شرموطة

Arabic

Alternative forms

• شَرْطُوطَة (šarṭūṭa)

Etymology

From شَرْمَطَ (šarmaṭa, “to shred”). Most Semitists agree that it is of non-Semitic origin; perhaps from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (clm /⁠čarm⁠/, “a piece of skin, hide, or leather”) (see Persian چرم (čarm)), perhaps conflated with Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šlm /⁠šarm⁠/, “shame”). Compare Hebrew סְמַרְטוּט (s'martút, “rag”), Aramaic מַרְטוּטָא (marṭūṭā), סְמַרְטוּטָא (səmarṭūṭā, “coarse garment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃar.muː.tˤa/

Noun

شَرْمُوطَة • (šarmūṭa) f (plural شَرَامِيط (šarāmīṭ))

1. (now widely avoided) rag, shred, tatter

   Synonyms: خَلَق (ḵalaq), خِرْقَة (ḵirqa), رُقْعَة (ruqʕa), كُهْنَة (kuhna)

2. (figurative, cooking, now widely avoided) cuttings, strips, shreds of a victual
   • 1850, محمد بن عمر التونسي [Muḥammad Ibn-ʿUmar at-Tūnisī ], edited by Humphrey Davies, تشحيذ الأذهان بسيرة بلاد العرب والسودان [In Darfur. An Account of the Sultanate and Its People] (Library of Arabic Literature; 15), volume II, New York: NYU Press, published 2018, →ISBN, 3.3.31, page 184:

     فيعملون اللحم قديدًا وهو المسمّى عندهم بالشراميط لأنّهم يشرمطونه أي يقطعونه سيورًا ويأكلون منه طريًّا.

     They make the meat into jerky, which they call “shreds” because they shred it, meaning they cut it into strips. Some of it they also eat undried.

3. (vulgar) whore, slut

   Synonyms: عَاهِرَة (ʕāhira), قَحْبَة (qaḥba)

Declension

Declension of noun شَرْمُوطَة (šarmūṭa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَرْمُوطَة šarmūṭa	الشَّرْمُوطَة aš-šarmūṭa	شَرْمُوطَة šarmūṭat
Nominative	شَرْمُوطَةٌ šarmūṭatun	الشَّرْمُوطَةُ aš-šarmūṭatu	شَرْمُوطَةُ šarmūṭatu
Accusative	شَرْمُوطَةً šarmūṭatan	الشَّرْمُوطَةَ aš-šarmūṭata	شَرْمُوطَةَ šarmūṭata
Genitive	شَرْمُوطَةٍ šarmūṭatin	الشَّرْمُوطَةِ aš-šarmūṭati	شَرْمُوطَةِ šarmūṭati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَرْمُوطَتَيْن šarmūṭatayn	الشَّرْمُوطَتَيْن aš-šarmūṭatayn	شَرْمُوطَتَيْ šarmūṭatay
Nominative	شَرْمُوطَتَانِ šarmūṭatāni	الشَّرْمُوطَتَانِ aš-šarmūṭatāni	شَرْمُوطَتَا šarmūṭatā
Accusative	شَرْمُوطَتَيْنِ šarmūṭatayni	الشَّرْمُوطَتَيْنِ aš-šarmūṭatayni	شَرْمُوطَتَيْ šarmūṭatay
Genitive	شَرْمُوطَتَيْنِ šarmūṭatayni	الشَّرْمُوطَتَيْنِ aš-šarmūṭatayni	شَرْمُوطَتَيْ šarmūṭatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَرَامِيط šarāmīṭ	الشَّرَامِيط aš-šarāmīṭ	شَرَامِيط šarāmīṭ
Nominative	شَرَامِيطُ šarāmīṭu	الشَّرَامِيطُ aš-šarāmīṭu	شَرَامِيطُ šarāmīṭu
Accusative	شَرَامِيطَ šarāmīṭa	الشَّرَامِيطَ aš-šarāmīṭa	شَرَامِيطَ šarāmīṭa
Genitive	شَرَامِيطَ šarāmīṭa	الشَّرَامِيطِ aš-šarāmīṭi	شَرَامِيطِ šarāmīṭi

Descendants

• → Hebrew: שרמוטה (sharmúta)
• → Italian: sciarmutta