Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

نَغَمَ, aor. ـِ {يَنْغِمُ} and ـَ {يَنْغَمُ}, He spoke in a low, gentle, or soft, voice or tone: (Ṣ, Mṣb:) [he spoke in an undertone:] he used such a voice in singing: (Ḳ:) or he modulated his voice, or made melody, in singing. (TḲ.) See جرس.

نَغْمَةٌ Gentle-toned speech; syn. جَرْسُ الكَلاَمِ: (Mṣb:) and sweetness of voice, or melody, in recitation [and in singing]. (Ṣ, Mṣb.)

[Also, A musical sound, or note:] a melody: see طَرْقٌ: sweet sound: pl. نَغَمَاتٌ. (KL.)