برعم

Arabic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Augmentative from the root ب ر ع‎ (b-r-ʕ)? Or from Aramaic? Compare بَرْغَز‎ (barḡaz, “young of a cow”), بَرْغَش‎ (barḡaš, “gnat”), بَزْر‎ (bazr, “seed”).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /bur.ʕum/

Alternative forms

Noun

بُرْعُم • (burʕum) m (plural بَرَاعِم‎ (barāʕim))

  1. scion, sprout, shoot, bud
Declension
Derived terms
  • بَرْعَمَ‎ (barʕama, “to sprout”)
  • تَبَرْعَمَ‎ (tabarʕama, “to sprout”)

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /bar.ʕa.ma/

Verb

بَرْعَمَ • (barʕama) Iq, non-past يُبَرْعِمُ‎‎ (yubarʕimu)

  1. (intransitive) to put forth bud(s)
Conjugation

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “برعم”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 73
  • Freytag, Georg (1830), “برعم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 110
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “برعم”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 81–82
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