ندم

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of regret, sorrow, and remorse over past actions or events. It also extends to the idea of companionship, particularly in drinking, and the notion of an enduring mark or trace.

Derived headwords

نَدِمَverb

1.
to regretboth
To feel sorrow or remorse for something that has happened or been done.

نَدَمٌnoun

1.
regretboth
The feeling of sorrow or remorse for something that has happened or been done.
2.
trace, markclassical
An enduring mark or trace left by something, often associated with sorrow or consequences.
3.
griefclassical
A deep sorrow, especially that caused by someone's death or the lasting consequences of one's actions.

نَدَامَةٌnoun

1.
regretboth
The state of feeling regret or remorse.

تَنَدَّمَverb

1.
to regretboth
To feel regret or sorrow, often intensely.
2.
to follow with regretclassical
To pursue a course of action that leads to regret.

نَادِمٌadjective

1.
regretfulboth
Feeling or showing regret or remorse.
2.
concerned, troubledclassical
Deeply concerned or troubled by one's actions.

نَدْمَانٌadjective

1.
regretfulboth
Feeling or showing regret or remorse.
2.
concerned, troubledclassical
Deeply concerned or troubled by one's actions.

نَدَامَىnoun

1.
regretful peopleboth
A group of people who are regretful or remorseful.

النَّدِيمُnoun

1.
drinking companionboth
A person with whom one drinks, especially a close companion.
2.
confidantclassical
A person with whom one shares secrets or personal matters.

نَدِيمَانِيnoun

1.
my drinking companionboth
My companion with whom I drink.

نَدَامٌnoun

1.
drinking companionsclassical
Plural of 'nadim', referring to a group of drinking companions.

نَدَمَىnoun

1.
drinking companionsclassical
Plural of 'nadim', referring to a group of drinking companions.

نَادَمَverb

1.
to drink withboth
To keep company with someone while drinking.
2.
to associate withclassical
To keep company with someone, especially in a social setting.

مُنَادَمَةٌnoun

1.
drinking togetherboth
The act of drinking together with companions.
2.
companionshipclassical
The act of keeping company with someone.

نَدْبٌnoun

1.
trace, markboth
A mark or scar left by a wound or injury.

اِنْتَدَمَverb

1.
to appear, to showclassical
To become apparent or manifest, especially a trace or effect.

اِنْتَدَبَverb

1.
to take what is availableclassical
To take whatever is easily accessible or available.

نيدمانnoun

1.
a type of plantclassical
A specific type of plant.

Parallel reading

ندم على الشيء وندم على ما فعل ندما وندامة وتندم: أسف.

He regretted the thing and regretted what he did, with regret and remorse, and he repented.

ورجل نادم سادم وندمان سدمان أي نادم مهتم.

And a man is regretful, troubled, and regretful, concerned, meaning regretful and preoccupied.

وفي الحديث: الندم توبة

And in the Hadith: Regret is repentance.

والنديم: الشريب الذي ينادمه، وهو ندمانه أيضا.

And the drinking companion: the one who drinks with you, and he is also your companion.

نادمني فلان على الشراب.

So-and-so kept me company drinking.

فهو نديمي وندماني؛ قال النعمان بن نضلة العدوي، ويقال للنعمان بن عدي وكان عمر استعملهم على ميسان: فإن كنت ندماني فبالأكبر اسقني، ... ولا تسقني بالأصغر المتثلم

He is my companion and my drinking companion; Al-Nu'man ibn Nadhla Al-Adawi said, and it is said to Al-Nu'man ibn Adi, and Umar had appointed them over Maysan: If you are my drinking companion, give me to drink from the larger one... and do not give me to drink from the smaller, worn one.

تنادمنا في الجوسق المتهدم

We kept company drinking in the ruined palace.

وشاهد نديم قول البريق الهذلي: زرنا أبا زيد، ولا حي مثله، ... وكان أبو زيد أخي ونديمي

And the witness for 'nadim' is the saying of Al-Burayq Al-Hudhali: We visited Abu Zayd, and there is no one like him... and Abu Zayd was my brother and my drinking companion.

وجمع النديم ندام، وجمع الندام ندامى.

And the plural of 'nadim' is 'nudam', and the plural of 'nudam' is 'nudama'.

وفي الحديث: مرحبا بالقوم غير خزايا ولا ندامى أي نادمين

And in the Hadith: Welcome to the people, not disgraced and not regretful, meaning regretful.

والمرأة ندمانة، والنسوة ندامى.

And the woman is regretful, and the women are regretful.

ويقال: المنادمة مقلوبة من المدامنة، لأنه يدمن شرب الشراب مع نديمه، لأن القلب في كلامهم كثير كالقسي من القووس، وجذب وجبذ، وما أطيبه وأيطبه، وخنز اللحم وخزن، وواحد وحاد.

And it is said: 'Munadamah' is an inversion of 'Mudamanah', because he habitually drinks with his companion, because inversion in their speech is common, like bows from a bow, and 'jadhab' and 'jabhadh', and 'ma atyabahu' and 'ma aytabahu', and 'khanaza' the meat and 'khanaza', and 'wahid' and 'wahhad'.

ونادم الرجل منادمة ونداما: جالسه على الشراب.

And 'nadama' a man, 'munadamah' and 'nudama': he sat with him for drinking.

والنديم: المنادم، والجمع ندماء، وكذلك الندمان، والجمع ندامى وندام

And 'al-nadim': the one who keeps company, and the plural is 'nudamaa', and likewise 'al-nadman', and the plural is 'nudama' and 'nudam'.

وفي حديث عمر، رضي الله عنه: إياكم ورضاع السوء فإنه لا بد من أن ينتدم يوما ما أي يظهر أثره.

And in the narration of Umar, may God be pleased with him: Beware of bad nursing, for it is inevitable that its trace will appear one day, meaning its effect.

والندم: الأثر، وهو مثل الندب، والباء والميم يتبادلان، وذكره الزمخشري بسكون الدال من الندم، وهو الغم اللازم إذ يندم صاحبه لما يعثر عليه من سوء آثاره.

And 'al-nadam': the trace, and it is like 'al-nadb', and 'ba' and 'mim' are interchangeable, and Al-Zamakhshari mentioned it with a sukun on the 'dal' from 'al-nadam', which is the persistent grief when its owner regrets what he discovers of his bad traces.

ويقال: خذ ما انتدم وانتدب وأوهف أي خذ ما تيسر.

And it is said: Take what is available and what is easy and what is accessible, meaning take what is easy.

والتندم: أن يتبع الإنسان أمرا ندما.

And 'al-tandam': that a person follows a matter with regret.

يقال: التقدم قبل التندم؛ وهذا يروى عن أكثم بن صيفي أنه قال: إن أردت المحاجزة فقبل المناجزة؛ قال أبو عبيد: معناه انج بنفسك قبل لقاء من لا قوام لك به

It is said: Advance before regretting; and this is narrated from Aktham ibn Sayfi that he said: If you want to avoid conflict, do so before confrontation; Abu Ubaid said: It means save yourself before meeting one with whom you have no standing.

وأندمه الله فندم.

And God made him regret, so he regretted.

ويقال: اليمين حنث أو مندمة؛ قال لبيد: وإلا فما بالموت ضر لأهله، ... ولم يبق هذا الأمر في العيش مندما

And it is said: An oath is perjury or a cause for regret; Labid said: Otherwise, death is not harmful to its people... and this matter did not remain in life as a cause for regret.