مومس

Arabic

Alternative forms

مُومِسَة (mūmisa)

Etymology

From the root و م س (w-m-s) meaning "to rub or polish with a rag", likening them to a dirty, filthy, used-up rag; parallel semantic development is found in the word شرموطة.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /muː.mis/

Noun

مُومِس • (mūmis) f (plural مُومِسات (mūmisāt))

(derogatory) wench, hooker, tramp

Declension

Declension of noun مُومِس (mūmis)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُومِس mūmis	الْمُومِس al-mūmis	مُومِس mūmis
Nominative	مُومِسٌ mūmisun	الْمُومِسُ al-mūmisu	مُومِسُ mūmisu
Accusative	مُومِسًا mūmisan	الْمُومِسَ al-mūmisa	مُومِسَ mūmisa
Genitive	مُومِسٍ mūmisin	الْمُومِسِ al-mūmisi	مُومِسِ mūmisi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُومِسَيْن mūmisayn	الْمُومِسَيْن al-mūmisayn	مُومِسَيْ mūmisay
Nominative	مُومِسَانِ mūmisāni	الْمُومِسَانِ al-mūmisāni	مُومِسَا mūmisā
Accusative	مُومِسَيْنِ mūmisayni	الْمُومِسَيْنِ al-mūmisayni	مُومِسَيْ mūmisay
Genitive	مُومِسَيْنِ mūmisayni	الْمُومِسَيْنِ al-mūmisayni	مُومِسَيْ mūmisay
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُومِسات mūmisāt	الْمُومِسات al-mūmisāt	مُومِسات mūmisāt
Nominative	مُومِساتٌ mūmisātun	الْمُومِساتُ al-mūmisātu	مُومِساتُ mūmisātu
Accusative	مُومِساتٍ mūmisātin	الْمُومِساتِ al-mūmisāti	مُومِساتِ mūmisāti
Genitive	مُومِساتٍ mūmisātin	الْمُومِساتِ al-mūmisāti	مُومِساتِ mūmisāti

References

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