سئم

• IPA^(key): /sa.ʔi.ma/

سَئِمَ • (saʔima) I (non-past يَسْأَمُ (yasʔamu), verbal noun سَآمَة (saʔāma) or سَأْم (saʔm))

1. to be or become annoyed, discontented, dissatisfied, impatient, irked, irritated, restless
2. (intransitive, transitive) to be or become bored, tired or weary of

   لَقَدْ سَئِمْتُ مِنْ تَكْرَارِهَا لَكُمْ

   laqad saʔimtu min takrārihā lakum

   I am tired of repeating it to you.

3. to be or become fed up with, to be unable to bear or tolerate
4. to be or become surfeited, satiated, or jaded with

   Synonyms: مَلَّ (malla), ضَجِرَ (ḍajira)

   • 520 – 609, زهير بن أبي سلمى, معلقة زهير بن أبي سلمى:

     سَئِمْتُ تَكَالِيفَ الحَيَاةِ وَمَن يَعِش / ثَمَانِينَ حَوْلًا لَا أَبَا لَكَ يَسَأَمِ

     saʔimtu takālīfa l-ḥayāti wa-man yaʕiš / ṯamānīna ḥawlan lā ʔabā laka yasaʔami

     I weary of the offices of life: whoever lives / Around eighty cycles would weary; this, I promise you.