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عتم

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Arabic

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Root
ع ت م (ʕ t m)
4 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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عَتَمَ (ʕatama) I (non-past يَعْتِمُ (yaʕtimu), verbal noun عَتْم (ʕatm))

  1. to become dark
  2. to become slow, to hesitate

Conjugation

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Verb

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عَتَّمَ (ʕattama) II (non-past يُعَتِّمُ (yuʕattimu), verbal noun تَعْتِيم (taʕtīm))

  1. to make dark, to darken
  2. to make slow, to delay

Conjugation

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Noun

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عَتْم (ʕatmm

  1. verbal noun of عَتَمَ (ʕatama) (form I)

Declension

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South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology 1

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From Arabic عَتَّمَ (ʕattama).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʕat.tam/, [ˈʕat.tam]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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عتّم (ʕattam) II (present بعتّم (biʕattem))

  1. (intransitive, impersonal) to darken
    عم بتعتّم.ʕam bitʕattem.It's getting dark.
  2. (transitive) to darken, to black out
Conjugation
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Conjugation of عتم
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عتّمت (ʕattamt) عتّمت (ʕattamt) عتّم (ʕattam) عتّمنا (ʕattamna) عتّمتو (ʕattamtu) عتّمو (ʕattamu)
f عتّمتي (ʕattamti) عتّمت (ʕattamat)
present m بعتّم (baʕattim) بتعتّم (bitʕattim) بعتّم (biʕattim) منعتّم (minʕattim) بتعتّمو (bitʕattmu) بعتّمو (biʕattmu)
f بتعتّمي (bitʕattmi) بتعتّم (bitʕattim)
subjunctive m اعتّم (aʕattim) تعتّم (tʕattim) يعتّم (yʕattim) نعتّم (nʕattim) تعتّمو (tʕattmu) يعتّمو (yʕattmu)
f تعتّمي (tʕattmi) تعتّم (tʕattim)
imperative m عتّم (ʕattim) عتّمو (ʕattmu)
f عتّمي (ʕattmi)

See also

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Weather · الطقس (iṭ-ṭaʔs)
Sunny Rainy Snowy Cloudy Dark
Verb شمّس (šammas) شتّى (šatta) تلّج (tallaj) غيّم (ḡayyam) عتّم (ʕattam)
Adjective مشمّس (mšammes) مشتّي (mšatti) متلّج (mtallej) مغيّم (mḡayyem) عتم (ʕitm)
Noun شمس (šams) شتا (šita) تلج (tilj) غيم (ḡēm) عتمة (ʕatme)

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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عتم (ʕitm) (feminine عتمة (ʕitme))

  1. dark
See also
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  • غامق (ḡāmeʔ, dark (shade of a colour))