أسامة

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Arabic

Root
س م و (s m w)
11 terms

Pronunciation

Proper noun

أُسَامَة (ʔusāmam

  1. a male given name, Osama or Usama

Declension

Noun

أُسَامَة (ʔusāmam (obsolete)

  1. ferocious beast
  2. lion

Usage notes

According to Lane (see below), the noun is definite and declined as such even without article, but can also occur with the article.

Declension

References

  • Hommel, Fritz (1879) Die Namen der Säugethiere bei den südsemitischen Völkern als Beiträge zur arabischen und äthiopischen Lexicographie, zur semitischen Kulturforschung und Sprachvergleichung und zur Geschichte der Mittelmeerfauna. Mit steter Berücksichtigung auch der assyrischen und hebräischen Thiernamen und geographischen und literaturgeschichtlichen Excursen (in German), Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, page 292
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “أسامة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate