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بغم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 بَغَمَتْ بغمت , aor. بَغِمَ (S, K) and بَغَمَ and بَغُمَ , (K,) inf. n. بُغَامٌ (JK, S, K) and بُغُومٌ; (JK, K;) and ↓ تبغّمت; (K;) She (a gazelle) uttered a cry: (S:) or uttered her softest, or gentlest, cry (JK, K) to her young one: (K:) and sometimes it is said of a [wild] cow: (TA:) so too بَغَمَ said of a male gazelle: and the verb is also used transitively, said of a female gazelle uttering this cry to her young one. (JK.) Also, (S, K,) ↓ both verbs, (K,) She (a camel) uttered a cry without clearness: (S:) or uttered a broken, or an interrupted, not a prolonged, yearning cry, to, or for, her young one: (K:) or uttered a weak cry, below that [ grumbling cry ] which is termed رُغَاآء. (Ham p. 233.) [See an ex. in a verse of Dhu-rRummeh cited voce اـِلَّا.] And بَغَمَ and ↓ تبغّم said of the ثَيْتَل and اـِيَّل and وَعِل, [all of which words are said to signify the mountain goat,] He uttered a cry. (K.) ― -b2- بَغَمَهُ, (S, K,) and بَغَمَ لَهُ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) He spoke to him obscurely, not expressing clearly to him the meaning of his speech to him; (S, K;) taken from the بُغَام of the she-camel; because it is a cry not uttered clearly. (TA.)

Derived headwords

بَغَمَتْverb
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بَغَمَ لَهُ