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ن ث م

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to speaking ill or uttering obscenities. It is noted as obscure and possibly related to a similar root with a different letter.

Derived headwords

نَثَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to speak obscenelyclassical

    To utter foul or offensive language, to speak disgracefully.

يَنْثِمُverb
  1. 1.
    speaks obscenelyclassical

    Present or future tense of speaking foul or offensive language.

انْتَثَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to speak obscenelyclassical

    A form of the verb meaning to utter foul or offensive language.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري
Al-Jawhari ignored it.
وقال الأزهري: أي: (تكلم بالقبيح) والسب
And Al-Azhari said: meaning, (he spoke obscenely) and cursed.
هكذا أورده في فصل " ن ت م "
Thus he mentioned it in the chapter 'N T M'.
قائلا: لا أدري انتثمت بالثاء أو بتائين فوقيتين
Saying: I do not know if I said 'intathama' with the 'tha' or with two 'ta's above.
قال: والأقرب أنه من نثم ينثم؛ لأنه أشبه بالصواب
He said: And the closest is that it is from 'nathama' 'yantathimu'; because it is more akin to correctness.
قال، ولا أعرف واحدا منها
He said, and I do not know any of them.