عقم

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ق م (ʿ-q-m)

Verb

عَقُمَ or عَقَمَ (ʿaqama or ʿaquma) I, non-past يَعْقُمُ‎ (yaʿqumu)

  1. to be pointless, to be ineffectual
  2. to be infertile, to be unproductive
Conjugation

Verb

عَقَّمَ (ʿaqqama) II, non-past يُعَقِّمُ‎ (yuʿaqqimu)

  1. to sterilize, to defertilize
Conjugation

Noun

عُقْم (ʿuqm) m

  1. verbal noun of عَقُمَ (ʿaquma) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of عَقَمَ (ʿaqama) (form I)
  3. pointlessness
  4. infertility, unproductiveness
Declension
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