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namīma

slander, calumny

نَمِيمَة

Word

Noun · pattern فَعِيلَة

Root

ن م م

Forms

Plural
نَمائِم

In the library

قَالُوا : بَلَى ، قَالَ : الْمَشَّاؤُونَ بِالنَّمِيمَةِ ، الْمُفْسِدُونَ بَيْنَ الأَحِبَّةِ ، الْبَاغُونَ الْبُرَآءَ الْعَنَتَ .

Al-Adab al-Mufrad, page 107 →

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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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