شيخوخة
Arabic
Alternative forms
- شَيْخُوخِيَّة (šayḵūḵiyya)
Etymology
From the root ش ي خ (š-y-ḵ)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃaj.xuː.xa/
Noun
شَيْخُوخَة • (šayḵūḵa) f
- verbal noun of شَاخَ (šāḵa) (form I)
- old age
Declension
Declension of noun شَيْخُوخَة (šayḵūḵa)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | شَيْخُوخَة šayḵūḵa | الشَّيْخُوخَة aš-šayḵūḵa | شَيْخُوخَة šayḵūḵat |
Nominative | شَيْخُوخَةٌ šayḵūḵatun | الشَّيْخُوخَةُ aš-šayḵūḵatu | شَيْخُوخَةُ šayḵūḵatu |
Accusative | شَيْخُوخَةً šayḵūḵatan | الشَّيْخُوخَةَ aš-šayḵūḵata | شَيْخُوخَةَ šayḵūḵata |
Genitive | شَيْخُوخَةٍ šayḵūḵatin | الشَّيْخُوخَةِ aš-šayḵūḵati | شَيْخُوخَةِ šayḵūḵati |
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “شيخوخة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen