See also: نعم

Arabic

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Etymology

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See نَغْمَة (naḡma).

Noun

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نَغْم or نَغَم (naḡm or naḡamm (plural أَنْغَام (ʔanḡām))

  1. tune, air, melody; voice, part; timbre, tone color; sound, tone

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Verb

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نَغَمَ (naḡama) I, non-past يَنْغِمُ or يَنْغُمُ‎ (yanḡimu or yanḡumu)

  1. to hum, to recite in a modulating voice

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نَغِمَ (naḡima) I, non-past يَنْغَمُ‎ (yanḡamu)

  1. to hum, to recite in a modulating voice

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نَغَّمَ (naḡḡama) II, non-past يُنَغِّمُ‎ (yunaḡḡimu)

  1. to recite melodiously

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “نغم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 981