namm
slanderer, scandalmonger
نَمّ
Word
NounRoot
ن م مForms
- Plural
- أَنِمّاء
In the library
وعلى نسبة ذلك نمو كسبه أو نقصانه.
The Muqaddimah, page 230 →From the same root
- نَمّslander, gossip about
- نَمّslander, gossip
- نِمَّةlouse
- نَمّامslanderer, calumniator
- نامَّةbustle, stir
- نَمْنَمَadorn, embellish
- نِمْنِمripples
- نَمِيمَةslander, calumny
- نَمْنَمَةwren
- مُنَمْنَمadorned, decorated, miniature
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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