برعم

Arabic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Augmentative from the root ب ر ع (b-r-ʕ)? Or from Aramaic? Compare بَرْغَز (barḡaz, young of a cow), بَرْغَش (barḡaš, gnat), بَزْر (bazr, seed).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /bur.ʕum/

Alternative forms

Noun

بُرْعُم • (burʕum) m (plural بَرَاعِم (barāʕim))

  1. scion, sprout, shoot, bud
Declension
Derived terms
  • بَرْعَمَ (barʕama, to sprout)
  • تَبَرْعَمَ (tabarʕama, to sprout)

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /bar.ʕa.ma/

Verb

بَرْعَمَ • (barʕama) Iq, non-past يُبَرْعِمُ‎ (yubarʕimu)

  1. (intransitive) to put forth bud(s)
Conjugation

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “برعم”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 73
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “برعم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 110
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “برعم”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 81–82
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