ثغام

Arabic

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Etymology

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Noun

ثَغَام • (ṯaḡām) m (collective, singulative ثَغَامَة f (ṯaḡāma))

1. Stipagrostis spp.

   Synonyms: سَبَط (sabaṭ), نَصِيّ (naṣiyy)

2. whiteness

Declension

Declension of noun ثَغَام (ṯaḡām)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثَغَام ṯaḡām	الثَّغَام aṯ-ṯaḡām	ثَغَام ṯaḡām
Nominative	ثَغَامٌ ṯaḡāmun	الثَّغَامُ aṯ-ṯaḡāmu	ثَغَامُ ṯaḡāmu
Accusative	ثَغَامًا ṯaḡāman	الثَّغَامَ aṯ-ṯaḡāma	ثَغَامَ ṯaḡāma
Genitive	ثَغَامٍ ṯaḡāmin	الثَّغَامِ aṯ-ṯaḡāmi	ثَغَامِ ṯaḡāmi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثَغَامَة ṯaḡāma	الثَّغَامَة aṯ-ṯaḡāma	ثَغَامَة ṯaḡāmat
Nominative	ثَغَامَةٌ ṯaḡāmatun	الثَّغَامَةُ aṯ-ṯaḡāmatu	ثَغَامَةُ ṯaḡāmatu
Accusative	ثَغَامَةً ṯaḡāmatan	الثَّغَامَةَ aṯ-ṯaḡāmata	ثَغَامَةَ ṯaḡāmata
Genitive	ثَغَامَةٍ ṯaḡāmatin	الثَّغَامَةِ aṯ-ṯaḡāmati	ثَغَامَةِ ṯaḡāmati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثَغَامَتَيْن ṯaḡāmatayn	الثَّغَامَتَيْن aṯ-ṯaḡāmatayn	ثَغَامَتَيْ ṯaḡāmatay
Nominative	ثَغَامَتَانِ ṯaḡāmatāni	الثَّغَامَتَانِ aṯ-ṯaḡāmatāni	ثَغَامَتَا ṯaḡāmatā
Accusative	ثَغَامَتَيْنِ ṯaḡāmatayni	الثَّغَامَتَيْنِ aṯ-ṯaḡāmatayni	ثَغَامَتَيْ ṯaḡāmatay
Genitive	ثَغَامَتَيْنِ ṯaḡāmatayni	الثَّغَامَتَيْنِ aṯ-ṯaḡāmatayni	ثَغَامَتَيْ ṯaḡāmatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثَغَامَات ṯaḡāmāt	الثَّغَامَات aṯ-ṯaḡāmāt	ثَغَامَات ṯaḡāmāt
Nominative	ثَغَامَاتٌ ṯaḡāmātun	الثَّغَامَاتُ aṯ-ṯaḡāmātu	ثَغَامَاتُ ṯaḡāmātu
Accusative	ثَغَامَاتٍ ṯaḡāmātin	الثَّغَامَاتِ aṯ-ṯaḡāmāti	ثَغَامَاتِ ṯaḡāmāti
Genitive	ثَغَامَاتٍ ṯaḡāmātin	الثَّغَامَاتِ aṯ-ṯaḡāmāti	ثَغَامَاتِ ṯaḡāmāti

Derived terms

• أَثْغَمَ (ʔaṯḡama, “to abound with Stipagrostis; to abound with whiteness”)
• ثَاغِم (ṯāḡim, “white”)

References

• “ثغام” in Almaany
• Freytag, Georg (1830) “ثغام”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 219
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ثغام”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 339
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ثغام”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 152