נ־ע־ם

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic نَعَمَ (naʕama) from the root ن ع م (n-ʕ-m).

Root

נ־ע־ם • (n-ʿ-m)

1. Related to being pleasant, nice, agreeable.

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic نَغْمَة (naḡma).

Root

נ־ע־ם • (n-ʿ-m)

1. Related to singing, music, melody.

Etymology 3

See נַעֲמִית, Arabic نَعَام (naʕām), Classical Syriac ܢܥܡܐ. Possibly derived from the "pleasant" sense above.

Root

נ־ע־ם • (n-ʿ-m)

1. Related to ostriches.

Derived terms

Hebrew terms belonging to the root נ־ע־ם (0 c, 9 e)

Further reading

• “נ־ע־ם” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• “נ־ע־ם”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “נעם”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 420
• A. Murtonen (1989) “N&M”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 284–285