مشيمة
Arabic
sense 1
sense 2
Etymology
From the root ش ي م (š-y-m).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ʃiː.ma/
Noun
مَشِيمَة • (mašīma) f (plural مَشَايِم (mašāyim)) (countable)
- a sac that encloses the embryo or the fetus during gestation, the amnion or the chorion, the fetal membrane
- Synonyms: كِيس (kīs), سَلَى (salā), حَوْرَان (ḥawrān), قَمِيص (qamīṣ)
- (modern) the round or disk-shaped organ that grows during pregnancy in the wombs of the females of many species of child-bearing mammals (placental mammals) so as to transfer nutrients to the child, the placenta
Declension
Declension of noun مَشِيمَة (mašīma)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَشِيمَة mašīma | الْمَشِيمَة al-mašīma | مَشِيمَة mašīmat |
| Nominative | مَشِيمَةٌ mašīmatun | الْمَشِيمَةُ al-mašīmatu | مَشِيمَةُ mašīmatu |
| Accusative | مَشِيمَةً mašīmatan | الْمَشِيمَةَ al-mašīmata | مَشِيمَةَ mašīmata |
| Genitive | مَشِيمَةٍ mašīmatin | الْمَشِيمَةِ al-mašīmati | مَشِيمَةِ mašīmati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | مَشِيمَتَيْن mašīmatayn | الْمَشِيمَتَيْن al-mašīmatayn | مَشِيمَتَيْ mašīmatay |
| Nominative | مَشِيمَتَانِ mašīmatāni | الْمَشِيمَتَانِ al-mašīmatāni | مَشِيمَتَا mašīmatā |
| Accusative | مَشِيمَتَيْنِ mašīmatayni | الْمَشِيمَتَيْنِ al-mašīmatayni | مَشِيمَتَيْ mašīmatay |
| Genitive | مَشِيمَتَيْنِ mašīmatayni | الْمَشِيمَتَيْنِ al-mašīmatayni | مَشِيمَتَيْ mašīmatay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَشَايِم mašāyim | الْمَشَايِم al-mašāyim | مَشَايِم mašāyim |
| Nominative | مَشَايِمُ mašāyimu | الْمَشَايِمُ al-mašāyimu | مَشَايِمُ mašāyimu |
| Accusative | مَشَايِمَ mašāyima | الْمَشَايِمَ al-mašāyima | مَشَايِمَ mašāyima |
| Genitive | مَشَايِمَ mašāyima | الْمَشَايِمِ al-mašāyimi | مَشَايِمِ mašāyimi |
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “مشيمة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1635
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “مشيمة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 690