ء و م

ء و م

Arabic

Root

ء و م • (ʔ-w-m)

1. related to letting things follow oneself as by respiration

Derived terms

• Form I: آمَ‎ (ʔāma, “to respire thirstily; to smoke; to precede; to govern”)
  • Verbal noun: أَوْم‎ (ʔawm), أَيَام‎ (ʔayām)
  • Active participle: آئِم‎ (ʔāʔim)
  • Passive participle: مَأُوم‎ (maʔūm), مَؤُوم‎ (maʔūm)
• Form II: أَوَّمَ‎ (ʔawwama, “to make thirsty”)
  • Verbal noun: تَأْوِيم‎ (taʔwīm)
  • Active participle: مُؤَوِّم‎ (muʔawwim)
  • Passive participle: مُؤَوَّم‎ (muʔawwam)

• أُوَام‎ (ʔuwām, “thirst”)
• إِيَام‎ (ʔiyām, “smoke”); pl. أُيُم‎ (ʔuyum)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1830), “ء و م”, 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 72
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “ء و م”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 71