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الغيم

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to clouds and overcast skies. It also extends to meanings of intense emotion like anger, physical ailments, and thirst, as well as concepts of arrival or presence.

Derived headwords

الغَيْمnoun
  1. 1.
    Cloudsboth

    The primary meaning of the root, referring to clouds in the sky.

  2. 2.
    Angerclassical

    A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility, often intense.

  3. 3.
    Disease in camelsclassical

    A specific ailment affecting camels, similar to 'al-qallāb' but not fatal.

  4. 4.
    Thirstclassical

    The sensation of needing to drink.

  5. 5.
    Stomach acheclassical

    A pain or discomfort in the abdomen.

غَيْمَانadjective
  1. 1.
    Cloudyboth

    Describing a sky filled with clouds.

  2. 2.
    Angryclassical

    Possessing or exhibiting anger.

  3. 3.
    Suffering from thirstclassical

    Experiencing a strong need to drink.

غَيْمَىadjective
  1. 1.
    Suffering from thirstclassical

    A feminine adjective indicating a state of extreme thirst.

غامَverb
  1. 1.
    To be cloudyboth

    The sky becoming overcast with clouds.

  2. 2.
    To become angryclassical

    To experience or show anger.

  3. 3.
    To be thirstyclassical

    To experience the sensation of thirst.

غَيْمَانadjective
  1. 1.
    Cloudyboth

    Describing a sky filled with clouds.

  2. 2.
    Angryclassical

    Possessing or exhibiting anger.

  3. 3.
    Suffering from thirstclassical

    Experiencing a strong need to drink.

غَيْمَىadjective
  1. 1.
    Suffering from thirstclassical

    A feminine adjective indicating a state of extreme thirst.

أَغَامَتْverb
  1. 1.
    It became cloudyboth

    Referring to the sky becoming covered with clouds.

أُغِيمَتْverb
  1. 1.
    It became cloudyclassical

    A passive form indicating the sky becoming cloudy.

غَيَّمَتْverb
  1. 1.
    To become cloudyboth

    The sky becoming covered with clouds.

تَغَيَّمَتْverb
  1. 1.
    To become cloudyboth

    The sky becoming covered with clouds.

أُغِيمَverb
  1. 1.
    To resideclassical

    To stay or dwell in a place.

أَصَابَهُمُ الغَيْمُverb
  1. 1.
    They were afflicted by cloudsclassical

    A group of people experiencing cloudy weather.

غَيْمُ اللَيْلِnoun
  1. 1.
    Night cloudsclassical

    Clouds appearing during the night.

  2. 2.
    Nightfallclassical

    The arrival of night, likened to the coming of clouds.

مُغَيَّمadjective
  1. 1.
    Cloudyboth

    Describing a sky that is covered with clouds.

غَيْمَان بْن خُثَيْلname
  1. 1.
    Ghayman ibn Khuthaylclassical

    An ancestor of Imam Malik.

ذُو غَيْمَانname
  1. 1.
    Dhu Ghaymanclassical

    A person or place associated with Ghayman, belonging to the Himyar tribe.

مُغَامَةname
  1. 1.
    Mughamahclassical

    A place located in Al-Andalus.

Parallel reading

السحاب
Clouds
والغيظ
and anger
وداء في الإبل كالقلاب، غير أنه لا يقتل
and a disease in camels like al-qallāb, except that it does not kill
وبعير مغيوم
and a cloudy camel
والعطش
and thirst
وحز الجوف
and a pain in the stomach
غام يغيم، فهو غيمان، وهي غيمى
Ghayama yaghīmu, so he is ghaymān, and she is ghaymā
و غامت السماء
and the sky became cloudy
وأغامت
and it became cloudy
وأغيمت
and it was made cloudy
وغيمت تغييما وتغيمت
and it became cloudy with cloudiness and it became cloudy
وأغيم: أقام
And aghīma: to reside
والقوم: أصابهم غيم
And the people: clouds afflicted them
وغيم الليل: جاء كالغيم
And ghaym al-layl: it came like clouds
وغيمان بن خثيل: جد للإمام مالك
And Ghayman ibn Khuthayl: an ancestor of Imam Malik
وذو غيمان: من حمير
And Dhu Ghayman: from Himyar
ومغامة: د بالأندلس
And Mughamah: a place in Al-Andalus