نمام

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Arabic

Etymology

Two nouns formed with the form of a characteristic adjective from the root ن م م (n-m-m). The choice of root pattern for plant-name is like that of شَمَّام (šammām, melon). Its variation is found reversely in نُعَاع (nuʕāʕ) for لُعَاع (luʕāʕ, tender or fresh greenery; endive) related to لَاعِيَة (lāʕiya, green spurge or sun spurge).

Noun

نَمَّام (nammāmm (plural نَمَّامُون (nammāmūn), feminine نَمَّامَة (nammāma))

  1. tale-bearer, tattletale
  2. denouncer, informant
  3. slanderer, calumniator

Declension

Noun

نَمَّام (nammāmm

  1. wild thyme, Thymus serpyllum

Declension

Alternative forms

References

  • نمام” in Almaany
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “نمام”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 337