غم

See also: عم

Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ م م (ḡ-m-m).

Verb

غَمَّ (ḡamma) I, non-past يَغُمُّ‎ (yaḡummu)

  1. to cover, to veil, to shroud
  2. (passive) to be obscure, to be unapparent
    • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 13:6:
      فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْدِرُوا ثَلَاثِينَ ‏
      faʾin ḡumma ʿalaykum fāqdirū ṯalāṯīna
      If [the sky] is masked for you [by clouds], then calculate thirty days [for the month of Ramaḍān.
  3. to fill with grief, to grief, to chagrin

Conjugation

Noun

غَمّ (ḡamm) m (plural غُمُوم (ḡumūm))

  1. grief, sorrow, chagrin
    • =
      7th century CE, Jamīʿ at-Tirmiḏiyy, 37:
      وَتَدْنُو الشَّمْسُ، فَيَبْلُغُ النَّاسَ مِنَ الْغَمِّ وَالْكَرْبِ مَا لَا يُطِيقُونَ وَلَا يَحْتَمِلُونَ
      wa-tadnū š-šamsu, fa-yabluḡu n-nāsa mina l-ḡammi wa-l-karbi mā lā yuṭīqūna wa-lā yaḥtamilūna
      The sun will come so close to the people that they will suffer such distress and trouble as they will not be able to bear or stand.

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835), غم”, 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), غم”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2289
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), غم”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 926

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic غَمّ (ḡamm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣam/

Noun

غم (ǧam) m

  1. grief, sorrow

Derived terms


Persian

Etymology

From Arabic غَمّ (ḡamm).

Pronunciation

Noun

غم (ğam)

  1. grief, sorrow

Derived terms


Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian غم (ǧam), from Arabic غَمّ (ḡamm)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣəm/

Noun

غم (ġam) m (Hindi spelling ग़म)

  1. grief, sorrow
    اُس کی موت پر گہرا غم منایا گیا۔
    uskī maut par gahrā ġam manāyā.
    His death was deeply mourned.

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