from جَاحِمُ الحَرْبِ, meaning “ the straitness, and vehemence, of war.” (TA.) جَاحِمٌ جاحم : see جَحِيمٌ. Also Live coals (جَمْرٌ) vehemently burning or blazing or flaming. (K.) And a place vehemently hot; (S, K;) as also ↓ جَحِيمٌ . (K.) El-Aashà says, المَوْتُ جَاحِمٌ [app. meaning (assumed tropical:) Death is like a burning, or fiercelyburning, fire]. (S.) See also جَحْمَةٌ. ― -b2- جَاحِمُ الجَرْبِ The main part [or the thick] of the war or battle: (K:) or the straitness thereof: (TA:) and the vehemence of the fight or slaughter, in the scene thereof. (K.) You say, اِصْطَلَى بِجَاحِمِ الحَرْبِ (tropical:) [He warmed himself with the heat, or vehemence, of the battle]. (TA.) ― -b3- الجَاحِمَةُ Fire: (TA:) or, [as an epithet,] fire burning, burning brightly or fiercely, blazing, or flaming. (Ham p. 77.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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