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نَدِم
to regret /ˈna.di.ma/
verbB2#3022 most common
Also: to feel remorse, to repent, to be sorry (for something done)
Example sentences
نَدِمَ الوَلَدُ كَثِيرًا.
The boy regretted it a lot.
نَدِمْتُ عَلَى كَذِبِي.
I regretted my lie.
هِيَ نَدِمَتْ عَلَى تَرْكِ الجَامِعَةِ.
She regretted leaving university.
لَنْ يَنْدَمَ أَحَدٌ عَلَى قِرَاءَةِ هَذَا الكِتَابِ.
No one will regret reading this book.
نَدِمَ التُّجَّارُ عَلَى الِاسْتِثْمَارِ فِي ذَلِكَ المَشْرُوعِ الفَاشِلِ.
The merchants regretted investing in that failed project.
كَمْ نَدِمْتُ عَلَى أَنِّي لَمْ أَسْتَمِعْ إِلَى نَصِيحَةِ وَالِدِي فِي شَبَابِي!
How I regretted not listening to my father's advice in my youth!
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَنْدَمُ | نَدِمْتُ | سَأَنْدَمُ |
| 2sg | تَنْدَمُ | نَدِمْتَ | سَتَنْدَمُ |
| 3sg | يَنْدَمُ | نَدِمَ | سَيَنْدَمُ |
| 1pl | نَنْدَمُ | نَدِمْنَا | سَنَنْدَمُ |
| 2pl | تَنْدَمُونَ | نَدِمْتُمْ | سَتَنْدَمُونَ |
| 3pl | يَنْدَمُونَ | نَدِمُوا | سَيَنْدَمُونَ |
Word family
نَدَمregret
نَادِمregretful, remorseful
نَدَامَةremorse, contrition
مُتَنَدِّمone showing regret, penitent
Etymology
نَدِم comes from the triliteral Semitic root ن-د-م (n-d-m), which carries the core sense of regret or remorse across its derived forms. The verb follows the فَعِلَ pattern common to verbs describing internal states and emotions, such as فَرِحَ (to be happy) or غَضِبَ (to be angry). Classical Arabic dictionaries already record it with this meaning, and it has stayed stable in both formal and everyday Arabic. No reliable cognate outside Semitic languages is established, so no deeper root is given here.
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