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عبم

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something slow, heavy, or sluggish, often in a negative or burdensome sense. It can refer to a person or an abstract quality of being slow-witted or difficult.

Derived headwords

العُبَامnoun
  1. 1.
    Slow-witted personclassical

    A person who is slow to understand or react, characterized by heaviness or sluggishness in thought.

  2. 2.
    Sluggishnessclassical

    The quality of being slow, heavy, or difficult to move or comprehend.

عَبِمَverb
  1. 1.
    To be slow-wittedclassical

    To exhibit slowness in understanding or mental agility, to be heavy-minded.

Parallel reading

العبام: العيي الثقيل.
Al-'ubam: The slow-witted, the heavy.
وشبه الهيدب العبام من الاقوام سقبا مجللا فرعا
And he likened the heavy, slow-witted among the people to a well-covered, tall young camel.