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الطغام

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes low-quality people and animals, encompassing concepts of baseness, foolishness, and the sea or vast bodies of water. It also includes the idea of feigning ignorance.

Derived headwords

الطَّغَامnoun
  1. 1.
    Scum of peopleboth

    The lowest and most ignoble people.

  2. 2.
    Riffraff of birdsclassical

    The base and ignoble types of birds.

طُغَامnoun
  1. 1.
    Scum of peopleboth

    The lowest and most ignoble people.

  2. 2.
    Riffraff of birdsclassical

    The base and ignoble types of birds.

طُغَامَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Foolishnessboth

    The state or quality of being foolish or stupid.

  2. 2.
    Basenessboth

    The quality of being base, ignoble, or mean.

طُغُومِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    Foolishnessboth

    The state or quality of being foolish or stupid.

  2. 2.
    Basenessboth

    The quality of being base, ignoble, or mean.

الطَّغْمnoun
  1. 1.
    Seaclassical

    A large body of water, specifically the sea.

  2. 2.
    Abundant waterclassical

    A large quantity of water.

تَطَغَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    To feign ignoranceclassical

    To pretend not to know or be aware of something.

Parallel reading

الطَّغَام، كسحاب: أوغاد الناس، ورذال الطير.
The scum, like clouds: the ignoble people, and the base birds.
وكسحابة: واحدها، والأحمق.
And like a cloud: its singular form, and the fool.
والطُّغُومِيَّة، بضمهما: الحمق، والدناءة.
And foolishness, with their damma: stupidity, and baseness.
والطَّغْم، محركة: البحر، والماء الكثير.
And the sea, with haraka: the sea, and the abundant water.
وتَطَغَّمَ: تجاهل.
And to feign ignorance: to pretend not to know.