صَوْم
verbal noun of صَامَ
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Highlights
Present tense
يَصُومُ
Verbal nouns
صَوْم، صِيَام
Active participle
صَائِم
Passive participle
مَصُوم
صَامَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to stand still, to become calm obsolete
- to fast (to abstain, usually from food and drink)
Word origin
Inherited from Proto-Semitic. Compare Hebrew צָם (ṣām) and Ge'ez ጾመ (ṣomä, “to fast”). Nöldeke was convinced that the meaning “to fast” is a semantic loan from Aramaic צום / ܨܳܡ (ṣām, “to fast”), referring to the meaning “to stand still”, Jeffery says that the Arabic verb is “obviously denominative from صَوْم (ṣawm)” and notes that the term is only used in late Qurʾānic passages.
Words from the root ص-و-م
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صَامَ
· present يَصُومُ
Form I · The plain action
to stand still, to become calm; to fast (to abstain, usually from food and drink)
صِيَام
verbal noun of صَامَ
مَصَام
صَائِم
jejunum
صَائِم
thirsty
مَصُوم
صَوَّمَ
· present يُصَوِّمُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to cause to fast
تَصْوِيم
مُصَوِّم
مُصَوَّم
اِصْطَامَ
· present يَصْطَامُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to be extreme in fasting or abstention from food
اِصْطِيَام
مُصْطَام
صَامَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | صُمْتُ | أَصُومُ | أَصُومَ | أَصُمْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | صُمْتَ | تَصُومُ | تَصُومَ | تَصُمْ | صُمْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | صُمْتِ | تَصُومِينَ | تَصُومِي | تَصُومِي | صُومِي |
| هُوَ he | صَامَ | يَصُومُ | يَصُومَ | يَصُمْ | — |
| هِيَ she | صَامَتْ | تَصُومُ | تَصُومَ | تَصُمْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | صُمْتُمَا | تَصُومَانِ | تَصُومَا | تَصُومَا | صُومَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | صَامَا | يَصُومَانِ | يَصُومَا | يَصُومَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | صَامَتَا | تَصُومَانِ | تَصُومَا | تَصُومَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | صُمْنَا | نَصُومُ | نَصُومَ | نَصُمْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | صُمْتُمْ | تَصُومُونَ | تَصُومُوا | تَصُومُوا | صُومُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | صُمْتُنَّ | تَصُمْنَ | تَصُمْنَ | تَصُمْنَ | صُمْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | صَامُوا | يَصُومُونَ | يَصُومُوا | يَصُومُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | صُمْنَ | يَصُمْنَ | يَصُمْنَ | يَصُمْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | صَوْم، صِيَام |
|---|---|
| Active participle | صَائِم |
| Passive participle | مَصُوم |
صَامَ in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
صَمَتُّ. لاَ أَفْتَحُ فَمِي، لأَنَّكَ أَنْتَ فَعَلْتَ.I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.Psalms 39:9, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
صَمَتُّ صَمْتًا، سَكَتُّ عَنِ الْخَيْرِ، فَتَحَرَّكَ وَجَعِي.I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.Psalms 39:2, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ فَمَتَى صُمْتَ فَادْهُنْ رَأْسَكَ وَاغْسِلْ وَجْهَكَ،But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;Matthew 6:17, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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