شمام
Arabic
Etymology
Formed as a characteristic adjective from the root ش م م (š-m-m) related to smell.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃam.maːm/
Noun
شَمَّام • (šammām) m (collective, singulative شَمَّامَة f (šammāma))
- apple melon (Cucumis melo var. dudaim) (originally, in Classical Arabic)
- cantaloupe (Cucumis melo var. cantalupo syn. Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis)
Declension
Declension of noun شَمَّام (šammām)
| Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | شَمَّام šammām | الشَّمَّام aš-šammām | شَمَّام šammām |
| Nominative | شَمَّامٌ šammāmun | الشَّمَّامُ aš-šammāmu | شَمَّامُ šammāmu |
| Accusative | شَمَّامًا šammāman | الشَّمَّامَ aš-šammāma | شَمَّامَ šammāma |
| Genitive | شَمَّامٍ šammāmin | الشَّمَّامِ aš-šammāmi | شَمَّامِ šammāmi |
| Singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | شَمَّامَة šammāma | الشَّمَّامَة aš-šammāma | شَمَّامَة šammāmat |
| Nominative | شَمَّامَةٌ šammāmatun | الشَّمَّامَةُ aš-šammāmatu | شَمَّامَةُ šammāmatu |
| Accusative | شَمَّامَةً šammāmatan | الشَّمَّامَةَ aš-šammāmata | شَمَّامَةَ šammāmata |
| Genitive | شَمَّامَةٍ šammāmatin | الشَّمَّامَةِ aš-šammāmati | شَمَّامَةِ šammāmati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | شَمَّامَتَيْن šammāmatayn | الشَّمَّامَتَيْن aš-šammāmatayn | شَمَّامَتَيْ šammāmatay |
| Nominative | شَمَّامَتَانِ šammāmatāni | الشَّمَّامَتَانِ aš-šammāmatāni | شَمَّامَتَا šammāmatā |
| Accusative | شَمَّامَتَيْنِ šammāmatayni | الشَّمَّامَتَيْنِ aš-šammāmatayni | شَمَّامَتَيْ šammāmatay |
| Genitive | شَمَّامَتَيْنِ šammāmatayni | الشَّمَّامَتَيْنِ aš-šammāmatayni | شَمَّامَتَيْ šammāmatay |
| Paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | شَمَّامَات šammāmāt | الشَّمَّامَات aš-šammāmāt | شَمَّامَات šammāmāt |
| Nominative | شَمَّامَاتٌ šammāmātun | الشَّمَّامَاتُ aš-šammāmātu | شَمَّامَاتُ šammāmātu |
| Accusative | شَمَّامَاتٍ šammāmātin | الشَّمَّامَاتِ aš-šammāmāti | شَمَّامَاتِ šammāmāti |
| Genitive | شَمَّامَاتٍ šammāmātin | الشَّمَّامَاتِ aš-šammāmāti | شَمَّامَاتِ šammāmāti |
Descendants
- → Middle Armenian: շամամ (šamam)
- → Malayalam: ഷമാം (ṣamāṃ)
- → Persian: شمام (šammâm)
- → Tigrinya: ሸማም (šämam)
References
- Behnstedt, Peter; Woidich, Manfred (2010) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, DOI:, →ISBN, page 514