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namm

slander, gossip about

نَمّ

Word

Verb

Root

ن م م

Forms

Present
يَنُمُّ

In the library

عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِذَا نَعَسَ أَحَدُكُمْ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَلْيَنَمْ حَتَّى يَعْلَمَ مَا يَقْرَأُ

Sahih al-Bukhari, page 371 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresent
he هُوَ نَمَّيَنُمُّ
she هِيَ نَمَّتتَنُمُّ
they two (m.) هُما نَمّايَنُمّانِ
they two (f.) هُما نَمَّتاتَنُمّانِ
they (m.) هُمْ نَمُّوايَنُمُّونَ
they (f.) هُنَّ نَمَمْنَيَنْمُمْنَ
you (m.) أَنْتَ نَمَمْتَتَنُمُّ
you (f.) أَنْتِ نَمَمْتِتَنُمِّينَ
you two أَنْتُما نَمَمْتُماتَنُمّانِ
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ نَمَمْتُمتَنُمُّونَ
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ نَمَمْتُنَّتَنْمُمْنَ
I أَنا نَمَمْتُأَنُمُّ
we نَحْنُ نَمَمْنانَنُمُّ

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 7 entries
  • نَمَّ Form I uttered calumny
    He [uttered calumny: or] excited discord, or dissension, and made known discourse in a mischievous manner; or embellished speech with falsehood. (M, K.) You say, نَمَّ بِهِ and عَلَيْهِ, inf. n. نَمٌّ and نَمِيمَةٌ and نَمِيمٌ, or this last is pl. of نَمِيمَةٌ, (M,) meaning, He calumniated him; or misrepresented him. ― -b2- نَمَّ الحَدِيثَ He made known, divulged, or told, conversation, in a malicious or mischievous manner, so as to occasion discord, dissension, or the like. (TA, art. قت; and Msb. *)
  • نَمْنَمَ He variegated
    He variegated a thing: he decorated or embellished it. (S, K.)
  • نَمِيمَةٌ sound of the bow-string
    The sound of the bow-string. (Kr.) ― -b2- نَمِيمَةٌ Malicious and mischievous misrepresentation; calumny; slander; (S, K;) the embel-lishment of speech with falsehood. (Kr.)
  • نَمَانِمُ sutures
    The sutures of the skull; as resembling lines of writing; see شَأْنٌ.
  • نَمَّامٌ Wild thyme, thymus serpyllum
    now commonly applied to Wild thyme, thymus serpyllum: see شَبَهَانٌ.
  • نَامَّةٌ The artery in the head
    The artery in the head: see أَبْهَرُ.
  • مُنَمْنَمٌ figured with marks resembling writing, or otherwise
    A garment, or piece of cloth, figured with marks resembling writing, or otherwise. See مَذَبَّرٌ.

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