نمم

Core meaning

To spread slander: to carry from place to place a word that harms and sows discord.

Uses

1. نَمِيم → "spreader of slander" : مَشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍ: one who goes about carrying slander.

   • «هَمَّازٍۢ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍۢ» — "stinging slanderer, spreader of slander" (68:11)

Evidence from the text

Sole occurrence (68:11), within a series of condemned traits: "contemptible oath-monger, stinging slanderer, spreader of slander, hinderer of good" (68:10-12). The word there designates a vice that acts on bonds: speech carried about to divide.