غموض

Arabic

Etymology

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

Noun

غُمُوض • (ḡumūḍ) m (usually uncountable)

1. (cognitive) obscurity, difficulty
2. mystery, enigma

   Synonyms: سِرّ (sirr), لُغْز (luḡz), مُعْضِلَة (muʕḍila)

3. uncertainty, ambiguity

   Synonym: اِشْتِبَاه‎ (ištibāh)

Declension

Declension of noun غُمُوض (ḡumūḍ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غُمُوض ḡumūḍ	الْغُمُوض al-ḡumūḍ	غُمُوض ḡumūḍ
Nominative	غُمُوضٌ ḡumūḍun	الْغُمُوضُ al-ḡumūḍu	غُمُوضُ ḡumūḍu
Accusative	غُمُوضًا ḡumūḍan	الْغُمُوضَ al-ḡumūḍa	غُمُوضَ ḡumūḍa
Genitive	غُمُوضٍ ḡumūḍin	الْغُمُوضِ al-ḡumūḍi	غُمُوضِ ḡumūḍi

References

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