Arabic

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Augmentative from the root ب ر ع (b-r-ʕ)? Or from Aramaic? Compare بَرْغَز (barḡaz, young of a cow), بَرْغَش (barḡaš, gnat), بَزْر (bazr, seed).

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Noun

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بُرْعُم (burʕumm (plural بَرَاعِم (barāʕim))

  1. scion, sprout, shoot, bud
    Alternative forms: بُرْعُوم (burʕūm), بُرْعُومَة (burʕūma)
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Etymology 2

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Denominal verb of بُرْعُم (burʕum).

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Verb

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بَرْعَمَ (barʕama) Iq (non-past يُبَرْعِمُ (yubarʕimu), verbal noun بَرْعَمَة (barʕama))

  1. (intransitive) to put forth bud(s)
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Further reading

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References

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  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “برعم”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 73
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “برعم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 110
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “برعم”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 81–82