إبهام

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See also: ابهام and اتهام

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /it.ti.haːm/
  • Rhymes: -aːm
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Etymology 1

Verbal noun of أَبْهَمَ (ʔabhama, “to make obscure”) from ب ه م (b-h-m).

Noun

إِبْهَام • (ʔibhām) m

  1. verbal noun of أَبْهَمَ (ʔabhama, “to make obscure”) (form IV)
  2. obscurity, vagueness, ambiguity
Declension
Declension of noun إِبْهَام (ʔibhām)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal إِبْهَام
ʔibhām 		الْإِبْهَام
al-ʔibhām 		إِبْهَام
ʔibhām
Nominative إِبْهَامٌ
ʔibhāmun 		الْإِبْهَامُ
al-ʔibhāmu 		إِبْهَامُ
ʔibhāmu
Accusative إِبْهَامًا
ʔibhāman 		الْإِبْهَامَ
al-ʔibhāma 		إِبْهَامَ
ʔibhāma
Genitive إِبْهَامٍ
ʔibhāmin 		الْإِبْهَامِ
al-ʔibhāmi 		إِبْهَامِ
ʔibhāmi
Descendants
  • → Lisan ud-Dawat Gujarati: ابهام (ibhām)
  • → Persian: ابهام (ebhâm)
  • → Urdu: ابہام (ibhām)

Etymology 2

With labial assimilation – not found in بَنَان (banān, “fingers”) – related to Akkadian 𒋗𒅆 (ŠU.ŠI /⁠ubānu⁠/, “finger”), Eblaite (ba-ʾà-núm /⁠bahānum⁠/), Hebrew בֹּהֶן (bṓhen, “thumb”), Mehri hābḗn (“thumb”), Harsusi ḥābēn.

Noun

إِبْهَام • (ʔibhām) f (dual إِبْهَامَانِ (ʔibhāmāni), plural أَبَاهِيم (ʔabāhīm))

  1. thumb
  2. big toe
Declension
Declension of noun إِبْهَام (ʔibhām)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal إِبْهَام
ʔibhām 		الْإِبْهَام
al-ʔibhām 		إِبْهَام
ʔibhām
Nominative إِبْهَامٌ
ʔibhāmun 		الْإِبْهَامُ
al-ʔibhāmu 		إِبْهَامُ
ʔibhāmu
Accusative إِبْهَامًا
ʔibhāman 		الْإِبْهَامَ
al-ʔibhāma 		إِبْهَامَ
ʔibhāma
Genitive إِبْهَامٍ
ʔibhāmin 		الْإِبْهَامِ
al-ʔibhāmi 		إِبْهَامِ
ʔibhāmi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal إِبْهَامَيْن
ʔibhāmayn 		الْإِبْهَامَيْن
al-ʔibhāmayn 		إِبْهَامَيْ
ʔibhāmay
Nominative إِبْهَامَانِ
ʔibhāmāni 		الْإِبْهَامَانِ
al-ʔibhāmāni 		إِبْهَامَا
ʔibhāmā
Accusative إِبْهَامَيْنِ
ʔibhāmayni 		الْإِبْهَامَيْنِ
al-ʔibhāmayni 		إِبْهَامَيْ
ʔibhāmay
Genitive إِبْهَامَيْنِ
ʔibhāmayni 		الْإِبْهَامَيْنِ
al-ʔibhāmayni 		إِبْهَامَيْ
ʔibhāmay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal اَبَاهِيم
abāhīm 		الَابَاهِيم
al-abāhīm 		اَبَاهِيم
abāhīm
Nominative اَبَاهِيمٌ
abāhīmun 		الَابَاهِيمُ
al-abāhīmu 		اَبَاهِيمُ
abāhīmu
Accusative اَبَاهِيمًا
abāhīman 		الَابَاهِيمَ
al-abāhīma 		اَبَاهِيمَ
abāhīma
Genitive اَبَاهِيمٍ
abāhīmin 		الَابَاهِيمِ
al-abāhīmi 		اَبَاهِيمِ
abāhīmi
Descendants
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