أردمون

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀρτέμων (artémōn). Also found as Classical Syriac ܐܰܪܛܶܡܘܿܢܳܐ (arṭemōnā) and Latin artemōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔar.da.muːn/

Noun

أَرْدَمُون • (ʔardamūn) m (obsolete)

1. foresail at the mizzenmast
   • a. 608, by زُهَيْرُ بْنُ أَبِي سُلْمَى (zuhayru bnu ʔabī sulmā)

     إِذَا تَرَامَت بِهَا الدَيْمُومَةُ الْجَدَدُ / عَوْمَ الْقَوَادِسِ قَفَّى الْأَرْدَمُونَ بِهَا / إِذَا تَرَامَى بِهَا الْمُغْلَوْلِبُ الزَبِدُ / بِفِتْيَةٍ كَسُيُوفِ الْهِنْدِ يَبْعَثُهُم

     ʔiḏā tarāmat bi-hā d-daymūmatu l-jadadu / ʕawma l-qawādisi qaffā l-ʔardamūna bi-hā / ʔiḏā tarāmā bi-hā l-muḡlawlibu z-zabidu / bi-fityatin ka-suyūfi l-hindi yabʕaṯu-hum

     When the wasteland of the hard soil was reached / by floating in the barges, they put up behind them the foresail / And when the luxuriance of foam / hit the young men, it sent them forth like Indian swords.

Declension

Declension of noun أَرْدَمُون (ʔardamūn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَرْدَمُون ʔardamūn	الْأَرْدَمُون al-ʔardamūn	أَرْدَمُون ʔardamūn
Nominative	أَرْدَمُونٌ ʔardamūnun	الْأَرْدَمُونُ al-ʔardamūnu	أَرْدَمُونُ ʔardamūnu
Accusative	أَرْدَمُونًا ʔardamūnan	الْأَرْدَمُونَ al-ʔardamūna	أَرْدَمُونَ ʔardamūna
Genitive	أَرْدَمُونٍ ʔardamūnin	الْأَرْدَمُونِ al-ʔardamūni	أَرْدَمُونِ ʔardamūni

References

• Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 10
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “أردمون”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[2] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 18
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 225–226