رغم

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See also: زعم

Arabic

Root
ر غ م (r ḡ m)
4 terms

Etymology 1.1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ra.ɣi.ma/, /ra.ɣa.ma/, /ra.ɣu.ma/

Verb

رَغِمَ or رَغَمَ (raḡima or raḡama) I (non-past يَرْغَمُ (yarḡamu), verbal noun رَغْم (raḡm))

  1. (transitive) to force, to compel
  2. (transitive) to humiliate, to degrade
    رَغَمَ الرَّجُلَ
    raḡama r-rajula
    he humiliated the man
  3. (intransitive) to be humiliated, to be abased
  4. (transitive, literally) to stick in the dirt, to make dirty
  5. (intransitive, literally) to become dirty (especially of one's nose)
    رَغَمَ أَنْفُهُ
    raḡama ʔanfuhu
    his nose soiled
    (literally, “his nose stuck to the sand”)
Conjugation

Verb

رَغُمَ (raḡuma) I (non-past يَرْغُمُ (yarḡumu), verbal noun رَغْم (raḡm) or رُغْم (ruḡm))

  1. (intransitive) to be humiliated, to be abased
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

Verb

رَغَّمَ (raḡḡama) II (non-past يُرَغِّمُ (yuraḡḡimu), verbal noun تَرْغِيم (tarḡīm)) (transitive)

  1. to humble, to humiliate
  2. to upset
Conjugation

Etymology 1.3

Pronunciation

Noun

رَغْم or رُغْم (raḡm or ruḡmm

  1. verbal noun of رَغِمَ (raḡima) (form I)
  2. forcefulness, dislike
    رَغْمًا عَن فُلَانraḡman ʕan fulānagainst one's will (literally, “to one's dislike”)
    عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ كَذَاʕalā r-raḡmi min kaḏāin spite of/despite this
Declension
Descendants
  • Persian: رغم (rağm)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “رغم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN