رغم

See also: زعم

Arabic

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ra.ɣi.ma/, /ra.ɣa.ma/, /ra.ɣu.ma/

Verb

رَغِمَ • (raḡima) I, non-past يَرْغَمُ‎ (yarḡamu), رَغَمَ • (raḡama) I, non-past يَرْغَمُ‎ (yarḡamu), رَغُمَ • (raḡuma) I, non-past يَرْغُمُ‎ (yarḡumu)

1. (transitive) to hate, force, or humiliate

   رَغَمَ الرَّجُلَ

   raḡama ar-rajula

   he hated the man

2. (intransitive) to degrade; to lower
3. (ergative, literal) to soil one's nose

   رَغَمَ أَنْفُهُ

   raḡama ʔanfuhu

   his nose soiled

   (literally, “his nose stuck to the sand”)

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /raɣ.ɣa.ma/

Verb

رَغَّمَ • (raḡḡama) II, non-past يُرَغِّمُ‎ (yuraḡḡimu) (transitive)

1. to humiliate
2. to upset

Pronunciation 3

• IPA^(key): /raɣm/, /ruɣm/

Noun

رَغْم or رُغْم • (raḡm or ruḡm) m

1. verbal noun of رَغِمَ (raḡima) (form I)
2. forcefulness, dislike

   رَغْمًا عَن فُلَان ― raḡman ʕan fulān ― against one's will (literally, “to one's dislike”)

   عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ كَذَا ― ʕalā r-raḡmi min kaḏā ― in spite of/despite this

Declension

Declension of noun رَغْم (raḡm)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رَغْم raḡm	الرَّغْم ar-raḡm	رَغْم raḡm
Nominative	رَغْمٌ raḡmun	الرَّغْمُ ar-raḡmu	رَغْمُ raḡmu
Accusative	رَغْمًا raḡman	الرَّغْمَ ar-raḡma	رَغْمَ raḡma
Genitive	رَغْمٍ raḡmin	الرَّغْمِ ar-raḡmi	رَغْمِ raḡmi

Descendants

• → Persian: رغم (rağm)
  • ⇒ Persian: علی رغم (alâ rağm-e)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “رغم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN