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Arabic

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Root
غ م ي (ḡ m y)
5 terms

Pronunciation

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Verb

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أُغْمِيَ (ʔuḡmiya) IV (passive-only, non-past يُغْمَى (yuḡmā), verbal noun إِغْمَاء (ʔiḡmāʔ))

  1. (impersonal) to faint, to swoon
    Synonym: غُشِيَ (ḡušiya)
    أُغْمِيَ عَلَيْهِʔuḡmiya ʕalayhiHe fainted.

Usage notes

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This is an impersonal verb: it always appears in the third person masculine singular, and the person who faints is placed in a prepositional phrase, not as the subject of the verb.

Conjugation

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