ثمام
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Arabic
Etymology
From the root ث م م (ṯ-m-m) which means in the base stem “to repair, to put in a good state”, for this plant has been used for thatching huts, bags have been covered with it to protect contents from the sun, and other mendings are undertaken with it.
Noun
ثُمَام • (ṯumām) m (collective, singulative ثُمَامَة f (ṯumāma))
Declension
Declension of noun ثُمَام (ṯumām)
| Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | ثُمَام ṯumām |
الثُّمَام aṯ-ṯumām |
ثُمَام ṯumām |
| Nominative | ثُمَامٌ ṯumāmun |
الثُّمَامُ aṯ-ṯumāmu |
ثُمَامُ ṯumāmu |
| Accusative | ثُمَامًا ṯumāman |
الثُّمَامَ aṯ-ṯumāma |
ثُمَامَ ṯumāma |
| Genitive | ثُمَامٍ ṯumāmin |
الثُّمَامِ aṯ-ṯumāmi |
ثُمَامِ ṯumāmi |
| Singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | ثُمَامَة ṯumāma |
الثُّمَامَة aṯ-ṯumāma |
ثُمَامَة ṯumāmat |
| Nominative | ثُمَامَةٌ ṯumāmatun |
الثُّمَامَةُ aṯ-ṯumāmatu |
ثُمَامَةُ ṯumāmatu |
| Accusative | ثُمَامَةً ṯumāmatan |
الثُّمَامَةَ aṯ-ṯumāmata |
ثُمَامَةَ ṯumāmata |
| Genitive | ثُمَامَةٍ ṯumāmatin |
الثُّمَامَةِ aṯ-ṯumāmati |
ثُمَامَةِ ṯumāmati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | ثُمَامَتَيْن ṯumāmatayn |
الثُّمَامَتَيْن aṯ-ṯumāmatayn |
ثُمَامَتَيْ ṯumāmatay |
| Nominative | ثُمَامَتَانِ ṯumāmatāni |
الثُّمَامَتَانِ aṯ-ṯumāmatāni |
ثُمَامَتَا ṯumāmatā |
| Accusative | ثُمَامَتَيْنِ ṯumāmatayni |
الثُّمَامَتَيْنِ aṯ-ṯumāmatayni |
ثُمَامَتَيْ ṯumāmatay |
| Genitive | ثُمَامَتَيْنِ ṯumāmatayni |
الثُّمَامَتَيْنِ aṯ-ṯumāmatayni |
ثُمَامَتَيْ ṯumāmatay |
| Paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | ثُمَامَات ṯumāmāt |
الثُّمَامَات aṯ-ṯumāmāt |
ثُمَامَات ṯumāmāt |
| Nominative | ثُمَامَاتٌ ṯumāmātun |
الثُّمَامَاتُ aṯ-ṯumāmātu |
ثُمَامَاتُ ṯumāmātu |
| Accusative | ثُمَامَاتٍ ṯumāmātin |
الثُّمَامَاتِ aṯ-ṯumāmāti |
ثُمَامَاتِ ṯumāmāti |
| Genitive | ثُمَامَاتٍ ṯumāmātin |
الثُّمَامَاتِ aṯ-ṯumāmāti |
ثُمَامَاتِ ṯumāmāti |
Derived terms
- ثَمُوم (ṯamūm, “buffelgrass, Cenchrus ciliaris”)
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “ثمام”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 351
- Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 264
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ثمام”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 157