Learn Arabic › B1 › عَدِيم
عَدِيم
devoid of /ʕaˈdiːm/
adjectiveB1#1883 most common
Also: lacking, without, -less
Example sentences
هذا الكلام عَدِيمُ الفائدة.
This talk is useless.
الماء عَدِيمُ اللون.
Water is colorless.
هو رجل عَدِيمُ الخبرة في هذا العمل.
He is a man without experience in this work.
لا تثق به، فهو شخص عَدِيمُ الضمير.
Do not trust him, he is a person without a conscience.
أثبتت التجربة أن هذه المادة عَدِيمةُ الرائحة تماماً.
The experiment proved that this substance is entirely odorless.
إن قراراً عَدِيمَ الجدوى كهذا لن يغيّر من الواقع شيئاً.
A futile decision like this will change nothing about reality.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عَدِيمٌ | عُدَمَاءُ |
| Genitive | عَدِيمٍ | عُدَمَاءَ |
| Accusative | عَدِيمًا | عُدَمَاءَ |
| Vocative | يا عَدِيمُ | يا عُدَمَاءُ |
Word family
عَدَمnonexistence, nothingness
عَدِمَto lack, to lose
انعَدَمَto be absent, to vanish
مَعدومnonexistent, absent
إعدامexecution, annihilation
Etymology
The word derives from the Semitic root ع-د-م (ʿ-d-m), which carries the idea of absence and nonexistence. It follows the adjectival pattern فَعِيل (faʿīl), built on the noun عَدَم, meaning nonbeing or lack. So عَدِيم describes something in a permanent state of being without.
Learn Arabic the way that sticks.
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,080 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free