Arabic edit

Root
غ م ي (ḡ-m-y)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

أُغْمِيَ (ʔuḡmiya) IV, non-past يُغْمَى‎ (yuḡmā)

  1. (impersonal) to faint, to swoon
    Synonym: غُشِيَ (ḡušiya)
    أُغْمِيَ عَلَيْهِʔuḡmiya ʕalayhiHe fainted.

Usage notes edit

This is an impersonal verb: it always appears in the third person masculine singular, and the person who faints is placed in a prepositional phrase, not as the subject of the verb.

Conjugation edit