تمساح

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Arabic

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Etymology

From Coptic ⲙⲥⲁϩ (msah), from Egyptian
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mzḥ (“crocodile”). Perhaps with the singular feminine definite article ⲧⲉ- (te-), though ⲙⲥⲁϩ (msah) is a masculine word.

Pronunciation

Noun

تِمْسَاح • (timsāḥ) m (plural تَمَاسِيح (tamāsīḥ))

  1. crocodile, alligator
  2. (slang, Egypt) one of the 1976–84 models of a Mercedes Benz

Declension

Declension of noun تِمْسَاح (timsāḥ)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal تِمْسَاح
timsāḥ 		التِّمْسَاح
at-timsāḥ 		تِمْسَاح
timsāḥ
Nominative تِمْسَاحٌ
timsāḥun 		التِّمْسَاحُ
at-timsāḥu 		تِمْسَاحُ
timsāḥu
Accusative تِمْسَاحًا
timsāḥan 		التِّمْسَاحَ
at-timsāḥa 		تِمْسَاحَ
timsāḥa
Genitive تِمْسَاحٍ
timsāḥin 		التِّمْسَاحِ
at-timsāḥi 		تِمْسَاحِ
timsāḥi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal تِمْسَاحَيْن
timsāḥayn 		التِّمْسَاحَيْن
at-timsāḥayn 		تِمْسَاحَيْ
timsāḥay
Nominative تِمْسَاحَانِ
timsāḥāni 		التِّمْسَاحَانِ
at-timsāḥāni 		تِمْسَاحَا
timsāḥā
Accusative تِمْسَاحَيْنِ
timsāḥayni 		التِّمْسَاحَيْنِ
at-timsāḥayni 		تِمْسَاحَيْ
timsāḥay
Genitive تِمْسَاحَيْنِ
timsāḥayni 		التِّمْسَاحَيْنِ
at-timsāḥayni 		تِمْسَاحَيْ
timsāḥay
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal تَمَاسِيح
tamāsīḥ 		التَّمَاسِيح
at-tamāsīḥ 		تَمَاسِيح
tamāsīḥ
Nominative تَمَاسِيحُ
tamāsīḥu 		التَّمَاسِيحُ
at-tamāsīḥu 		تَمَاسِيحُ
tamāsīḥu
Accusative تَمَاسِيحَ
tamāsīḥa 		التَّمَاسِيحَ
at-tamāsīḥa 		تَمَاسِيحَ
tamāsīḥa
Genitive تَمَاسِيحَ
tamāsīḥa 		التَّمَاسِيحِ
at-tamāsīḥi 		تَمَاسِيحِ
tamāsīḥi

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: timsah
  • → Central Kurdish: تیمساح (tîmsaḧ)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: تمساح (timsah)
  • → Hebrew: תמסח (timsakh)
  • → Uyghur: تىمساھ (timsah)
  • → Uzbek: timsoh

Ottoman Turkish

تمساح

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تِمْسَاح (timsāḥ, “crocodile, alligator”).

Noun

تمساح • (timsah) (plural تماسیح (temasih))

  1. crocodile, alligator any of various large reptiles in the order Crocodilia
    Synonym: نهنگ (neheng)

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تِمْسَاح (timsāḥ).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? timsāh
Dari reading? timsāh
Iranian reading? temsâh
Tajik reading? timsoh

Noun

Dari تمساح
Iranian Persian
Tajik тимсоҳ

تمساح • (temsâh) (plural تمساح‌ها (temsâh-hâ))

  1. alligator
  2. crocodile
    Synonym: کروکودیل (kerokodil)

Declension

    Enclitic-attached forms of تمساح (temsâh) (Iranian Persian)
Basic forms of تمساح
singular plural
bare تمساح (temsâh) تمساح‌ها، تمساحا△ (temsâh-hấ, temsâhấ△)
definitive direct object تمساح را، تمساح رو△ (temsâh râ, temsâho△) تمساح‌ها را، تمساحا رو△ (temsâh-hấ râ, temsâhấ ro△)
ezâfe تمساح (temsâh-e) تمساح‌های، تمساحای△ (temsâh-hấ-ye, temsâhấ-ye△)
marked indefinite
or relative definite 		تمساحی (temsâh-i) تمساح‌هایی، تمساحایی△ (temsâhấn-i, temsâh-hấ-i, temsâhấi△)

△ Colloquial.

Possessive forms of تمساح
singular plural
1st person singular
(“my”) 		تمساحم (temsâham) تمساح‌هایم، تمساح‌هام، تمساحام△ (temsâh-hấyam, temsâhấm△)
2nd person singular
(“your”) 		تمساحت (temsâhat) تمساح‌هایت، تمساح‌هات، تمساحات△ (temsâh-hấyat, temsâhất△)
3rd person singular
(“his, her, its”) 		تمساحش (temsâhaš) تمساح‌هایش، تمساح‌هاش، تمساحاش△ (temsâh-hấyaš, temsâhấš△)
1st plural
(“our”) 		تمساحمان، تمساحمون△ (temsâhemân, temsâhemun△) تمساح‌هایمان، تمساح‌هامون، تمساحامون△ (temsâh-hấyemân, temsâhấmun△)
2nd plural
(“your”) 		تمساحتان، تمساحتون△ (temsâhetân, temsâhetun△) تمساح‌هایتان، تمساح‌هاتون، تمساحاتون△ (temsâh-hấyetân, temsâhấtun△)
3rd plural
(“their”) 		تمساحشان، تمساحشون△ (temsâhešân, temsâhešun△) تمساح‌هایشان، تمساح‌هاشون، تمساحاشون△ (temsâh-hấyešân, temsâhấšun△)

△ Colloquial.

    Predicative forms of تمساح (temsâh)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”) 		تمساحم
(temsâham) 		تمساحیم
(temsâhim)
2nd person
(“you are”) 		تمساحی
(temsâhi) 		تمساحید
(temsâhid)
تمساحین △
(temsâhin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”) 		تمساح است
(temsâh ast)
تمساحه △
(temsâhe) 		تمساحند
(temsâhand)
تمساحن △
(temsâhan)
△ Colloquial.

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic تِمْسَاح (timsāḥ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tim.saːħ/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

تمساح • (timsāḥ) m (plural تماسيح (tamāsīḥ))

  1. crocodile
  2. alligator
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