أعجم

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ج م‎ (ʕ-j-m).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaʕ.d͡ʒa.ma/

Verb

أَعْجَمَ • (ʔaʕjama) IV, non-past يُعْجِمُ‎‎ (yuʕjimu)

  1. to speak or write unclearly or unintelligibly
  2. to cause to be incorrect, unclear or barbarous
  3. to point letters or a text
  4. to shut or lock (the door)
  5. to boil strongly

Conjugation

Adjective

أَعْجَم • (ʔaʕjam) (feminine عَجْمَاء‎ (ʕajmāʔ), common plural عُجْم‎ (ʕujm), masculine plural أعْجَمُونَ‎, feminine plural عَجْمَاوَات‎ (ʕajmāwāt))

  1. having an impotence in speech
  2. non-Arabic
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 26:198-199:
      ‏وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَاهُ عَلَى بَعْضِ ٱلْأَعْجَمِينَ / فَقَرَأَهُ عَلَيْهِم مَا كَانُوا بِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ‎
      walaw nazzalnāhu ʕalā baʕḍi l-ʔaʕjamīna / faqaraʔahu ʕalayhim mā kānū bihi muʔminīna
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Declension

References

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