أدهم

See also: ادهم and ادہم

Arabic

Etymology

Color or defect adjective from the root د ه م (d-h-m).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔad.ham/

Adjective

أَدْهَم • (ʔadham) (feminine دَهْمَاء (dahmāʔ), common plural دُهْم (duhm))

1. shady, darkened much, almost black

Declension

Declension of adjective أَدْهَم (ʔadham)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَدْهَم ʔadham	الْأَدْهَم al-ʔadham	دَهْمَاء dahmāʔ	الدَّهْمَاء ad-dahmāʔ
Nominative	أَدْهَمُ ʔadhamu	الْأَدْهَمُ al-ʔadhamu	دَهْمَاءُ dahmāʔu	الدَّهْمَاءُ ad-dahmāʔu
Accusative	أَدْهَمَ ʔadhama	الْأَدْهَمَ al-ʔadhama	دَهْمَاءَ dahmāʔa	الدَّهْمَاءَ ad-dahmāʔa
Genitive	أَدْهَمَ ʔadhama	الْأَدْهَمِ al-ʔadhami	دَهْمَاءَ dahmāʔa	الدَّهْمَاءِ ad-dahmāʔi
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَدْهَمَيْن ʔadhamayn	الْأَدْهَمَيْن al-ʔadhamayn	دَهْمَاوَيْن dahmāwayn	الدَّهْمَاوَيْن ad-dahmāwayn
Nominative	أَدْهَمَانِ ʔadhamāni	الْأَدْهَمَانِ al-ʔadhamāni	دَهْمَاوَانِ dahmāwāni	الدَّهْمَاوَانِ ad-dahmāwāni
Accusative	أَدْهَمَيْنِ ʔadhamayni	الْأَدْهَمَيْنِ al-ʔadhamayni	دَهْمَاوَيْنِ dahmāwayni	الدَّهْمَاوَيْنِ ad-dahmāwayni
Genitive	أَدْهَمَيْنِ ʔadhamayni	الْأَدْهَمَيْنِ al-ʔadhamayni	دَهْمَاوَيْنِ dahmāwayni	الدَّهْمَاوَيْنِ ad-dahmāwayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	دُهْم duhm	الدُّهْم ad-duhm	دُهْم duhm	الدُّهْم ad-duhm
Nominative	دُهْمٌ duhmun	الدُّهْمُ ad-duhmu	دُهْمٌ duhmun	الدُّهْمُ ad-duhmu
Accusative	دُهْمًا duhman	الدُّهْمَ ad-duhma	دُهْمًا duhman	الدُّهْمَ ad-duhma
Genitive	دُهْمٍ duhmin	الدُّهْمِ ad-duhmi	دُهْمٍ duhmin	الدُّهْمِ ad-duhmi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ədhəm
• → Ottoman Turkish: ادهم (edhem)
  • Turkish: ethem
• → Persian: ادهم (adham)
• → Urdu: اَدْہَم (adham)

See also

Colors in Arabic · أَلْوَان (ʔalwān) (layout · text)

أَبْيَض (ʔabyaḍ), أَشْيَب (ʔašyab)	رَمَادِيّ (ramādiyy), أَشْهَب (ʔašhab), أَغْبَر (ʔaḡbar), أَعْفَر (ʔaʕfar), رَصَاصِيّ‎ (raṣāṣiyy)	أَسْوَد (ʔaswad), غِرْبِيب (ḡirbīb), أَحَمّ (ʔaḥamm), أَدْهَم (ʔadham)
أَحْمَر (ʔaḥmar), أَصْهَب (ʔaṣhab); قِرْمِزِيّ (qirmiziyy)	أَمْغَر (ʔamḡar), بُرْتُقَالِيّ (burtuqāliyy); بُنِّيّ (bunniyy), أَسْمَر (ʔasmar), أَشْعَل (ʔašʕal), أَشْهَل (ʔašhal)	أَصْفَر (ʔaṣfar), أَشْقَر (ʔašqar); قِشْدِيّ (qišdiyy)
لِيمِيّ (līmiyy)	أَخْضَر (ʔaḵḍar), أَحْوَى (ʔaḥwā)	نَعْنَاعِيّ (naʕnāʕiyy), زُمُرُّدِيّ‎‎ (zumurrudiyy)
سَمَاوِيّ (samāwiyy), فَيْرُوزِيّ (fayrūziyy); حَذَفِيّ (ḥaḏafiyy), شَرْشِيرِيّ (šaršīriyy)	لَازُوَرْدِيّ (lāzuwardiyy), بَحْرِيّ‎‎ (baḥriyy)	أَزْرَق (ʔazraq)
بَنَفْسَجِيّ (banafsajiyy), فِرْفِيرِيّ (firfīriyy); نِيلِيّ (nīliyy)	فُوشِيّ (fūšiyy); أُرْجُوَانِيّ (ʔurjuwāniyy)	وَرْدِيّ (wardiyy), زَهْرِيّ‎ (zahriyy)

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “أدهم”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 467, Leiden: E. J. Brill
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “أدهم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 66
• Müller, Juliane (2013) “Die Farben des Koran. Semantik und Funktion der koranischen Farbbezeichnungen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[3] (in German), volume 163, page 133
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “أدهم”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 409

Proper noun

أَدْهَم • (ʔadham) m

1. a male given name, Adham

Declension

Declension of noun أَدْهَم (ʔadham)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	أَدْهَم ʔadham	—
Nominative	—	أَدْهَمُ ʔadhamu	—
Accusative	—	أَدْهَمَ ʔadhama	—
Genitive	—	أَدْهَمَ ʔadhama	—

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: Ədhəm
• → Bashkir: Әҙһәм (Əźhəm)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ادهم (Edhem)
  • Turkish: Ethem
• → Tatar: Әдһәм (Ädhäm)