حلقوم
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ح ل ق (ḥ-l-q) meaning "to razor something", hence the place or portions severed when slaughtering an animal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ħul.quːm/
Noun
حُلْقُوم • (ḥulqūm) m (plural حَلَاقِيم (ḥalāqīm))
- throat, gullet
- esophagus, place of the epiglottis
- trachea, windpipe
- fauces
- ellipsis of رَاحَةُ ٱلْحُلْقُوم (rāḥatu l-ḥulqūm).
Declension
Declension of noun حُلْقُوم (ḥulqūm)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | حُلْقُوم ḥulqūm | الْحُلْقُوم al-ḥulqūm | حُلْقُوم ḥulqūm |
Nominative | حُلْقُومٌ ḥulqūmun | الْحُلْقُومُ al-ḥulqūmu | حُلْقُومُ ḥulqūmu |
Accusative | حُلْقُومًا ḥulqūman | الْحُلْقُومَ al-ḥulqūma | حُلْقُومَ ḥulqūma |
Genitive | حُلْقُومٍ ḥulqūmin | الْحُلْقُومِ al-ḥulqūmi | حُلْقُومِ ḥulqūmi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | حُلْقُومَيْن ḥulqūmayn | الْحُلْقُومَيْن al-ḥulqūmayn | حُلْقُومَيْ ḥulqūmay |
Nominative | حُلْقُومَانِ ḥulqūmāni | الْحُلْقُومَانِ al-ḥulqūmāni | حُلْقُومَا ḥulqūmā |
Accusative | حُلْقُومَيْنِ ḥulqūmayni | الْحُلْقُومَيْنِ al-ḥulqūmayni | حُلْقُومَيْ ḥulqūmay |
Genitive | حُلْقُومَيْنِ ḥulqūmayni | الْحُلْقُومَيْنِ al-ḥulqūmayni | حُلْقُومَيْ ḥulqūmay |
Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | حَلَاقِيم ḥalāqīm | الْحَلَاقِيم al-ḥalāqīm | حَلَاقِيم ḥalāqīm |
Nominative | حَلَاقِيمُ ḥalāqīmu | الْحَلَاقِيمُ al-ḥalāqīmu | حَلَاقِيمُ ḥalāqīmu |
Accusative | حَلَاقِيمَ ḥalāqīma | الْحَلَاقِيمَ al-ḥalāqīma | حَلَاقِيمَ ḥalāqīma |
Genitive | حَلَاقِيمَ ḥalāqīma | الْحَلَاقِيمِ al-ḥalāqīmi | حَلَاقِيمِ ḥalāqīmi |
Derived terms
- رَاحَةُ ٱلْحُلْقُوم (rāḥatu l-ḥulqūm, “Turkish delight”)
Descendants
- Bengali: ওলকম (olôkômô)
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “حلقوم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “حلقوم”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 628-631