Arabic edit

Root
ن د م (n-d-m)

Adjective edit

نَادِم (nādim) (feminine نَادِمَةٌ (nādimatun), masculine plural نَادِمُونَ (nādimūna) or نُدَّام (nuddām), feminine plural نَادِمَات (nādimāt) or نَوَادِم (nawādim))

  1. active participle of نَدِمَ (nadima): regretful
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:31:
      فَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ غُرَابࣰا یَبۡحَثُ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ لِیُرِیَهُۥ كَیۡفَ یُوَ ٰ⁠رِی سَوۡءَةَ أَخِیهِۚ قَالَ یَـٰوَیۡلَتَىٰۤ أَعَجَزۡتُ أَنۡ أَكُونَ مِثۡلَ هَـٰذَا ٱلۡغُرَابِ فَأُوَ ٰ⁠رِیَ سَوۡءَةَ أَخِیۖ فَأَصۡبَحَ مِنَ ٱلنَّـٰدِمِینَ
      fabaʕaṯa llāhu ḡurāban yabḥaṯu fī l-ʔarḍi liyuriyahu kayfa yuwārī sawʔata ʔaḵīhi qāla yā waylatā ʔaʕajaztu ʔan ʔakūna miṯla haḏā l-ḡurābi faʔuwāriya sawʔata ʔaḵī faʔaṣbaḥa mina an-nādimīna
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Declension edit

Chadian Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic اِبْن آدَم (ibn ʔādam, man, human, literally son of Adam).

Noun edit

نادم (nādumm

  1. person, human being
  2. guy
    Synonym: زول
    هو بس النادم القال لي پرکية وطيرة قدام وطيري
    hū bas an-nādum al-gāl lē parke watīra giddām watīri.
    he's the guy who told me he parked his car in front of mine.

Moroccan Arabic edit

Root
ن د م
5 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic نَادِم (nādim).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

نادم (nādim) (feminine نادمة (nādma), masculine plural نادمين (nādmīn), feminine plural نادمات (nādmnāt))

  1. regretful
    Synonym: ندمان (nadmān)