صوم

Arabic

Etymology

Compare with Hebrew צוֹם (ṣōm), Ge'ez ጾም (ṣom, fast), Ugaritic 𐎑𐎎 (ẓm, fast). Nöldeke was convinced that the meaning “to fast” is borrowed from the Aramaic צומא /‎ ܨܰܘܡܳܐ (ṣōmā, ṣawmā, fast), referring to the verb’s meaning “to stand still”, Jeffery says that the Arabic verb is “obviously denominative from صَوْم (ṣawm)” and notes that the term is only used in late Qurʾānic passages.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˁawm/

Noun

صَوْم (ṣawm) m

  1. verbal noun of صَامَ (ṣāma) (form I)
    1. fast, sawm (period of abstainment, usually from food and drink)

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