Quranic root
سأم
s · ʾ · m
The root centers on weariness or aversion arising from prolonged continuance in an action or state.
Weariness from something that persists develops into becoming averse to it, turning away from it, or regarding it with disgust.
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- Quran-attested forms
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
سَئِمَ
saʾima
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form I
- Form
- I
- Quran occurrences
- 3 occurrences
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To grow weary of something, becoming averse to it or turning away from it with disgust; to tire of continued or repeated engagement.
The Quranic use concerns aversion or weariness toward a matter, including an action or verbal object, and is not restricted to bodily exhaustion. It may occur with مِنْ or with an expressed activity or object.
- Lane · entry 39900
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Occurrences in the Quran
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Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 2 Classical meanings
أَسْأَمَ
To cause someone or something to turn away with disgust or aversion; to make it loathe, reject, or feel nauseated by something.
Causative Form IV: the subject causes another party or thing to become averse or disgusted.
- Lane · entry 39901
سَؤُومٌ
One habitually or greatly disposed to turn away with disgust, or much affected by vexation or disgust and therefore having little patience.
An intensive epithet derived from the Form I meaning.
- Lane · entry 39902
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The supplied contextual renderings vary between “weary,” “tire,” and “get tired”; the lexical evidence supports weariness or aversion toward a matter, rather than requiring a separate sense of physical fatigue.