عقم

العربية

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عقم^¹

verb عَقَمَ · ʕaqama · يَعْقُمُ · عُقْم · عَقْم · عَقِمَ

to be infertile, to be sterile, to be barren (of a woman or her womb)

عقم^²

verb عَقَمَ · ʕaqama · يَعْقِمُ · عَقْم · عَاقِم

to render sterile, to make infertile

عقم^³

verb عَقَّمَ · ʕaqqama · يُعَقِّمُ · تَعْقِيم · مُعَقِّم

to sterilize, to defertilize

عقم^⁴

noun عُقْم · ʕuqm · الْعُقْم · عُقْمٌ

noun from verb verbal noun of عَقُمَ (ʕaquma) (form I)
noun from verb verbal noun of عَقَمَ (ʕaqama) (form I)
sterility
infertility, unproductiveness
pointlessness

In English

sanitize to free from microorganisms

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {عقم},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D9%82%D9%85},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

عقم