Arabic edit

Root
ظ م ء (ẓ-m-ʔ)

Etymology edit

Compare Hebrew צָמֵא (ṣāmē, to thirst, be thirsty; to yearn, long).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ظَمِئَ (ẓamiʔa) I, non-past يَظْمَأُ‎ (yaẓmaʔu)

  1. to thirst, be thirsty
    Synonym: عَطِشَ (ʕaṭiša)
    Antonyms: رَوِيَ (rawiya), اِرْتَوَى (irtawā)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:119:
      وَأَنَّكَ لَا تَظْمَأُ فِيهَا وَلَا تَضْحَى
      wa-ʔannaka lā taẓmaʔu fīhā wa-lā taḍḥā
      And indeed, you will not be thirsty therein or be hot from the sun.
  2. to desire, long

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

Adjective edit

ظَمِئ (ẓamiʔ) (feminine ظَمِئَة (ẓamiʔa), masculine plural ظِمَاء (ẓimāʔ) or ظَمِئُون (ẓamiʔūn), feminine plural ظَمِئَات (ẓamiʔāt))

  1. thirsty
    Synonyms: ظَمْآن (ẓamʔān), عَطِش (ʕaṭiš), عَطْشَان (ʕaṭšān)

Declension edit