נ־ע־ם
Hebrew
Etymology 1
Compare Arabic نَعَمَ (naʿama) from the root ن ع م (n-ʿ-m).
Root
נ־ע־ם • (n-ʿ-m)
- Related to being pleasant, nice, agreeable.
Etymology 2
Compare Arabic نَغْمَة (naḡma).
Root
נ־ע־ם • (n-ʿ-m)
- Related to singing, music, melody.
Etymology 3
See נַעֲמִית, Arabic نَعَام (naʿām), Classical Syriac ܢܥܡܐ. Possibly derived from the "pleasant" sense above.
Root
נ־ע־ם • (n-ʿ-m)
- Related to ostriches.
Derived terms
Hebrew terms belonging to the root נ־ע־ם (0 c, 9 e)
Further reading
- “נ־ע־ם” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- “נ־ע־ם”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
- Klein, Ernest (1987), “נעם”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 420
- A. Murtonen (1989), “N&M”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 284–285