فحم

See also: فخم and قحم

Arabic

From the root ف ح م (f-ḥ-m). Cognate with Hebrew פֶּחָם (peḥām, “coal”), Aramaic ܦܲܚܡܵܐ (paḥmā, “coal”).

فَحْم • (faḥm) m (collective, singulative فَحْمَة f (faḥma), plural فُحُوم (fuḥūm))

cinder
Coordinate term: جَمْر (jamr, “embers, hot coals”)
coal; charcoal
فَحْم حَجَرِيّ ― faḥm ḥajariyy ― coal (carbon rock)

فَحْم الْخَشَب ― faḥm al-ḵašab ― charcoal

Declension of noun فَحْم (faḥm)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَحْم faḥm	الْفَحْم al-faḥm	فَحْم faḥm
Nominative	فَحْمٌ faḥmun	الْفَحْمُ al-faḥmu	فَحْمُ faḥmu
Accusative	فَحْمًا faḥman	الْفَحْمَ al-faḥma	فَحْمَ faḥma
Genitive	فَحْمٍ faḥmin	الْفَحْمِ al-faḥmi	فَحْمِ faḥmi
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُحُوم fuḥūm	الْفُحُوم al-fuḥūm	فُحُوم fuḥūm
Nominative	فُحُومٌ fuḥūmun	الْفُحُومُ al-fuḥūmu	فُحُومُ fuḥūmu
Accusative	فُحُومًا fuḥūman	الْفُحُومَ al-fuḥūma	فُحُومَ fuḥūma
Genitive	فُحُومٍ fuḥūmin	الْفُحُومِ al-fuḥūmi	فُحُومِ fuḥūmi

Wehr, Hans (1979) “فحم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Root
ف ح م
1 term

From Arabic فَحْم (faḥm).

فحم • (faḥm) m