נתאכם

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
א־כ־ם (ʾ-k-m)
2 terms

Probably borrowed from Aramaic אוּכָּמָא ('ūkkāmā, black). Cognate with Hebrew אוכמנית (ukhmanít, blueberry) and Classical Syriac ܐܘܟܡܐ ('ukkāmā, black, sunburnt).

Pronunciation

Verb

נִתְאַכֵּם • (nit'akém)

  1. (especially Talmudic) to become black, to become brown
  2. (especially Talmudic) to be blackened, to be sunburnt

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