متم

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Adjective

مُتِمّ (mutimm) (feminine مُتِمَّة (mutimma), masculine plural مُتِمُّونَ (mutimmūna), feminine plural مُتِمَّات (mutimmāt))

  1. active participle of أَتَمَّ (ʔatamma)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 61:8:
      يُرِيدُونَ لِيُطْفِئُوا نُورَ اللّٰهِ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَاللّٰهُ مُتِمُّ نُورِهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ
      yurīdūna liyuṭfiʔū nūra llāhi bi-ʔafwāhihim wa-llāhu mutimmu nūrihi walaw kariha l-kāfirūna
      They want to extinguish the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah will perfect His light, although the disbelievers dislike it.
Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

متم (form I)

  1. مُتُّمْ (muttum) /mut.tum/: second-person masculine plural past active of مَاتَ (māta)
  2. مِتُّمْ (mittum) /mit.tum/: second-person masculine plural past active of مَاتَ (māta)

Burushaski

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Adjective

متم (matum)

  1. black (color)

References

  • Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “matum”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.