فحم

فحم

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ف ح م‎ (f-ḥ-m). Cognate with Hebrew פֶּחָם‎ (peḥām, “coal”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faħm/

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  • (Gulf) IPA^(key): /ˈfɐħəm/

Noun

فَحْم • (faḥm) m (collective, singulative فَحْمَة‎ (faḥma), plural فُحُوم‎ (fuḥūm))

1. (usually uncountable) coal, charcoal

   ‏فَحْم حَجَرِيّ‎ ― faḥm ḥajariyy ― coal (carbon rock)

   ‏فَحْم الْخَشَب‎ ― faḥm al-ḵašab ― charcoal

Declension

Declension of noun فَحْم (faḥm)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَحْم faḥm	الْفَحْم‎ al-faḥm	فَحْم faḥm
Nominative	فَحْمٌ faḥmun	الْفَحْمُ‎ al-faḥmu	فَحْمُ faḥmu
Accusative	فَحْمًا‎ faḥman	الْفَحْمَ‎ al-faḥma	فَحْمَ faḥma
Genitive	فَحْمٍ faḥmin	الْفَحْمِ‎ al-faḥmi	فَحْمِ faḥmi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَحْمَيْن‎ faḥmayn	الْفَحْمَيْن‎ al-faḥmayn	فَحْمَيْ‎ faḥmay
Nominative	فَحْمَانِ‎ faḥmāni	الْفَحْمَانِ‎ al-faḥmāni	فَحْمَا‎ faḥmā
Accusative	فَحْمَيْنِ‎ faḥmayni	الْفَحْمَيْنِ‎ al-faḥmayni	فَحْمَيْ‎ faḥmay
Genitive	فَحْمَيْنِ‎ faḥmayni	الْفَحْمَيْنِ‎ al-faḥmayni	فَحْمَيْ‎ faḥmay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُحُوم‎ fuḥūm	الْفُحُوم‎ al-fuḥūm	فُحُوم‎ fuḥūm
Nominative	فُحُومٌ‎ fuḥūmun	الْفُحُومُ‎ al-fuḥūmu	فُحُومُ‎ fuḥūmu
Accusative	فُحُومًا‎ fuḥūman	الْفُحُومَ‎ al-fuḥūma	فُحُومَ‎ fuḥūma
Genitive	فُحُومٍ‎ fuḥūmin	الْفُحُومِ‎ al-fuḥūmi	فُحُومِ‎ fuḥūmi

Derived terms

• فَحْمَة‎ (faḥma, “coal (singulative)”)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “فحم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN