علجوم
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Arabic
Etymology
From the root ع ل ج (ʕ-l-j) meaning “to be strong or sturdy”, “to be robust or bulky”, “to be massive”, “to be big or thick”, “to be long or tall”; a variant of عَلْجَن (ʕaljan, “a female camel with a bulkier male-like frame; a camel strong enough to use for work”). Applied semantically to a great variety of things mostly to animals of bulky shape, or for describing the male figure in the dichotomy of sexes of animals, like the generic usage of the terms bull or buck. The sense of a kingfisher derives from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn).
Noun
عُلْجُوم • (ʕuljūm) m (plural عَلَاجِيم (ʕalājīm))
- kingfisher, halcyon
- toad, male frog
- male duck, mallard
- male ostrich
- wild he-goat
- dragon
- deep water, big wave
- louse
- dense orchard of palm-trees
- darkness of night, big shadow blocking light
Declension
Declension of noun عُلْجُوم (ʕuljūm)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | عُلْجُوم ʕuljūm |
الْعُلْجُوم al-ʕuljūm |
عُلْجُوم ʕuljūm |
| Nominative | عُلْجُومٌ ʕuljūmun |
الْعُلْجُومُ al-ʕuljūmu |
عُلْجُومُ ʕuljūmu |
| Accusative | عُلْجُومًا ʕuljūman |
الْعُلْجُومَ al-ʕuljūma |
عُلْجُومَ ʕuljūma |
| Genitive | عُلْجُومٍ ʕuljūmin |
الْعُلْجُومِ al-ʕuljūmi |
عُلْجُومِ ʕuljūmi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | عُلْجُومَيْن ʕuljūmayn |
الْعُلْجُومَيْن al-ʕuljūmayn |
عُلْجُومَيْ ʕuljūmay |
| Nominative | عُلْجُومَانِ ʕuljūmāni |
الْعُلْجُومَانِ al-ʕuljūmāni |
عُلْجُومَا ʕuljūmā |
| Accusative | عُلْجُومَيْنِ ʕuljūmayni |
الْعُلْجُومَيْنِ al-ʕuljūmayni |
عُلْجُومَيْ ʕuljūmay |
| Genitive | عُلْجُومَيْنِ ʕuljūmayni |
الْعُلْجُومَيْنِ al-ʕuljūmayni |
عُلْجُومَيْ ʕuljūmay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | عَلَاجِيم ʕalājīm |
الْعَلَاجِيم al-ʕalājīm |
عَلَاجِيم ʕalājīm |
| Nominative | عَلَاجِيمُ ʕalājīmu |
الْعَلَاجِيمُ al-ʕalājīmu |
عَلَاجِيمُ ʕalājīmu |
| Accusative | عَلَاجِيمَ ʕalājīma |
الْعَلَاجِيمَ al-ʕalājīma |
عَلَاجِيمَ ʕalājīma |
| Genitive | عَلَاجِيمَ ʕalājīma |
الْعَلَاجِيمِ al-ʕalājīmi |
عَلَاجِيمِ ʕalājīmi |
Descendants
- → Hebrew: עלגום
References
- Blois, François de (1990) Burzōy’s Voyage to India and the Origin of the Book of Kalīlah wa Dimnah, London: Royal Asiatic Society, →ISBN, page 12