نعام
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ن ع م (n-ʿ-m). Else found in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic נַעָמׅיתָה (naʿāmīṯā), Jewish Palestinian Aramaic נעמיתה, Jewish Literary Aramaic נַעֳמָא (naʿămā), נַעֲמִיתָא (naʿămīṯā), נַעָמִיתָא (naʿāmīṯā), Christian Palestinian Aramaic ܢܥܡܝܬܐ, Classical Syriac ܢܰܥܳܡܳܐ (naʿāmā. naʿʿāmā), Mishnaic Hebrew נָעֳמׅית (nɔ̄ʾɔ̄mīṯ, “ostrich”). Hommel declared them to be borrowed from Arabic in spite of their early attestation due to the bird’s preferring semiarid conditions, but its distribution, now not even concluding Arabia, seems to have extended even into Aram, so the term may be of shared Central Semitic origin.
Noun
نَعَام • (naʿām) m (collective, singulative نَعَامَة f (naʿāma), plural نَعَائِم (naʿāʾim))
- ostrich, ostriches
Declension
Collective | basic collective triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | نَعَام naʿām | النَّعَام an-naʿām | نَعَام naʿām |
Nominative | نَعَامٌ naʿāmun | النَّعَامُ an-naʿāmu | نَعَامُ naʿāmu |
Accusative | نَعَامًا naʿāman | النَّعَامَ an-naʿāma | نَعَامَ naʿāma |
Genitive | نَعَامٍ naʿāmin | النَّعَامِ an-naʿāmi | نَعَامِ naʿāmi |
Singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | نَعَامَة naʿāma | النَّعَامَة an-naʿāma | نَعَامَة naʿāmat |
Nominative | نَعَامَةٌ naʿāmatun | النَّعَامَةُ an-naʿāmatu | نَعَامَةُ naʿāmatu |
Accusative | نَعَامَةً naʿāmatan | النَّعَامَةَ an-naʿāmata | نَعَامَةَ naʿāmata |
Genitive | نَعَامَةٍ naʿāmatin | النَّعَامَةِ an-naʿāmati | نَعَامَةِ naʿāmati |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | نَعَامَتَيْن naʿāmatayn | النَّعَامَتَيْن an-naʿāmatayn | نَعَامَتَيْ naʿāmatay |
Nominative | نَعَامَتَانِ naʿāmatāni | النَّعَامَتَانِ an-naʿāmatāni | نَعَامَتَا naʿāmatā |
Accusative | نَعَامَتَيْنِ naʿāmatayni | النَّعَامَتَيْنِ an-naʿāmatayni | نَعَامَتَيْ naʿāmatay |
Genitive | نَعَامَتَيْنِ naʿāmatayni | النَّعَامَتَيْنِ an-naʿāmatayni | نَعَامَتَيْ naʿāmatay |
Paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | نَعَامَات naʿāmāt | النَّعَامَات an-naʿāmāt | نَعَامَات naʿāmāt |
Nominative | نَعَامَاتٌ naʿāmātun | النَّعَامَاتُ an-naʿāmātu | نَعَامَاتُ naʿāmātu |
Accusative | نَعَامَاتٍ naʿāmātin | النَّعَامَاتِ an-naʿāmāti | نَعَامَاتِ naʿāmāti |
Genitive | نَعَامَاتٍ naʿāmātin | النَّعَامَاتِ an-naʿāmāti | نَعَامَاتِ naʿāmāti |
Plural of variety | basic broken plural diptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | نَعَائِم naʿāʾim | النَّعَائِم an-naʿāʾim | نَعَائِم naʿāʾim |
Nominative | نَعَائِمُ naʿāʾimu | النَّعَائِمُ an-naʿāʾimu | نَعَائِمُ naʿāʾimu |
Accusative | نَعَائِمَ naʿāʾima | النَّعَائِمَ an-naʿāʾima | نَعَائِمَ naʿāʾima |
Genitive | نَعَائِمَ naʿāʾima | النَّعَائِمِ an-naʿāʾimi | نَعَائِمِ naʿāʾimi |
See also
- رَأْل (raʾl, “the young of an ostrich”)
References
- Hommel, Fritz (1879) Die Namen der Säugethiere bei den südsemitischen Völkern als Beiträge zur arabischen und äthiopischen Lexicographie, zur semitischen Kulturforschung und Sprachvergleichung und zur Geschichte der Mittelmeerfauna. Mit steter Berücksichtigung auch der assyrischen und hebräischen Thiernamen und geographischen und literaturgeschichtlichen Excursen (in German), Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, pages 411–412
- Militarev, Alexander; Kogan, Leonid (2005) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volume II: Animal Names, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, page 207, No. 155
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1879), “Die Namen der Säugethiere bei den südsemitischen Völkern als Beiträge zur arabischen und äthiopischen Lexicographie, zur semitischen Kulturforschung und Sprachvergleichung und zur Geschichte der Mittelmeerfauna. Mit steter Berücksichtigung auch der assyrischen und hebräischen Thiernamen und geographischen und literaturgeschichtlichen Excursen von Fritz Hommel. Leipzig 1879, J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung XX und 471 S. in Octav”, in Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen (in German), pages 1263–1264
Moroccan Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic نَعَام (naʿām).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nʕaːm/
Noun
نعام • (nʕām) m (collective, singulative نعامة f (nʕāma), paucal نعامات (nʕāmāt))
- ostriches