Fused interrogatives (لِمَ، بِمَ، عَمَّ)

QuestionAnswer
about what (in questions)
عمamma
dilemma
معضلةmu'dila
What are you talking about regarding this dilemma?
عم تتحدث إزاء هذه المعضلة؟amma tatahaddathu izâ'a hâdhihi al-mudilah?
methodology
منهجيةmanhajiyyah
What are you searching for in the same methodology?
عم تبحث في نفس المنهجية؟'amma tabhathu fi nafsi al-manhajiyyati?
with what (in questions)
بمbima
What is this new methodology interested in?
بم تهتم هذه المنهجية الجديدة؟bima tahtammu hâdhihi al-manhajiyyatu al-jadîdatu?
contradiction
تناقضtanâqud
What do you feel regarding this contradiction?
بم تشعر إزاء هذا التناقض؟bima tash'uru izâ'a hâdhâ t-tanâqud
on what
علامalâma
hypothesis
فرضيةfardiyya
What does this hypothesis depend on?
علام تعتمد هذه الفرضية؟alâma ta'tamidu hâdhihi l-fardiyya?
What do you build that hypothesis on?
علام تبنين تلك الفرضية؟alâma tabnîna tilka l-fardiyyah?
to what
إلامilâma
What did this contradiction lead to?
إلام أدى هذا التناقض؟ilâma addâ hâdhâ ttanâqudu?
What is this methodology heading towards?
إلام تتجه هذه المنهجية؟ilâma tattajihu hâdhihi-l-manhajiyyah?
from what
ممmimma
What do you deduce this contradiction from?
مم تستنتج هذا التناقض؟mimma tastantiju hâdhâ at-tanâqudha?
What are you afraid of regarding this hypothesis?
مم تخافين بشأن هذه الفرضية؟mimma takhâfîna bisha'ni hâdhihil-fardiyyah?
why (interrogative)
لمlima
Why did you not reject this contradiction?
لم لم ترفض هذا التناقض؟lima lam tarfud hâdhâ at-tanâqud?
Why have we been discussing the same dilemma since the morning?
لم نناقش نفس المعضلة منذ الصباح؟lima nunâqishu nafsa al-mu'dilati mundhu aṣ-ṣabâḥ؟