أسامة

Arabic

Etymology

Root
س م و (s m w)
11 terms

From the same root as اِسْم (ism, “name”), denoting an animal with a “name”, i.e. a “famed” one.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔu.saː.ma/

Noun

أُسَامَة • (ʔusāma) m (obsolete)

1. lion
2. (by extension) ferocious beast

Declension

• According to Lane (see below), the noun is grammatically definite and declined as such even without article, but can also occur with the article.

Declension of noun أُسَامَة (ʔusāma)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; singular of irregular noun
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أُسَامَة ʔusāma	الْأُسَامَة al-ʔusāma	أُسَامَة ʔusāmat
Nominative	أُسَامَةُ ʔusāmatu	الْأُسَامَةُ al-ʔusāmatu	أُسَامَةُ ʔusāmatu
Accusative	أُسَامَةَ ʔusāmata	الْأُسَامَةَ al-ʔusāmata	أُسَامَةَ ʔusāmata
Genitive	أُسَامَةِ ʔusāmati	الْأُسَامَةِ al-ʔusāmati	أُسَامَةِ ʔusāmati

Proper noun

أُسَامَة • (ʔusāma) m

1. a male given name, Osama or Usama

Declension

Declension of noun أُسَامَة (ʔusāma)

Singular	singular diptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	أُسَامَة ʔusāma	—
Nominative	—	أُسَامَةُ ʔusāmatu	—
Accusative	—	أُسَامَةَ ʔusāmata	—
Genitive	—	أُسَامَةَ ʔusāmata	—

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^[1] (in German), Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, page 292
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “أسامة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate