غم

See also: عم‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ م م‎ (ḡ-m-m).

Verb

غَمَّ • (ḡamma) I, non-past يَغُمُّ‎‎ (yaḡummu)

  1. to cover, to veil, to shroud
  2. (passive) to be obscure, to be unapparent
    • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, 13:6:
      ‏فَإِنْ غُمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْدِرُوا ثَلَاثِينَ ‏‎
      faʔin ḡumma ʕalaykum fāqdirū ṯalāṯīna
      If [the sky] is masked for you [by clouds], then calculate thirty days [for the month of Ramaḍān.
  3. to fill with grief, to grief, to chagrin

Conjugation

Noun

غَمّ • (ḡamm) m (plural غُمُوم‎ (ḡumūm))

  1. grief, sorrow, chagrin
    • =
      7th century CE, Jamīʿ at-Tirmiḏiyy, 37:
      ‏وَتَدْنُو الشَّمْسُ، فَيَبْلُغُ النَّاسَ مِنَ الْغَمِّ وَالْكَرْبِ مَا لَا يُطِيقُونَ وَلَا يَحْتَمِلُونَ‎
      wa-tadnū š-šamsu, fa-yabluḡu n-nāsa mina l-ḡammi wa-l-karbi mā lā yuṭīqūna wa-lā yaḥtamilūna
      The sun will come so close to the people that they will suffer such distress and trouble as they will not be able to bear or stand.

Declension

Descendants

  • → Catalan: gamar-se
  • → Pashto: غم‎
  • → Persian: غم‎
    • → Ottoman Turkish: گام‎ (gam)
    • → Urdu: غم‎
  • → Northern Kurdish: xem
  • → Swahili: ghamu

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835), “غم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 292–293
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), “غم”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2289
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “غم”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 926

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic غَمّ‎ (ḡamm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣam/

Noun

غم • (ǧam) m

  1. grief, sorrow

Derived terms

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic غَمّ‎ (ḡamm).

Pronunciation

    • (Dari): IPA(key): /ɣam/

    Noun

    غم • (ğam)

    1. grief, sorrow

    Derived terms

    Urdu

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Persian غم‎ (ğam), from Arabic غَمّ‎ (ḡamm).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɣəm/

    Noun

    غم • (ġam) m (Hindi spelling ग़म)

    1. grief, sorrow
      ‏اُس کی موت پر گہرا غم منایا گیا۔‎‎
      uskī maut par gahrā ġam manāyā gayā.
      His death was deeply mourned.

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

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