أعجم

العربية

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أعجم^¹

/ʔaʕ.d͡ʒa.ma/

verb أَعْجَمَ · ʔaʕjama · يُعْجِمُ · إِعْجَام · مُعْجِم

to speak or write unclearly or unintelligibly, to mumble, to lisp (sense 2)
to cause to be incorrect, unclear or barbarous
to point letters or a text
to shut or lock (the door)
to boil strongly

أعجم^²

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Color or defect adjective from the root ع ج م (ʕ j m).

adjective أَعْجَم · ʔaʕjam · عَجْمَاء · عُجْم · أعْجَمُون · عَجْمَاوَات

having an impotence in speech
non-Arabic وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَاهُ عَلَى بَعْضِ ٱلْأَعْجَمِينَ / فَقَرَأَهُ عَلَيْهِم مَا كَانُوا بِهِ مُؤْمِنِينَ

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {أعجم},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A3%D8%B9%D8%AC%D9%85},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}