خمير
Arabic
Etymology
From the root خ م ر (ḵ-m-r).
Pronunciation
- (drunkard): IPA(key): /xim.miːr/
- (fermented): IPA(key): /xa.miːr/
Noun
خِمِّير • (ḵimmīr) m
- drunkard, tippler
Declension
Declension of noun خِمِّير (ḵimmīr)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | خِمِّير ḵimmīr | الْخِمِّير al-ḵimmīr | خِمِّير ḵimmīr |
| Nominative | خِمِّيرٌ ḵimmīrun | الْخِمِّيرُ al-ḵimmīru | خِمِّيرُ ḵimmīru |
| Accusative | خِمِّيرًا ḵimmīran | الْخِمِّيرَ al-ḵimmīra | خِمِّيرَ ḵimmīra |
| Genitive | خِمِّيرٍ ḵimmīrin | الْخِمِّيرِ al-ḵimmīri | خِمِّيرِ ḵimmīri |
Adjective
خَمِير • (ḵamīr)
- fermented, leavened
Declension
Declension of adjective خَمِير (ḵamīr)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | خَمِير ḵamīr | الْخَمِير al-ḵamīr | خَمِيرَة ḵamīra | الْخَمِيرَة al-ḵamīra |
| Nominative | خَمِيرٌ ḵamīrun | الْخَمِيرُ al-ḵamīru | خَمِيرَةٌ ḵamīratun | الْخَمِيرَةُ al-ḵamīratu |
| Accusative | خَمِيرًا ḵamīran | الْخَمِيرَ al-ḵamīra | خَمِيرَةً ḵamīratan | الْخَمِيرَةَ al-ḵamīrata |
| Genitive | خَمِيرٍ ḵamīrin | الْخَمِيرِ al-ḵamīri | خَمِيرَةٍ ḵamīratin | الْخَمِيرَةِ al-ḵamīrati |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | خَمِيرَيْن ḵamīrayn | الْخَمِيرَيْن al-ḵamīrayn | خَمِيرَتَيْن ḵamīratayn | الْخَمِيرَتَيْن al-ḵamīratayn |
| Nominative | خَمِيرَانِ ḵamīrāni | الْخَمِيرَانِ al-ḵamīrāni | خَمِيرَتَانِ ḵamīratāni | الْخَمِيرَتَانِ al-ḵamīratāni |
| Accusative | خَمِيرَيْنِ ḵamīrayni | الْخَمِيرَيْنِ al-ḵamīrayni | خَمِيرَتَيْنِ ḵamīratayni | الْخَمِيرَتَيْنِ al-ḵamīratayni |
| Genitive | خَمِيرَيْنِ ḵamīrayni | الْخَمِيرَيْنِ al-ḵamīrayni | خَمِيرَتَيْنِ ḵamīratayni | الْخَمِيرَتَيْنِ al-ḵamīratayni |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| — | — | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | — | — | — | — |
| Nominative | — | — | — | — |
| Accusative | — | — | — | — |
| Genitive | — | — | — | — |
Noun
خَمِير • (ḵamīr) m
- something fermented, particularly leavened bread
- ferment, leaven
Declension
Declension of noun خَمِير (ḵamīr)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | خَمِير ḵamīr | الْخَمِير al-ḵamīr | خَمِير ḵamīr |
| Nominative | خَمِيرٌ ḵamīrun | الْخَمِيرُ al-ḵamīru | خَمِيرُ ḵamīru |
| Accusative | خَمِيرًا ḵamīran | الْخَمِيرَ al-ḵamīra | خَمِيرَ ḵamīra |
| Genitive | خَمِيرٍ ḵamīrin | الْخَمِيرِ al-ḵamīri | خَمِيرِ ḵamīri |
Descendants
- → Persian: خمیر (xamir)
- → Azerbaijani: xəmir
- → Bashkir: ҡамыр (qamır)
- → Crimean Tatar: qamır
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: ख़मीर (xamīr)
- Urdu: خمیر (xamīr)
- → Kazakh: қамыр (qamyr)
- → Ottoman Turkish: خامور
- Turkish: hamur
- → Turkmen: hamyr
- → Uzbek: xamir
References
- Баранов, Х. К. (2011), “خمير”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “خمير”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 809c
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “خمير”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 302b