غ م م

Arabic

Etymology

Compare غ م ض (ḡ m ḍ) and غ ي م (ḡ y m).

Root

غ م م • (ḡ-m-m)

  1. The semantic development originates perhaps from the meaning of covering, veiling, and this being applied to the sky covered by clouds would have yielded a meanin of grief or chagrin as commonly a gloomy sky is associated with such feelings

Derived terms

  • Form I: غَمَّ (ḡamma, to cover, to veil; to fill with grief)
  • Form II: غَمَّمَ (ḡammama, to cover, to veil)
    • Verbal noun: تَغْمِيم (taḡmīm)
    • Active participle: مُغَمِّم (muḡammim)
    • Passive participle: مُغَمَّم (muḡammam)
  • Form III: غَامَّ (ḡāmma, to grieve with), غَامَمَ (ḡāmama, to grieve with)
    • Verbal noun: مُغَامَمَة (muḡāmama), غِمَام (ḡimām)
    • Active participle: مُغَامّ (muḡāmm), مُغَامِم (muḡāmim)
    • Passive participle: مُغَامّ (muḡāmm), مُغَامَم (muḡāmam)
  • Form IV: أَغَمَّ (ʔaḡamma, to be clouded; to fill with grief)
    • Verbal noun: إِغْمَام (ʔiḡmām)
    • Active participle: مُغِمّ (muḡimm)
    • Passive participle: مُغَمّ (muḡamm)
  • Form V: تَغَمَّمَ (taḡammama, to become covered)
    • Verbal noun: تَغَمُّم (taḡammum)
    • Active participle: مُتَغَمِّم (mutaḡammim)
  • Form VI: تَغَامَّ (taḡāmma), تَغَامَمَ (taḡāmama)
    • Verbal noun: تَغَامُم (taḡāmum)
    • Active participle: مُتَغَامّ (mutaḡāmm), مُتَغَامِم (mutaḡāmim)
  • Form VII: اِنْغَمَّ (inḡamma, to become filled with grief)
    • Verbal noun: اِنْغِمَام (inḡimām)
    • Active participle: مُنْغَمّ (munḡamm)
  • Form VIII: اِغْتَمَّ (iḡtamma, to become filled with grief; to be tall)
    • Verbal noun: اِغْتِمَام (iḡtimām)
    • Active participle: مُغْتَمّ (muḡtamm)

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “غ م م”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 292–293
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “غ م م”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2289–2291
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “غ م م”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 926
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