النم

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of spreading gossip, slander, and false tales, often with embellishment and deceit. It also extends to meanings related to subtle movements, growth, and even specific plants and physical blemishes.

Derived headwords

أنَمَverb

1.
to spread gossipboth
To spread talk, rumors, or news with the intention of causing discord or corruption.
2.
to embellish speechclassical
To adorn or decorate speech with falsehoods or lies.

نَمَّverb

1.
to spread gossipboth
To spread talk, rumors, or news with the intention of causing discord or corruption.
2.
to embellish speechclassical
To adorn or decorate speech with falsehoods or lies.

نَمُومadjective

1.
gossiperboth
One who spreads gossip, rumors, or slander.

نَمَّامadjective

1.
gossiperboth
One who spreads gossip, rumors, or slander.
2.
a type of plantclassical
A fragrant and medicinal plant known for its properties, including expelling a dead fetus and killing lice.

مِنَمadjective

1.
gossiperclassical
One who spreads gossip, rumors, or slander.

نَمَّةnoun

1.
gossipboth
The act or instance of spreading rumors or slander.
2.
sound of writingclassical
The subtle sound made by a writing instrument.
3.
whispered suggestionclassical
A subtle, insidious whisper or suggestion.
4.
louseclassical
A small parasitic insect; a louse or a small ant.

نَمِيمَةnoun

1.
gossipboth
The act or instance of spreading rumors or slander.
2.
sound of writingclassical
The subtle sound made by a writing instrument.
3.
whispered suggestionclassical
A subtle, insidious whisper or suggestion.

نَامَةnoun

1.
senseclassical
The faculty of perception or feeling.
2.
movementclassical
A subtle or slight movement.
3.
lifeclassical
The vitality or life force of a soul.

نَمَسَكَverb

1.
to cause to dieclassical
To cause the life force or vitality of a soul to cease; to cause death.

نَمَّverb

1.
to be fragrantclassical
To emit a strong, pleasant scent, as musk does.

نَمْنَمَverb

1.
to adornclassical
To decorate or embellish something, such as with intricate patterns.
2.
to engraveclassical
To carve or etch a design or inscription.
3.
to trace patternsclassical
Describing wind tracing patterns in dust, leaving marks like writing.

نَمْنَمnoun

1.
patternclassical
An intricate pattern or marking.
2.
traceclassical
A mark or line left by something.

نَمْنَمnoun

1.
blemish on nailclassical
A white spot or blemish that appears on the fingernail of a young person.

نَمَّةnoun

1.
louseclassical
A small parasitic insect; a louse or a small ant.

نَمِيnoun

1.
treacheryclassical
The act of betraying trust; treachery or deceit.
2.
flawclassical
A defect or imperfection.
3.
scale weightclassical
A specific weight used on a scale.
4.
enmityclassical
Hostility or opposition.
5.
natureclassical
An inherent disposition or character.
6.
alloyed currencyclassical
Coins or dirhams containing lead or copper.
7.
human essenceclassical
The fundamental essence or origin of a human being.

نَمِيَّةnoun

1.
doveclassical
A type of dove or pigeon.

Parallel reading

النم: التوريش، والإغراء، ورفع الحديث إشاعة له وإفسادا

Al-nam: embellishment, seduction, and spreading talk as rumor and corruption.

وتزيين الكلام بالكذب

And adorning speech with lies.

ينم وينم، فهو نموم ونمام ومنم

He spreads gossip and embellishes speech, so he is a gossiper, a slanderer, and one who embellishes.

وهي نمة، والنميمة: الاسم

And it is a rumor, and al-namimah: the name (for the act).

وصوت الكتابة، ووسواس همس الكلام

And the sound of writing, and the whisper of speech.

والنامة: الحس، والحركة، وحياة النفس

And al-namah: sense, movement, and the life of the soul.

وأسكت الله تعالى نامته: أماته

And Allah the Almighty caused his 'namah' to be silent: He caused him to die.

ونم المسك: سطع

And musk 'namama': it was fragrant.

والنمام: نبت طيب، مدر، مخرج الجنين الميت والدود، ويقتل القمل، وخاصيته النفع من لسع الزنابير شربا مثقالا بسكنجبين

And al-nammam: a good plant, emmenagogue, expelling the dead fetus and worms, and it kills lice, and its property is beneficial against the sting of wasps when drunk, a mithqal with vinegar syrup.

ونمنمه: زخرفه، ونقشه

And he 'namnama-hu': he adorned it, and he patterned it.

والريح التراب: خطته، وتركت عليه أثرا كالكتابة

And the wind, the dust: it traced it, and left upon it a mark like writing.

والأثر: نمنم ونمنيم

And the trace: it is 'namnam' and 'namnim'.

والنمنم، كهدهد وفلفل: بياض يبدو بظفر الشباب، واحدته: بهاء

And al-namnam, like hudhud and fulful: a whiteness that appears on the fingernail of youth, its singular is 'bahā'.

والنمة، بالكسر: القملة، أو النملة

And al-nimmah, with kasr: the louse, or the ant.

والنمي، كقمي: الخيانة، والعيب، وصنجة الميزان، والعداوة، والطبيعة، والفلوس أو الدراهم التي فيها رصاص أو نحاس؛ الواحدة: بهاء ج: نمامي، وجوهر الإنسان وأصله

And al-nami, like qami: treachery, a flaw, the weight of a scale, enmity, nature, and coins or dirhams that contain lead or copper; its singular is 'bahā', its plural is 'namami', and the essence and origin of a human.

وما بها نمي: أحد

And there is no 'nami' in him: meaning, no one.

والنمية، بهاء: الفاختة

And al-nimmah, with bahā: the dove.