أعجم

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ج م (ʿ-j-m).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaʕ.d͡ʒa.ma/

Verb

أَعْجَمَ (ʾaʿjama) IV, non-past يُعْجِمُ‎ (yuʿjimu)

  1. to speak or write unclearly or unintelligibly
  2. to cause to be incorrect, unclear or barbarous
  3. to point letters or a text
  4. to shut or lock (the door)
  5. to boil strongly

Conjugation

Adjective

أَعْجَم (ʾaʿjam) (feminine عَجْمَاء (ʿajmāʾ))

  1. having an impotence in speech
  2. foreign-language
  3. Persian

Declension

References

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