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نَدَم
regret /naˈdam/
nounB2#3444 most common
Also: remorse, repentance
Example sentences
أَشْعُرُ بِالنَدَمِ.
I feel regret.
نَدَمُهُ كَانَ كَبِيرًا.
His regret was great.
عَاشَ حَيَاتَهُ فِي نَدَمٍ دَائِمٍ.
He lived his life in constant regret.
لَا فَائِدَةَ مِنَ النَدَمِ بَعْدَ فَوَاتِ الأَوَانِ.
Regret is useless once it is too late.
غَمَرَهُ شُعُورٌ عَارِمٌ مِنَ النَدَمِ عَلَى مَا فَعَلَهُ.
An overwhelming wave of regret swept over him for what he had done.
كَانَ نَدَمُهُ العَمِيقُ عَلَى تَفْرِيطِهِ فِي شَبَابِهِ يَقُضُّ مَضْجَعَهُ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ.
His deep regret over squandering his youth kept him awake every night.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نَدَمٌ | |
| Genitive | نَدَمٍ | |
| Accusative | نَدَمًا | |
| Vocative | يَا نَدَمُ |
Word family
نَدِمَ (nadima)to regret, to feel remorse
نَادِم (nādim)regretful, remorseful
تَنَدَّمَ (tanaddama)to repent, to feel deep regret
مُتَنَدِّم (mutanaddim)one who is regretful
نَدِيم (nadīm)close companion (a divergent sense of the same root)
Etymology
Nadam comes from the Semitic root n-d-m, which in Arabic carries the core sense of feeling sorrow over a past act. The word is the masdar, or verbal noun, of the verb nadima, to regret. Arabic grammarians classify it under the simple fa'al pattern used for many abstract states of feeling.
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