ثمام

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ث م م (ṯ-m-m) which means in the base stem “to repair, to put in a good state”, for this plant has been used for thatching huts, bags have been covered with it to protect contents from the sun, and other mendings are undertaken with it.

Noun

ثُمَام • (ṯumām) m (collective, singulative ثُمَامَة f (ṯumāma))

1. panicgrass (Panicum)

Declension

Declension of noun ثُمَام (ṯumām)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثُمَام ṯumām	الثُّمَام aṯ-ṯumām	ثُمَام ṯumām
Nominative	ثُمَامٌ ṯumāmun	الثُّمَامُ aṯ-ṯumāmu	ثُمَامُ ṯumāmu
Accusative	ثُمَامًا ṯumāman	الثُّمَامَ aṯ-ṯumāma	ثُمَامَ ṯumāma
Genitive	ثُمَامٍ ṯumāmin	الثُّمَامِ aṯ-ṯumāmi	ثُمَامِ ṯumāmi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثُمَامَة ṯumāma	الثُّمَامَة aṯ-ṯumāma	ثُمَامَة ṯumāmat
Nominative	ثُمَامَةٌ ṯumāmatun	الثُّمَامَةُ aṯ-ṯumāmatu	ثُمَامَةُ ṯumāmatu
Accusative	ثُمَامَةً ṯumāmatan	الثُّمَامَةَ aṯ-ṯumāmata	ثُمَامَةَ ṯumāmata
Genitive	ثُمَامَةٍ ṯumāmatin	الثُّمَامَةِ aṯ-ṯumāmati	ثُمَامَةِ ṯumāmati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثُمَامَتَيْن ṯumāmatayn	الثُّمَامَتَيْن aṯ-ṯumāmatayn	ثُمَامَتَيْ ṯumāmatay
Nominative	ثُمَامَتَانِ ṯumāmatāni	الثُّمَامَتَانِ aṯ-ṯumāmatāni	ثُمَامَتَا ṯumāmatā
Accusative	ثُمَامَتَيْنِ ṯumāmatayni	الثُّمَامَتَيْنِ aṯ-ṯumāmatayni	ثُمَامَتَيْ ṯumāmatay
Genitive	ثُمَامَتَيْنِ ṯumāmatayni	الثُّمَامَتَيْنِ aṯ-ṯumāmatayni	ثُمَامَتَيْ ṯumāmatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ثُمَامَات ṯumāmāt	الثُّمَامَات aṯ-ṯumāmāt	ثُمَامَات ṯumāmāt
Nominative	ثُمَامَاتٌ ṯumāmātun	الثُّمَامَاتُ aṯ-ṯumāmātu	ثُمَامَاتُ ṯumāmātu
Accusative	ثُمَامَاتٍ ṯumāmātin	الثُّمَامَاتِ aṯ-ṯumāmāti	ثُمَامَاتِ ṯumāmāti
Genitive	ثُمَامَاتٍ ṯumāmātin	الثُّمَامَاتِ aṯ-ṯumāmāti	ثُمَامَاتِ ṯumāmāti

Derived terms

• ثَمُوم (ṯamūm, “buffelgrass, Cenchrus ciliaris”)

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ثمام”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, page 351
• Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 264
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ثمام”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 157