żamm

• IPA^(key): /zamm/
• Rhymes: -amm

From Arabic زَمَّ (zamma, “to bind, tie up”).

żamm (imperfect jżomm, past participle miżmum, verbal noun żamm)

1. to keep, hold
   • 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Ir-Riħ u l-Bnazzi”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:

     Ħarbat, mewwet dawk id-dwieli,
     wild il-għaraq tal-ħaddiem,
     żomm il-fqir ġol-gorboġ waħdu,
     u bla ħobż, bla dawl, bla sliem!

     Destroy, kill those vines,
     the offspring of the worker’s sweat,
     keep the poor man in the hovel alone,
     without bread, without light, without peace!

2. to stop
3. to follow, keep
4. to consider, deem
5. to sustain
6. to restrain oneself
7. (in the imperfect) to look after one's appearance [with -ha]

   Iżżommha ― She looks after her appearance.

   Iżommha ― He looks after his appearance.

8. (in the imperfect) to think highly of
9. to become pregnant
10. to cease (rain)
11. to stop (someone) from doing (something)
12. to last
13. to detain

From Arabic زَمّ (zamm).

żamm m (instance noun żamma)

1. verbal noun of żamm