# Ayn-Cim-Mim — عجم (Ejm)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Ejm

- **Meaning:** To chew, to try by biting. A'jama - obscure (language). A'jamiyyun - non-native, foreigner, person with a speech impediment. A'jamiyyan - foreign language.
- **Derived forms:** أَعْجَمِين (1) · أَعْجَمِىّ (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 16. Surah An-Nahl, Verse 103

- **Form in this verse:** أَعْجَمِىٌّۭ — aʿjamiyyun · "(is) foreign"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ اَنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ اِنَّمَا يُعَلِّمُهُ بَشَرٌۜ لِسَانُ الَّذ۪ي يُلْحِدُونَ اِلَيْهِ اَعْجَمِيٌّ وَهٰذَا لِسَانٌ عَرَبِيٌّ مُب۪ينٌ

Walaqad naAAlamu annahum yaqooloona innamayuAAallimuhu basharun lisanu allathee yulhidoonailayhi aAAjamiyyun wahatha lisanun AAarabiyyunmubeen

And We know that they say: “A man but teaches him.” The tongue to which they incline is foreign, but this is a clear Arabic tongue.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nahl/verse-103.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 198

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْأَعْجَمِينَ — l-aʿjamīna · "(of) the non-Arabs"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَاهُ عَلٰى بَعْضِ الْاَعْجَم۪ينَۙ

Walaw nazzalnahu AAala baAAdial-aAAjameen

And had We sent it down upon any of the non-Arabs,

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-198.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** أَعْجَمِيًّۭا — aʿjamiyyan · "(in) a foreign (language)"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَاهُ قُرْاٰناً اَعْجَمِياًّ لَقَالُوا لَوْلَا فُصِّلَتْ اٰيَاتُهُۜ  ءَاَۭۘعْجَمِيٌّ وَعَرَبِيٌّۜ قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا هُدًى وَشِفَٓاءٌۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ف۪ٓي اٰذَانِهِمْ وَقْرٌ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَمًىۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ يُنَادَوْنَ مِنْ مَكَانٍ بَع۪يدٍ۟

Walaw jaAAalnahu qur-ananaAAjamiyyan laqaloo lawla fussilat ayatuhuaaAAjamiyyun waAAarabiyyun qul huwa lillatheena amanoohudan washifaon wallatheena layu/minoona fee athanihim waqrun wahuwa AAalayhim AAaman ola-ikayunadawna min makanin baAAeed

And had We made it a recitation in a foreign tongue, they would have said: “Oh, that its proofs were but set out and detailed — a foreign tongue and an Arab!” Say thou: “It is for those who heed warning a guidance and a healing”; but those who do not believe: in their ears is deafness, and it is for them blindness; those: they are called from a far place.

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-44.md_

### 41. Surah Fussilat, Verse 44

- **Form in this verse:** ءَا۬عْجَمِىٌّۭ — āʿ'jamiyyun · "(Is it) a foreign (language)"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, singular · nominative case · indefinite

وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَاهُ قُرْاٰناً اَعْجَمِياًّ لَقَالُوا لَوْلَا فُصِّلَتْ اٰيَاتُهُۜ  ءَاَۭۘعْجَمِيٌّ وَعَرَبِيٌّۜ قُلْ هُوَ لِلَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُوا هُدًى وَشِفَٓاءٌۜ وَالَّذ۪ينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ف۪ٓي اٰذَانِهِمْ وَقْرٌ وَهُوَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَمًىۜ اُو۬لٰٓئِكَ يُنَادَوْنَ مِنْ مَكَانٍ بَع۪يدٍ۟

Walaw jaAAalnahu qur-ananaAAjamiyyan laqaloo lawla fussilat ayatuhuaaAAjamiyyun waAAarabiyyun qul huwa lillatheena amanoohudan washifaon wallatheena layu/minoona fee athanihim waqrun wahuwa AAalayhim AAaman ola-ikayunadawna min makanin baAAeed

And had We made it a recitation in a foreign tongue, they would have said: “Oh, that its proofs were but set out and detailed — a foreign tongue and an Arab!” Say thou: “It is for those who heed warning a guidance and a healing”; but those who do not believe: in their ears is deafness, and it is for them blindness; those: they are called from a far place.

_https://quran.so/surah-fussilat/verse-44.md_

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