נ־ע־ם

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Hebrew[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Compare Arabic نَعَمَ (naʕama) from the root ن ع م (n-ʕ-m).

Root[edit]

נ־ע־ם • (n-ʿ-m)

  1. Related to being pleasant, nice, agreeable.

Etymology 2[edit]

Compare Arabic نَغْمَة (naḡma).

Root[edit]

נ־ע־ם • (n-ʿ-m)

  1. Related to singing, music, melody.

Etymology 3[edit]

See נַעֲמִית, Arabic نَعَام (naʕām), Classical Syriac ܢܥܡܐ. Possibly derived from the "pleasant" sense above.

Root[edit]

נ־ע־ם • (n-ʿ-m)

  1. Related to ostriches.

Derived terms[edit]

Hebrew terms belonging to the root נ־ע־ם‎ (0 c, 9 e)

Further reading[edit]

  • “נ־ע־ם” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  • “נ־ע־ם”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
  • Klein, Ernest (1987) “נעם”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 420
  • A. Murtonen (1989) “N&M”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 284–285
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