ثغام
Arabic
تِفَاف
Etymology
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Noun
ثَغَام • (ṯaḡām) m (collective, singulative ثَغَامَة f (ṯaḡāma))
- Stipagrostis spp.
- Synonyms: سَبَط (sabaṭ), نَصِيّ (naṣiyy)
- whiteness
Declension
Declension of noun ثَغَام (ṯaḡām)
| Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | ثَغَام ṯaḡām | الثَّغَام aṯ-ṯaḡām | ثَغَام ṯaḡām |
| Nominative | ثَغَامٌ ṯaḡāmun | الثَّغَامُ aṯ-ṯaḡāmu | ثَغَامُ ṯaḡāmu |
| Accusative | ثَغَامًا ṯaḡāman | الثَّغَامَ aṯ-ṯaḡāma | ثَغَامَ ṯaḡāma |
| Genitive | ثَغَامٍ ṯaḡāmin | الثَّغَامِ aṯ-ṯaḡāmi | ثَغَامِ ṯaḡāmi |
| Singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | ثَغَامَة ṯaḡāma | الثَّغَامَة aṯ-ṯaḡāma | ثَغَامَة ṯaḡāmat |
| Nominative | ثَغَامَةٌ ṯaḡāmatun | الثَّغَامَةُ aṯ-ṯaḡāmatu | ثَغَامَةُ ṯaḡāmatu |
| Accusative | ثَغَامَةً ṯaḡāmatan | الثَّغَامَةَ aṯ-ṯaḡāmata | ثَغَامَةَ ṯaḡāmata |
| Genitive | ثَغَامَةٍ ṯaḡāmatin | الثَّغَامَةِ aṯ-ṯaḡāmati | ثَغَامَةِ ṯaḡāmati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | ثَغَامَتَيْن ṯaḡāmatayn | الثَّغَامَتَيْن aṯ-ṯaḡāmatayn | ثَغَامَتَيْ ṯaḡāmatay |
| Nominative | ثَغَامَتَانِ ṯaḡāmatāni | الثَّغَامَتَانِ aṯ-ṯaḡāmatāni | ثَغَامَتَا ṯaḡāmatā |
| Accusative | ثَغَامَتَيْنِ ṯaḡāmatayni | الثَّغَامَتَيْنِ aṯ-ṯaḡāmatayni | ثَغَامَتَيْ ṯaḡāmatay |
| Genitive | ثَغَامَتَيْنِ ṯaḡāmatayni | الثَّغَامَتَيْنِ aṯ-ṯaḡāmatayni | ثَغَامَتَيْ ṯaḡāmatay |
| Paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | ثَغَامَات ṯaḡāmāt | الثَّغَامَات aṯ-ṯaḡāmāt | ثَغَامَات ṯaḡāmāt |
| Nominative | ثَغَامَاتٌ ṯaḡāmātun | الثَّغَامَاتُ aṯ-ṯaḡāmātu | ثَغَامَاتُ ṯaḡāmātu |
| Accusative | ثَغَامَاتٍ ṯaḡāmātin | الثَّغَامَاتِ aṯ-ṯaḡāmāti | ثَغَامَاتِ ṯaḡāmāti |
| Genitive | ثَغَامَاتٍ ṯaḡāmātin | الثَّغَامَاتِ aṯ-ṯaḡāmāti | ثَغَامَاتِ ṯaḡāmāti |
Derived terms
- أَثْغَمَ (ʾaṯḡama, “to abound with Stipagrostis; to abound with whiteness”)
- ثَاغِم (ṯāḡim, “white”)
References
- “ثغام” in Almaany
- Freytag, Georg (1830), “ثغام”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 219
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “ثغام”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 339
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “ثغام”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 152