كمأ

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Arabic

كَمَأ
 كمأ on Arabic Wikipedia

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Aramaic attested in Jewish Palestinian Aramaic כמהה (kamhā) and ܟܝܡܐ (kīmā), from Akkadian 𒌑𒅗𒀪𒈠𒌓 (/⁠kamʾtu⁠/).

Pronunciation

Noun

كَمَأ • (kamaʔ) m (plural أَكْمُؤ (ʔakmuʔ))

  1. truffles, Pezizaceae (syn. Terfeziaceae)

Declension

Declension of noun كَمَأ (kamaʔ)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal كَمَأ
kamaʔ 		الْكَمَأ
al-kamaʔ 		كَمَأ
kamaʔ
Nominative كَمَأٌ
kamaʔun 		الْكَمَأُ
al-kamaʔu 		كَمَأُ
kamaʔu
Accusative كَمَأً
kamaʔan 		الْكَمَأَ
al-kamaʔa 		كَمَأَ
kamaʔa
Genitive كَمَأٍ
kamaʔin 		الْكَمَأِ
al-kamaʔi 		كَمَأِ
kamaʔi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal كَمَأَيْن
kamaʔayn 		الْكَمَأَيْن
al-kamaʔayn 		كَمَأَيْ
kamaʔay
Nominative كَمَآنِ
kamaʔāni 		الْكَمَآنِ
al-kamaʔāni 		كَمَآ
kamaʔā
Accusative كَمَأَيْنِ
kamaʔayni 		الْكَمَأَيْنِ
al-kamaʔayni 		كَمَأَيْ
kamaʔay
Genitive كَمَأَيْنِ
kamaʔayni 		الْكَمَأَيْنِ
al-kamaʔayni 		كَمَأَيْ
kamaʔay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَكْمُؤ
ʔakmuʔ 		الْأَكْمُؤ
al-ʔakmuʔ 		أَكْمُؤ
ʔakmuʔ
Nominative أَكْمُؤٌ
ʔakmuʔun 		الْأَكْمُؤُ
al-ʔakmuʔu 		أَكْمُؤُ
ʔakmuʔu
Accusative أَكْمُؤًا
ʔakmuʔan 		الْأَكْمُؤَ
al-ʔakmuʔa 		أَكْمُؤَ
ʔakmuʔa
Genitive أَكْمُؤٍ
ʔakmuʔin 		الْأَكْمُؤِ
al-ʔakmuʔi 		أَكْمُؤِ
ʔakmuʔi

Descendants

  • → Ottoman Turkish: كمه (keme)

References

  • “كمأ” in Almaany
  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 26 seqq.
  • Procházka, Stephan (2010) “Genüsse aus der Steppe: Kulturgeschichtliches und Etymologisches zur Wüsten-Trüffel nebst einem Text im arabischen Dialekt von Urfa (Südost-Türkei)”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, volume 100, pages 119–135
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “كمأ”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1118
  • Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 57
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