غموض

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Arabic

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Etymology

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From the root غ م ض (ḡ-m-ḍ) related with things closed, dark and uncertain. Compare غَمَضَ (ḡamaḍa, to be abstruse, ambiguous).

Noun

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غُمُوض (ḡumūḍm (usually uncountable)

  1. (cognitive) obscurity, difficulty
  2. mystery, enigma
  3. uncertainty, ambiguity
    Synonym: اِشْتِبَاه (ištibāh)

Declension

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References

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  • Corriente, Federico (2005) “غموض”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe[1] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 851