ظمئ

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Arabic

Root
ظ م ء (ẓ m ʔ)
7 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṯ̣amiʔ- (to thirst). Compare Hebrew צָמֵא (ṣāmē, to thirst; to yearn).

Pronunciation

Verb

ظَمِئَ (ẓamiʔa) I (non-past يَظْمَأُ (yaẓmaʔu), verbal noun ظَمَأ (ẓamaʔ) or ظَمَاء (ẓamāʔ) or ظَمَاءَة (ẓamāʔa))

  1. to thirst, be thirsty
    Synonym: عَطِشَ (ʕaṭiša)
    Antonyms: رَوِيَ (rawiya), اِرْتَوَى (irtawā)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:119:
      وَأَنَّكَ لَا تَظْمَأُ فِيهَا وَلَا تَضْحَى
      wa-ʔannaka lā taẓmaʔu fīhā wa-lā taḍḥā
      And indeed, you will not be thirsty therein or be hot from the sun.
  2. to desire, long

Conjugation

Adjective

ظَمِئ (ẓamiʔ) (feminine ظَمِئَة (ẓamiʔa), masculine plural ظِمَاء (ẓimāʔ) or ظَمِئُون (ẓamiʔūn), feminine plural ظَمِئَات (ẓamiʔāt))

  1. thirsty
    Synonyms: ظَمْآن (ẓamʔān), عَطِش (ʕaṭiš), عَطْشَان (ʕaṭšān)

Declension