الخميس

Arabic

Etymology

Root
خ م س (ḵ m s)
11 terms

From the root of خَمْس (ḵams, “five”), taking a form that is common in adjectives: فَعِيل (faʕīl), as a phono-semantic matching of Classical Syriac ܚܰܡܶܫ ܒܫܱܒܴ݁ܐ (ḥammeš bəšabbā). Displaced مُؤْنِس (muʔnis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.xa.miːs/

Proper noun

الْخَمِيس • (al-ḵamīs) m

1. Thursday

   الْخَمِيسُ يَوْمُ إِجَازَةٍ فِي بَعْضِ ٱلْبُلْدَانِ ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةِ.

   al-ḵamīsu yawmu ʔijāzatin fī baʕḍi l-buldāni l-ʕarabiyyati.

   Thursday is a day off in some Arab countries.

Declension

Declension of noun اَلْخَمِيس (al-ḵamīs)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَمِيس ḵamīs	الْخَمِيس al-ḵamīs	خَمِيس ḵamīs
Nominative	خَمِيسٌ ḵamīsun	الْخَمِيسُ al-ḵamīsu	خَمِيسُ ḵamīsu
Accusative	خَمِيسًا ḵamīsan	الْخَمِيسَ al-ḵamīsa	خَمِيسَ ḵamīsa
Genitive	خَمِيسٍ ḵamīsin	الْخَمِيسِ al-ḵamīsi	خَمِيسِ ḵamīsi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَمِيسَيْن ḵamīsayn	الْخَمِيسَيْن al-ḵamīsayn	خَمِيسَيْ ḵamīsay
Nominative	خَمِيسَانِ ḵamīsāni	الْخَمِيسَانِ al-ḵamīsāni	خَمِيسَا ḵamīsā
Accusative	خَمِيسَيْنِ ḵamīsayni	الْخَمِيسَيْنِ al-ḵamīsayni	خَمِيسَيْ ḵamīsay
Genitive	خَمِيسَيْنِ ḵamīsayni	الْخَمِيسَيْنِ al-ḵamīsayni	خَمِيسَيْ ḵamīsay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَخْمِسَاء‎; أَخْمِسَة‎; أَخَامِس ʔaḵmisāʔ‎; ʔaḵmisa‎; ʔaḵāmis	الْأَخْمِسَاء‎; الْأَخْمِسَة‎; الْأَخَامِس al-ʔaḵmisāʔ‎; al-ʔaḵmisa‎; al-ʔaḵāmis	أَخْمِسَاء‎; أَخْمِسَة‎; أَخَامِس ʔaḵmisāʔ‎; ʔaḵmisat‎; ʔaḵāmis
Nominative	أَخْمِسَاءُ‎; أَخْمِسَةٌ‎; أَخَامِسُ ʔaḵmisāʔu‎; ʔaḵmisatun‎; ʔaḵāmisu	الْأَخْمِسَاءُ‎; الْأَخْمِسَةُ‎; الْأَخَامِسُ al-ʔaḵmisāʔu‎; al-ʔaḵmisatu‎; al-ʔaḵāmisu	أَخْمِسَاءُ‎; أَخْمِسَةُ‎; أَخَامِسُ ʔaḵmisāʔu‎; ʔaḵmisatu‎; ʔaḵāmisu
Accusative	أَخْمِسَاءَ‎; أَخْمِسَةً‎; أَخَامِسَ ʔaḵmisāʔa‎; ʔaḵmisatan‎; ʔaḵāmisa	الْأَخْمِسَاءَ‎; الْأَخْمِسَةَ‎; الْأَخَامِسَ al-ʔaḵmisāʔa‎; al-ʔaḵmisata‎; al-ʔaḵāmisa	أَخْمِسَاءَ‎; أَخْمِسَةَ‎; أَخَامِسَ ʔaḵmisāʔa‎; ʔaḵmisata‎; ʔaḵāmisa
Genitive	أَخْمِسَاءَ‎; أَخْمِسَةٍ‎; أَخَامِسَ ʔaḵmisāʔa‎; ʔaḵmisatin‎; ʔaḵāmisa	الْأَخْمِسَاءِ‎; الْأَخْمِسَةِ‎; الْأَخَامِسِ al-ʔaḵmisāʔi‎; al-ʔaḵmisati‎; al-ʔaḵāmisi	أَخْمِسَاءِ‎; أَخْمِسَةِ‎; أَخَامِسِ ʔaḵmisāʔi‎; ʔaḵmisati‎; ʔaḵāmisi

Synonyms

• يَوْم الْخَمِيس (yawm al-ḵamīs)

Descendants

• → Afar: kamíis
• → Maguindanao: Kammis
• → Malagasy: alakamisy
• → Malay: Khamis
  • → Indonesian: Khamis
• → Maranao: Kamis
• → Swahili: Alhamisi

See also

• (days of the week) أَيَّامُ الْأُسْبُوع (ʔayyāmu al-ʔusbūʕ); الْأَحَد (al-ʔaḥad), الْاِثْنَيْن (al-iṯnayn), الثُّلَاثَاء (aṯ-ṯulāṯāʔ), الْأَرْبِعَاء (al-ʔarbiʕāʔ), الْخَمِيس (al-ḵamīs), الْجُمُعَة (al-jumuʕa), السَّبْت (as-sabt) ^{(Category: ar:Days of the week)}

Hijazi Arabic

Root
خ م س
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic الْخَمِيس (al-ḵamīs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.xa.miːs/

Proper noun

الخميس • (al-ḵamīs) m

1. Thursday

See also

• (days of the week) أيّام الأسبوع (ʔayyām al-ʔusbūʕ); الأحد (al-ʔaḥad), الاثنين (al-ʔitnēn, al-ʔiṯnēn), الثلثا (at-tulata, aṯ-ṯulaṯa) or الثلوث (at-talūt, aṯ-ṯalūṯ), الأربعا (al-ʔarbiʕa) or الربوع (ar-rabūʕ), الخميس (al-ḵamīs), الجمعة (al-jumʕa), السبت (as-sabt) ^{(Category: acw:Days of the week)}

Moroccan Arabic

Root
خ م س
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic الْخَمِيس (al-ḵamīs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪl.xmiːs/, /lɪx.miːs/

Noun

الخميس • (el-ḵmīs, le-ḵmīs) m

1. Thursday

   Synonym: يوم الخميس (yūm el-ḵmīs, yūm le-ḵmīs)

See also

• (days of the week) إيام الأسبوع (ʔiyyām el-ʔusbūʕ); الحد (el-ḥadd), التنين (et-tnayn, et-tnīn), التلات (et-tlāt), الاربع (l-ārbaʕ)/الاربعة (l-ārbʕa), الخميس (el-ḵmīs, le-ḵmīs), الجمعة (ej-jamʕa), السبت (es-sabt) ^{(Category: ary:Days of the week)}

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic الْخَمِيس (al-ḵamīs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /il.xa.miːs/, [ɪl.xaˈmiːs]

• Audio (Amman):

  (file)

Proper noun

الخميس • (il-ḵamīs) m

1. Thursday

   Synonym: يوم الخميس (yōm il-ḵamīs)

See also

• (days of the week) أيّام الأسبوع (ʔayyām il-ʔusbūʕ); الأحد (il-ʔaḥad), الإتنين (il-ʔitnēn), التلاتا (it-talāta), الأربعا (il-ʔarbiʕa), الخميس (il-ḵamīs), الجمعة (il-jumʕa), السبت (is-sabt) ^{(Category: ajp:Days of the week)}