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وغم

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of informing or conveying news, often with an implication of uncertainty or doubt. It also extends to meanings related to harboring resentment or becoming angry.

Derived headwords

وَغَمْتُ بِالْخَبَرِverb
  1. 1.
    to inform without certaintyclassical

    To inform someone of news without being certain of its truth or accuracy.

أَغَمْتُverb
  1. 1.
    the sky became cloudy, meaning it became covered with cloudsboth

    the sky became cloudy, meaning it became covered with clouds

وَغْمًاnoun
  1. 1.
    informing without certaintyclassical

    The act of informing someone of news without being certain of its truth or accuracy.

لَغَمْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to inform without certaintyclassical

    To inform someone of news without being certain of its truth or accuracy, similar to the root وغم.

وَغَمَ عَلَيْهِverb
  1. 1.
    to harbor resentmentclassical

    To hold a grudge or harbor ill feelings towards someone.

تَوَغَّمَverb
  1. 1.
    to become angryclassical

    To become enraged or intensely angry.

الْوِغَمُnoun
  1. 1.
    grudgeclassical

    A grudge or ill feeling held against someone.

الْأَوْغَامُnoun
  1. 1.
    grudgesclassical

    Plural of وغم, referring to multiple grudges or ill feelings.

Parallel reading

وغمت بالخبر أغم وغما، إذا أخبرت به من غير أن تستيقنه
I informed with the news, informing with uncertainty, if you informed it without being certain of it.
مثل لغمته بالغين معجمة
Like informing him with the letter ghayn, articulated.
ووغم عليه بالكسر، أي حقد
And he harbored resentment against him, with kasra, meaning he harbored a grudge.
وتوغم، إذا اغتاظ
And he became angry, if he became enraged.
والوغم: الترة
And al-wighm: the vengeance/grudge.
والاوغام: الترات
And al-awgham: the vengeances/grudges.