علجوم
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ع ل ج (ʿ-l-j) meaning “to be strong or sturdy”, “to be robust or bulky”, “to be massive”, “to be big or thick”, “to be long or tall”; a variant of عَلْجَن (ʿaljan, “a female camel with a bulkier male-like frame; a camel strong enough to use for work”). Applied semantically to a great variety of things mostly to animals of bulky shape, or for describing the male figure in the dichotomy of sexes of animals, like the generic usage of the terms bull or buck. The sense of a kingfisher derives from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn).
Noun
عُلْجُوم • (ʿuljūm) m (plural عَلَاجِيم (ʿalājīm))
- kingfisher, halcyon
- toad, male frog
- male duck, mallard
- male ostrich
- wild he-goat
- dragon
- deep water, big wave
- louse
- dense orchard of palm-trees
- darkness of night, big shadow blocking light
Declension
Declension of noun عُلْجُوم (ʿuljūm)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | عُلْجُوم ʿuljūm | الْعُلْجُوم al-ʿuljūm | عُلْجُوم ʿuljūm |
| Nominative | عُلْجُومٌ ʿuljūmun | الْعُلْجُومُ al-ʿuljūmu | عُلْجُومُ ʿuljūmu |
| Accusative | عُلْجُومًا ʿuljūman | الْعُلْجُومَ al-ʿuljūma | عُلْجُومَ ʿuljūma |
| Genitive | عُلْجُومٍ ʿuljūmin | الْعُلْجُومِ al-ʿuljūmi | عُلْجُومِ ʿuljūmi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | عُلْجُومَيْن ʿuljūmayn | الْعُلْجُومَيْن al-ʿuljūmayn | عُلْجُومَيْ ʿuljūmay |
| Nominative | عُلْجُومَانِ ʿuljūmāni | الْعُلْجُومَانِ al-ʿuljūmāni | عُلْجُومَا ʿuljūmā |
| Accusative | عُلْجُومَيْنِ ʿuljūmayni | الْعُلْجُومَيْنِ al-ʿuljūmayni | عُلْجُومَيْ ʿuljūmay |
| Genitive | عُلْجُومَيْنِ ʿuljūmayni | الْعُلْجُومَيْنِ al-ʿuljūmayni | عُلْجُومَيْ ʿuljūmay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | عَلَاجِيم ʿalājīm | الْعَلَاجِيم al-ʿalājīm | عَلَاجِيم ʿalājīm |
| Nominative | عَلَاجِيمُ ʿalājīmu | الْعَلَاجِيمُ al-ʿalājīmu | عَلَاجِيمُ ʿalājīmu |
| Accusative | عَلَاجِيمَ ʿalājīma | الْعَلَاجِيمَ al-ʿalājīma | عَلَاجِيمَ ʿalājīma |
| Genitive | عَلَاجِيمَ ʿalājīma | الْعَلَاجِيمِ al-ʿalājīmi | عَلَاجِيمِ ʿalājīmi |
Descendants
- → Hebrew: עלגום
References
- Blois, François de (1990) Burzōy’s Voyage to India and the Origin of the Book of Kalīlah wa Dimnah, London: Royal Asiatic Society, →ISBN, page 12