غموض

غموض

Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ م ض‎ (ḡ-m-ḍ) related with things closed, dark and uncertain. Compare غَمَضَ‎ (ḡamaḍa, “to be abstruse, ambiguous”)

Noun

غُمُوض • (ḡumūḍ) m (usually uncountable)

1. (cognitive) obscurity, difficulty
2. mystery, enigma

   Synonyms: سِرّ‎ (sirr), لُغْز‎ (luḡz), مُعْضِلَة‎ (muʿḍila)

3. uncertainty, ambiguity

   Synonym: اِشْتِبَاه‎‎ (ištibāh)

Declension

Declension of noun غُمُوض (ḡumūḍ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غُمُوض ḡumūḍ	الْغُمُوض‎ al-ḡumūḍ	غُمُوض ḡumūḍ
Nominative	غُمُوضٌ ḡumūḍun	الْغُمُوضُ‎ al-ḡumūḍu	غُمُوضُ ḡumūḍu
Accusative	غُمُوضًا‎ ḡumūḍan	الْغُمُوضَ‎ al-ḡumūḍa	غُمُوضَ ḡumūḍa
Genitive	غُمُوضٍ ḡumūḍin	الْغُمُوضِ‎ al-ḡumūḍi	غُمُوضِ ḡumūḍi

References

• Corriente, Federico (2005), “غموض”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 851