عٞجْهَم
ˁéghɛm (m. du. ˁegέmi, m. pl. ˁágyhɛm, f. sg. ˁegémeʰ, f. du. ˁegemíti, m. pl. ˁegheméten)
basic morphological information

adj.

dumb, mute
немой
أبكمُ
CSOL III
text examples

nábaḥ ṭad méʸhen ˁö́mor yɔʰ dóufɛ aḷ-tšámaˁ ḷaḷ šemóutoḷ ˁámok wa-ten ˁágyhɛm ḷaḷ tšemέteḷ aḷ-maˁḳúľ ken dóufɛ ľihmáˁ ˁéghɛm ‘Then one of them yelled: “Are you deaf?! Don’t you hear when somebody’s talking to you?” But I said: “Well, as for you, you’re mute when you talk. Is it conceivable that a deaf man can hear a mute?”’ (CSOL III 14:41)

root
derivates
etymology
PWS *ˁgm to block, to stop
continental MSA
  • Mhr. ˀáygəm to be dumb; (Gt) to be blocked
  • Jib. ˁégəm to be dumb; (D) to block