غَمٌّ sorrow in Arabic
غَمٌّ is how you say “sorrow” in Arabic.
Root غ م م ġ-m-m. noun (verbal noun / maṣdar of Form I ġamma). ġamm.
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Meaning of sorrow in Arabic
- grief, sorrow, distress, sadness the common sense; given in Lane as synonymous with ḥuzn — the feeling that weighs on or 'covers' the heart
- covering, veiling, concealment the root's primary, literal sense, e.g. clouds veiling the new moon so it cannot be sighted
- oppressive, sultry heat that tightens the breath said of a day so hot, or so close with cloud, that it is hard to breathe
Example sentence
وَطول الْهم وَالْغَم وضنك الْمَعيشَة وكسف البال
And prolonged anxiety, sorrow, harshness of living, and worry of the mind.
وَالْغَمِّ and sorrow
wa- = 'and'; al- = 'the'; ghamm means 'grief, sorrow'.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
Ġamm is the maṣdar of ġamma, whose core meaning is 'to cover or conceal' — used, for instance, of clouds veiling the new moon so it cannot be sighted (as in the hadith on completing Shaʿbān to thirty days when the crescent is obscured). From this covering sense it extends to grief or sorrow that weighs on the heart (a synonym of ḥuzn), and even to the oppressive, breath-tightening heat of a sultry day.
Words from the same root
- غَمَّهُ he covered, veiled, or concealed it; also, it grieved or saddened him
- غَامَمْتُهُ we grieved one another (I grieved him and he grieved me)
- اغتمّ he was grieved or saddened; also, of a plant, it grew tall and luxuriant
- انغمّ it became covered, veiled, or concealed
- تغامّ he made a show of grief without truly feeling it
- غَمَمٌ a low hairline, where hair covers down over the forehead and nape
- غَمْغَمَ he spoke indistinctly, or muttered; also, a bull bellowing in fright
Common questions
- How do you say "sorrow" in Arabic?
- غَمّ (ġamm).
- What is the root meaning behind غَمّ?
- The root ġ-m-m means 'to cover, veil, or conceal'; ġamm (grief) is an extension of that sense, as grief is felt to 'cover' the heart.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).