رغم

See also: زعم

Arabic

Pronunciation 1
  • IPA(key): /ra.ɣi.ma/, /ra.ɣa.ma/, /ra.ɣu.ma/

Verb

رَغِمَ • (raḡima) I, non-past يَرْغَمُ‎ (yarḡamu), رَغَمَ • (raḡama) I, non-past يَرْغَمُ‎ (yarḡamu), رَغُمَ • (raḡuma) I, non-past يَرْغُمُ‎ (yarḡumu)

  1. (transitive) to hate, force, or humiliate
    رَغَمَ الرَّجُلَ
    raḡama ar-rajula
    he hated the man
  2. (intransitive) to degrade; to lower
  3. (ergative, literal) to soil one's nose
    رَغَمَ أَنْفُهُ
    raḡama ʔanfuhu
    his nose soiled
    (literally, “his nose stuck to the sand”)

Pronunciation 2
  • IPA(key): /raɣ.ɣa.ma/

Verb

رَغَّمَ • (raḡḡama) II, non-past يُرَغِّمُ‎ (yuraḡḡimu) (transitive)

  1. to humiliate
  2. to upset

Pronunciation 3
  • IPA(key): /raɣm/, /ruɣm/

Noun

رَغْم or رُغْم • (raḡm or ruḡm) m

  1. verbal noun of رَغِمَ (raḡima) (form I)
  2. forcefulness, dislike
    رَغْمًا عَن فُلَان ― raḡman ʕan fulān ― against one's will (literally, “to one's dislike”)
    عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ كَذَا ― ʕalā r-raḡmi min kaḏā ― in spite of/despite this
Declension
Declension of noun رَغْم (raḡm)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal رَغْم
raḡm		 الرَّغْم
ar-raḡm		 رَغْم
raḡm
Nominative رَغْمٌ
raḡmun		 الرَّغْمُ
ar-raḡmu		 رَغْمُ
raḡmu
Accusative رَغْمًا
raḡman		 الرَّغْمَ
ar-raḡma		 رَغْمَ
raḡma
Genitive رَغْمٍ
raḡmin		 الرَّغْمِ
ar-raḡmi		 رَغْمِ
raḡmi
Descendants
  • → Persian: رغم (rağm)

References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “رغم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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