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ونم

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the excrement of flies, specifically their droppings. It also extends to the act of defecation by flies and, metaphorically, to the act of writing or marking.

Derived headwords

الْوَنِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    fly droppingsboth

    The excrement or droppings of flies.

وَنَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to defecate (flies)classical

    The act of flies defecating.

  2. 2.
    to mark, to writeclassical

    Metaphorically, to mark or write, similar to ink marks.

وَنَمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    defecation (flies)classical

    The act or process of flies defecating.

وُنَيْمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    defecation (flies)classical

    Another term for the act or process of flies defecating.

وَنِيمnoun
  1. 1.
    fly droppingsclassical

    The excrement of flies, often described as small marks.

وَنَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to defecate (flies)classical

    The flies defecated.

وُنِذْقَطverb
  1. 1.
    to defecate (flies)classical

    An alternative verb for flies defecating.

Parallel reading

الونيم: خرء الذباب
Al-wanīm: the excrement of flies.
ونم الذباب ونما وونيما وذقط
Flies defecated (using various terms: wanama, wanīman, and dhaqaṭa).
ونيم الذباب سلحه
The droppings of flies are their excrement.
لقد ونم الذباب عليه، حتى ...
The flies have defecated upon it, until...
كأن ونيمه نقط المداد
As if its droppings were dots of ink.