إثمد
Arabic
Etymology
By form a metathesis away from Coptic ⲉⲥⲑⲏⲙ (esthēm), though derivation from an unattested oblique δ (d) form of Ancient Greek στίμμι (stímmi) has been suggested, ultimately from Egyptian msdmt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔiθ.mid/
Noun
إِثْمِد • (ʾiṯmid) m
- antimony, antimony ore
- antimony powder ointment, kohl
Declension
Declension of noun إِثْمِد (ʾiṯmid)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | إِثْمِد ʾiṯmid | الْإِثْمِد al-ʾiṯmid | إِثْمِد ʾiṯmid |
| Nominative | إِثْمِدٌ ʾiṯmidun | الْإِثْمِدُ al-ʾiṯmidu | إِثْمِدُ ʾiṯmidu |
| Accusative | إِثْمِدًا ʾiṯmidan | الْإِثْمِدَ al-ʾiṯmida | إِثْمِدَ ʾiṯmida |
| Genitive | إِثْمِدٍ ʾiṯmidin | الْإِثْمِدِ al-ʾiṯmidi | إِثْمِدِ ʾiṯmidi |
Synonyms
- (antimony or antimony powder): كُحْل (kuḥl), أَنْتِيمُون (ʾantīmūn), رَاسُخْت (rāsuḵt), تمونية (timūnya) (Egyptian Arabic)
Descendants
- → Latin: antimonium
- → English: antimony
References
- “إثمد” in Almaany
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 153
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “إثمد”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 7