نادم

Arabic

Root
ن د م (n-d-m)

Adjective

نَادِم • (nādim) (feminine نَادِمَةٌ (nādimatun), masculine plural نَادِمُونَ (nādimūna) or نُدَّام (nuddām), feminine plural نَادِمَات (nādimāt) or نَوَادِم (nawādim))

  1. active participle of نَدِمَ (nadima): regretful
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:31:
      فَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ غُرَابࣰا یَبۡحَثُ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ لِیُرِیَهُۥ كَیۡفَ یُوَ ٰ⁠رِی سَوۡءَةَ أَخِیهِۚ قَالَ یَـٰوَیۡلَتَىٰۤ أَعَجَزۡتُ أَنۡ أَكُونَ مِثۡلَ هَـٰذَا ٱلۡغُرَابِ فَأُوَ ٰ⁠رِیَ سَوۡءَةَ أَخِیۖ فَأَصۡبَحَ مِنَ ٱلنَّـٰدِمِینَ
      fabaʕaṯa llāhu ḡurāban yabḥaṯu fī l-ʔarḍi liyuriyahu kayfa yuwārī sawʔata ʔaḵīhi qāla yā waylatā ʔaʕajaztu ʔan ʔakūna miṯla haḏā l-ḡurābi faʔuwāriya sawʔata ʔaḵī faʔaṣbaḥa mina an-nādimīna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Chadian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic اِبْن آدَم (ibn ʔādam, man, human, literally son of Adam).

Noun

نادم • (nādum) m

  1. person, human being
  2. guy
    Synonym: زول
    هو بس النادم القال لي پرکية وتيرة قدام وتيري
    hū bas an-nādum al-gāl lē parke watīra giddām watīri.
    he's the guy who told me he parked his car in front of mine.

References

  • Judith Heath, compiler (2016), Chadian Arabic - English Lexicon, N'Djamena, Chad: Association SIL, page 144

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ن د م
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic نَادِم (nādim).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naː.dim/

Adjective

نادم • (nādim) (feminine نادمة (nādma), masculine plural نادمين (nādmīn), feminine plural نادمات (nādmnāt))

  1. regretful
    Synonym: ندمان (nadmān)
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