عقم

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Arabic

Root
ع ق م (ʕ q m)
3 terms

Etymology 1.1

Verb

عَقَمَ (ʕaqama) I (non-past يَعْقُمُ (yaʕqumu), verbal noun عُقْم (ʕuqm) or عَقْم (ʕaqm))
عَقِمَ (ʕaqima) I (non-past يَعْقِمُ (yaʕqimu), verbal noun عُقَم (ʕuqam))
عَقُمَ (ʕaquma) I (non-past يَعْقُمُ (yaʕqumu), verbal noun عُقْم (ʕuqm))

  1. to be infertile, to be sterile, to be barren (of a woman or her womb)
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Verb

عَقَمَ (ʕaqama) I (non-past يَعْقِمُ (yaʕqimu), verbal noun عَقْم (ʕaqm))

  1. to render sterile, to make infertile
Conjugation

Etymology 1.3

Verb

عَقَّمَ (ʕaqqama) II (non-past يُعَقِّمُ (yuʕaqqimu), verbal noun تَعْقِيم (taʕqīm))

  1. to sterilize, to defertilize
Conjugation

Etymology 1.4

Noun

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عُقْم (ʕuqmm

  1. verbal noun of عَقُمَ (ʕaquma) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of عَقَمَ (ʕaqama) (form I)
  3. (medicine) sterility
  4. infertility, unproductiveness
  5. pointlessness
Declension

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ق م
1 term

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic عَقَّمَ (ʕaqqama).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕaq.qam/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

عقّم (ʕaqqam) II (present بعقّم (biʕaqqem))

  1. to sterilize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of عقّم (ʕaqqam)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عقّمت (ʕaqqamt) عقّمت (ʕaqqamt) عقّم (ʕaqqam) عقّمنا (ʕaqqamna) عقّمتو (ʕaqqamtu) عقّمو (ʕaqqamu)
f عقّمتي (ʕaqqamti) عقّمت (ʕaqqamat)
present m بعقّم (baʕaqqem) بتعقّم (bitʕaqqem) بعقّم (biʕaqqem) منعقّم (minʕaqqem) بتعقّمو (bitʕaqqmu) بعقّمو (biʕaqqmu)
f بتعقّمي (bitʕaqqmi) بتعقّم (bitʕaqqem)
subjunctive m اعقّم (aʕaqqem) تعقّم (tʕaqqem) يعقّم (yʕaqqem) نعقّم (nʕaqqem) تعقّمو (tʕaqqmu) يعقّمو (yʕaqqmu)
f تعقّمي (tʕaqqmi) تعقّم (tʕaqqem)
imperative m عقّم (ʕaqqem) عقّمو (ʕaqqmu)
f عقّمي (ʕaqqmi)