Quranic root
قحم
q · ḥ · m
Forceful, unhesitating entry into something difficult, perilous, or resistant.
The root develops from plunging forward into affairs or formidable obstacles to related ideas of difficult passages, forceful movement, specialized camel and horse usages, disputes that drive a person into an unwanted course, and deprivation that drives people onward. These extensions describe the root's orientation and are not meanings of every Quranic form.
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- Quran-attested forms
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- Quran senses
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- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
اِقْتَحَمَ
āiqtaḥama
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form VIII
- Form
- VIII
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
To plunge into the midst of a frightening hardship; to undertake a formidable or perilous obstacle.
Used for forceful entry into a difficult or dangerous matter. The Quranic construction اقتحم العقبة presents the obstacle as something formidable to be undertaken; contextual renderings such as “attempted” and “bursting” reflect this same lexical use.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 90:11word 2
“he has attempted”
مُقْتَحِم
muqtaḥim
- Part of speech
- Active participle
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
One who plunges into or bursts into a frighteningly difficult or perilous situation.
Active-participial designation of a person or group entering a formidable situation; the Quranic usage in هذا فوج مقتحم portrays a group as entering into such severity.
- Mufradāt · row 1159
Selected Quran examples
Quran 38:59word 3
“bursting”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
View all 2 occurrencesBroader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 4 Classical meanings
قَحَمَ، تَقَحَّمَ
To throw oneself into an affair, or plunge or rush into it, without consideration.
A broader Classical Arabic usage of the Form I and Form V derivatives, emphasizing rash entry into an affair.
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تَقَحَّمَ
To experience dearth, drought, or sterility.
A distinct Form V usage referring to undergoing conditions of scarcity or barrenness.
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قَحْمَةٌ
An old woman.
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مُقْحَمٌ، مُقْحَمَةٌ
Redundant or foisted in; a word or letter inserted without reason.
Applied to an unnecessary word or letter in textual or grammatical description.
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