بريم

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Intensive فَعِّيل (CaCCīC) adjective of برم (baram, “to turn”), suggesting that an individual never takes a direct route to get to the point. Compare the idiom لَفّ ودار (laff w dār, “to talk too much, beat around the bush”, literally “to turn and turn”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bar.riːm/, [barˈriːm]
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Noun

برّيم • (barrīm) m (plural برّيمات (barrīmāt), feminine برّيمة (barrīme))

  1. talkative
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