فقم

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ف ق م‎ (f-q-m).

Verb

فَقِمَ • (faqima) I, non-past يَفْقَمُ‎‎ (yafqamu)

  1. to become full, to reach a state of overstuffing; to protrude
  2. to be aggravated, to reach a critical mass or point, to go the wrong course
Conjugation

Verb

فَقُمَ • (faquma) I, non-past يَفْقُمُ‎‎ (yafqumu)

  1. synonym of فَقِمَ (faqima)
Conjugation

Noun

فُقْم • (fuqm) m

  1. lateral portion of the jaw, maxilla
  2. a muzzle of a dog or canine, jawbone with similar features
Declension

Noun

فَقَم • (faqam) m

  1. verbal noun of فَقِمَ (faqima) (form I)
  2. prognathism
Declension

Etymology 2

Most likely just an international word from Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē, “seal”), perhaps with this form in Arabic potentially influenced by فُقْم (fuqm) in the sense of a dog's muzzle. Compare the by-name كَلْبُ البَحْرِ‎ (kalbu l-baḥri, “sea lion, seal”, literally “dog of the sea”) as the Arabs, among other cultures, connect pinnipeds visually with canines.

فُقم – Phoca vitulina

Noun

فُقَّم or فُقْم • (fuqqam or fuqm) m (collective, singulative فُقَّمَة‎ f (fuqqama) or فُقْمَة‎ f (fuqma))

  1. seal (marine animal of the family Phocidae)
Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835), “فقم”, 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 364–365
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), “فقم”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2429
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “فقم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 847
  • Hava, J.G. (1982), فقم , in Hava Arabic-English Dictionary, International Book Centre Incorporated, page 563
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