نمام

Arabic

Etymology

Two nouns formed with the form of a characteristic adjective from the root ن م م‎ (n-m-m). The choice of root pattern for plant-name is like that of شَمَّام‎ (šammām, “melon”). Its variation is found reversely in نُعَاع‎ (nuʕāʕ) for لُعَاع‎ (luʕāʕ, “tender or fresh greenery; endive”) related to لَاعِيَة‎ (lāʕiya, “green spurge or sun spurge”).

Noun

نَمَّام • (nammām) m (plural نَمَّامُون‎ (nammāmūn), feminine نَمَّامَة‎ (nammāma))

  1. tale-bearer, tattletale
  2. denouncer, informant
  3. slanderer, calumniator

Declension

Noun

نَمَّام • (nammām) m

  1. wild thyme, Thymus serpyllum

Declension

Alternative forms

  • لَمَّام‎ (lammām)

References

  • “نمام” in Almaany
  • Freytag, Georg (1837), “نمام”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 337
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