عام
Arabic edit
Etymology 1 edit
Root |
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ع و م (ʕ-w-m) |
Since this word competes with سَنَة (sana), عَام (ʕām) is suggested to be loaned from Old South Arabian 𐩲𐩣 (ʿm /*ʿām/, “year”). Compare Ge'ez ዓም (ʿam, “year”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
عَام • (ʕām) m (plural أَعْوَام (ʔaʕwām))
- year
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 29:14-15:
- وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَى قَوْمِهِ فَلَبِثَ فِيهِمْ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمْسِينَ عَامًا فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلطُّوفَانُ وَهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ فَأَنْجَيْنَاهُ وَأَصْحَابَ ٱلسَّفِينَةِ وَجَعَلْنَاهَا آيَةً لِلْعَالَمِينَ
- wa-laqad ʔarsalnā nūḥan ʔilā qawmihi fa-labiṯa fīhim ʔalfa sanatin ʔillā ḵamsīna ʕāman fa-ʔaḵaḏahumu ṭ-ṭūfānu wahum ẓālimūna fa-ʔanjaynāhu wa-ʔaṣḥāba s-safīnati wa-jaʕalnāhā ʔāyatan li-l-ʕālamīna
- And We certainly sent Noah to his people, and he remained among them nine hundred and fifty years, and the flood seized them while they were wrongdoers. But We saved him and the companions of the ship, and We made it a sign for the worlds.
- a period of twelve lunar months; lunar year
Declension edit
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | عَام ʕām |
الْعَام al-ʕām |
عَام ʕām |
Nominative | عَامٌ ʕāmun |
الْعَامُ al-ʕāmu |
عَامُ ʕāmu |
Accusative | عَامًا ʕāman |
الْعَامَ al-ʕāma |
عَامَ ʕāma |
Genitive | عَامٍ ʕāmin |
الْعَامِ al-ʕāmi |
عَامِ ʕāmi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | عَامَيْن ʕāmayn |
الْعَامَيْن al-ʕāmayn |
عَامَيْ ʕāmay |
Nominative | عَامَانِ ʕāmāni |
الْعَامَانِ al-ʕāmāni |
عَامَا ʕāmā |
Accusative | عَامَيْنِ ʕāmayni |
الْعَامَيْنِ al-ʕāmayni |
عَامَيْ ʕāmay |
Genitive | عَامَيْنِ ʕāmayni |
الْعَامَيْنِ al-ʕāmayni |
عَامَيْ ʕāmay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَعْوَام ʔaʕwām |
الْأَعْوَام al-ʔaʕwām |
أَعْوَام ʔaʕwām |
Nominative | أَعْوَامٌ ʔaʕwāmun |
الْأَعْوَامُ al-ʔaʕwāmu |
أَعْوَامُ ʔaʕwāmu |
Accusative | أَعْوَامًا ʔaʕwāman |
الْأَعْوَامَ al-ʔaʕwāma |
أَعْوَامَ ʔaʕwāma |
Genitive | أَعْوَامٍ ʔaʕwāmin |
الْأَعْوَامِ al-ʔaʕwāmi |
أَعْوَامِ ʔaʕwāmi |
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Root |
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ع م م (ʕ-m-m) |
Derived from the active participle of عَمَّ (ʕamma, “to be general, to be common, to prevail”). Contamination from Parthian 𐫍𐫀𐫖 (hʾm /hām-/, “same”) or its Middle Iranian analogues such as engendering Old Armenian համ- (ham-, “same, homo-; whole, pan-”) is considered.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
عَامّ • (ʕāmm) (feminine عَامَّة (ʕāmma), elative أَعَمّ (ʔaʕamm))
- public
- prevalent, universal
- general
- 2019 April 9, “نسبة التصويت 62%..العرب يسجلون نسبة منخفضة [Voter turnout is 62%... Arabs register a lower turnout.]”, in Maan News[1]:
- بلغت نسبة التصويت العامة في إسرائيل حتى الساعة الثامنة 62% وهي اقل 2.6% عن عام 2015.
- Voter turnout for the general population of Israel as of 8:00 reached 62%, which is 2.6% less than in the year 2015.
- common, ordinary
Declension edit
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
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basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | عَامّ ʕāmm |
الْعَامّ al-ʕāmm |
عَامَّة ʕāmma |
الْعَامَّة al-ʕāmma |
Nominative | عَامٌّ ʕāmmun |
الْعَامُّ al-ʕāmmu |
عَامَّةٌ ʕāmmatun |
الْعَامَّةُ al-ʕāmmatu |
Accusative | عَامًّا ʕāmman |
الْعَامَّ al-ʕāmma |
عَامَّةً ʕāmmatan |
الْعَامَّةَ al-ʕāmmata |
Genitive | عَامٍّ ʕāmmin |
الْعَامِّ al-ʕāmmi |
عَامَّةٍ ʕāmmatin |
الْعَامَّةِ al-ʕāmmati |
Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | عَامَّيْن ʕāmmayn |
الْعَامَّيْن al-ʕāmmayn |
عَامَّتَيْن ʕāmmatayn |
الْعَامَّتَيْن al-ʕāmmatayn |
Nominative | عَامَّانِ ʕāmmāni |
الْعَامَّانِ al-ʕāmmāni |
عَامَّتَانِ ʕāmmatāni |
الْعَامَّتَانِ al-ʕāmmatāni |
Accusative | عَامَّيْنِ ʕāmmayni |
الْعَامَّيْنِ al-ʕāmmayni |
عَامَّتَيْنِ ʕāmmatayni |
الْعَامَّتَيْنِ al-ʕāmmatayni |
Genitive | عَامَّيْنِ ʕāmmayni |
الْعَامَّيْنِ al-ʕāmmayni |
عَامَّتَيْنِ ʕāmmatayni |
الْعَامَّتَيْنِ al-ʕāmmatayni |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
plural unknown | sound feminine plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | ? ? |
? ? |
عَامَّات ʕāmmāt |
الْعَامَّات al-ʕāmmāt |
Nominative | ? ? |
? ? |
عَامَّاتٌ ʕāmmātun |
الْعَامَّاتُ al-ʕāmmātu |
Accusative | ? ? |
? ? |
عَامَّاتٍ ʕāmmātin |
الْعَامَّاتِ al-ʕāmmāti |
Genitive | ? ? |
? ? |
عَامَّاتٍ ʕāmmātin |
الْعَامَّاتِ al-ʕāmmāti |
Descendants edit
Etymology 3 edit
Root |
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ع و م (ʕ-w-m) |
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
عَامَ • (ʕāma) I, non-past يَعُومُ (yaʕūmu)
Conjugation edit
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر |
ʕawm | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل |
ʕāʔim | |||||||||||
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | ʕumtu |
ʕumta |
عَامَ ʕāma |
ʕumtumā |
ʕāmā |
ʕumnā |
ʕumtum |
ʕāmū | |||
f | ʕumti |
ʕāmat |
ʕāmatā |
ʕumtunna |
ʕumna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʔaʕūmu |
taʕūmu |
yaʕūmu |
taʕūmāni |
yaʕūmāni |
naʕūmu |
taʕūmūna |
yaʕūmūna | |||
f | taʕūmīna |
taʕūmu |
taʕūmāni |
taʕumna |
yaʕumna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʔaʕūma |
taʕūma |
yaʕūma |
taʕūmā |
yaʕūmā |
naʕūma |
taʕūmū |
yaʕūmū | |||
f | taʕūmī |
taʕūma |
taʕūmā |
taʕumna |
yaʕumna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʔaʕum |
taʕum |
yaʕum |
taʕūmā |
yaʕūmā |
naʕum |
taʕūmū |
yaʕūmū | |||
f | taʕūmī |
taʕum |
taʕūmā |
taʕumna |
yaʕumna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر |
m | ʕum |
ʕūmā |
ʕūmū |
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f | ʕūmī |
ʕumna |
References edit
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “عوم”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2202b
- Shapira, Dan D. Y. (2009) “Irano-Arabica: contamination and popular etymology. Notes on the Persian and Arabic lexicons (with references to Aramaic, Hebrew and Turkic)”, in Христианский Восток – Новая Серия, volume 5 (XI), Moscow: Издательство Российской Академии Наук и Государственного Эрмитажа, page 174, claims contamination from a Parthian **hām (“winter; year”), a word he seemingly made up, since no descendant of Proto-Iranian *jimáh (“winter”) could come close.
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “عم, عوم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, pages 751, 771
- Weninger, Stefan (2009) “Der Jemen als lexikalisches Ausstrahlungszentrum in der Antike”, in Philologisches und Historisches zwischen Anatolien und Sokotra. Analecta Semitica in memoriam Alexander Sima[3] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrasowitz, →ISBN, page 399 Nr. 1
Moroccan Arabic edit
Etymology 1 edit
Root |
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ع و م |
2 terms |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
عام • (ʕām) m (dual عامين (ʕāmayn), plural أعوام (ʔaʕwām))
Etymology 2 edit
Root |
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ع و م |
2 terms |
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
عام • (ʕām) I (non-past يعوم (yʕūm))
- (intransitive) to swim
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of عام | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
past | m | عمت (ʕumt) | عمتي (ʕumti) | عام (ʕām) | عمنا (ʕumna) | عمتوا (ʕumtu) | عاموا (ʕāmu) | |
f | عامت (ʕāmet) | |||||||
non-past | m | نعوم (nʕūm) | تعوم (tʕūm) | يعوم (yʕūm) | نعوموا (nʕūmu) | تعوموا (tʕūmu) | يعوموا (yʕūmu) | |
f | تعومي (tʕūmi) | تعوم (tʕūm) | ||||||
imperative | m | عوم (ʕūm) | عوموا (ʕūmu) | |||||
f | عومي (ʕūmi) |
Etymology 3 edit
Root |
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ع م م |
1 term |
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
عام • (ʕāmm) (feminine عامة (ʕāmma), masculine plural عامين (ʕāmmīn), feminine plural عامات (ʕāmmāt), elative أعم (ʔaʕamm))
Persian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Arabic عَام (ʕām).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔɑːm]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɒːm]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɔm]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | ām |
Dari reading? | ām |
Iranian reading? | âm |
Tajik reading? | om |
Noun edit
عام • ('âm) (plural اعوام (a'vâm))
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Arabic عَامّ (ʕāmm).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔɑːmm]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɒːmm]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɔmm]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | āmm |
Dari reading? | āmm |
Iranian reading? | âmm |
Tajik reading? | omm |
Adjective edit
عامّ • ('âmm)
Further reading edit
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عام”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian عامّ ('āmm), Arabic عَامّ (ʕāmm).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
عام • ('ām) (Hindi spelling आम)
Derived terms edit
- عام طَور پَر ('ām taur par, “generally”)
Further reading edit
- “عام”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “عام”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “عام”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.