فم

See also: قم and ق. م.

Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *pay-. Cognate with Hebrew פֶּה (), Aramaic פּוּמָא (pūmā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fam/
  • (file)

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. mouth
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:32:
      يُرِيدُونَ أَن يُطْفِئُوا نُورَ اللَّهِ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ
      yurīdūna ʔan yuṭfiʔū nūra l-lahi biʔafwāhihim
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 13:14:
      وَالَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ لَا يَسْتَجِيبُونَ لَهُم بِشَيْءٍ إِلَّا كَبَاسِطِ كَفَّيْهِ إِلَى الْمَاءِ لِيَبْلُغَ فَاهُ وَمَا هُوَ بِبَالِغِهِ
      wāllaḏīna yadʕūna min dūnihi lā yastajībūna lahum bišayʔin ʔillā kabāsiṭi kaffayhi ʔilā l-māʔi liyabluḡa fāhu wamā huwa bibāliḡihi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. muzzle
  3. orifice, aperture, hole, vent
  4. mouth (of a river), rivermouth
  5. mouthpiece (of pipe or cigarette), cigarette holder
    آلَة الْفَم (ʔālat al-fam, wind instrument)

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Maltese: fomm

See also

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Noun

فم • (fumm) m (plural أَفْمَام (afmām))

  1. mouth
    Synonym: بق (buʔʔ)
  2. muzzle
  3. orifice, aperture, hole, vent
  4. mouthpiece (of pipe or cigarette), cigarette holder

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /famm/, /fumm/

Noun

فم • (famm or fumm) m (plural أَفْمَام (ʔafmām))

  1. mouth

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fumː/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Noun

فم • (fumm) m (plural فواه (fwāh) or فمام (fmām))

  1. mouth
    Synonym: فا ()
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