صومعة

Arabic

Etymology

From an unknown Old South Arabian word, from which also Ge'ez ጾማዕት (ṣomaʿt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤaw.ma.ʕa/

Noun

صَوْمَعَة • (ṣawmaʕa) f (plural صَوَامِع (ṣawāmiʕ))

1. tower, minaret

   Synonyms: مِئْذَنَة (miʔḏana), مَنَارَة (manāra)

2. a monk’s cell or a hermit’s hut; monastic cell, hermitage

   Synonyms: كِرْح (kirḥ), قَلَّايَة (qallāya)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 22:40:

     وَلَوْلَا دَفْعُ ٱللهِ ٱلنَّاسَ بَعْضَهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ لَّهُدِّمَتْ صَوَامِعُ وَبِيَعٌ وَّصَلَوَاتٌ وَّمَسٰجِدُ يُذْكَرُ فِيهَا ٱسْمُ ٱللهِ كَثِيرًا

     walawlā dafʕu llāhi n-nāsa baʕḍahum bibaʕḍin lahuddimat ṣawāmiʕu wabiyaʕun waṣalawātun wamasājidu yuḏkaru fīhā smu llāhi kaṯīran

     And were it not that God checks some people by others there in fact would have been demolished churches and monastic cells, and synagogues and mosques wherein the name of God is oft-mentioned.

3. cellar, den; silo

   Synonym: قَبْو (qabw)

   Hyponyms: سِرْدَاب (sirdāb), بَدْرُوم (badrūm), مَطْمُورة (maṭmūra)

Declension

Declension of noun صَوْمَعَة (ṣawmaʕa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَوْمَعَة ṣawmaʕa	الصَّوْمَعَة aṣ-ṣawmaʕa	صَوْمَعَة ṣawmaʕat
Nominative	صَوْمَعَةٌ ṣawmaʕatun	الصَّوْمَعَةُ aṣ-ṣawmaʕatu	صَوْمَعَةُ ṣawmaʕatu
Accusative	صَوْمَعَةً ṣawmaʕatan	الصَّوْمَعَةَ aṣ-ṣawmaʕata	صَوْمَعَةَ ṣawmaʕata
Genitive	صَوْمَعَةٍ ṣawmaʕatin	الصَّوْمَعَةِ aṣ-ṣawmaʕati	صَوْمَعَةِ ṣawmaʕati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَوْمَعَتَيْن ṣawmaʕatayn	الصَّوْمَعَتَيْن aṣ-ṣawmaʕatayn	صَوْمَعَتَيْ ṣawmaʕatay
Nominative	صَوْمَعَتَانِ ṣawmaʕatāni	الصَّوْمَعَتَانِ aṣ-ṣawmaʕatāni	صَوْمَعَتَا ṣawmaʕatā
Accusative	صَوْمَعَتَيْنِ ṣawmaʕatayni	الصَّوْمَعَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣawmaʕatayni	صَوْمَعَتَيْ ṣawmaʕatay
Genitive	صَوْمَعَتَيْنِ ṣawmaʕatayni	الصَّوْمَعَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣawmaʕatayni	صَوْمَعَتَيْ ṣawmaʕatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَوَامِع ṣawāmiʕ	الصَّوَامِع aṣ-ṣawāmiʕ	صَوَامِع ṣawāmiʕ
Nominative	صَوَامِعُ ṣawāmiʕu	الصَّوَامِعُ aṣ-ṣawāmiʕu	صَوَامِعُ ṣawāmiʕu
Accusative	صَوَامِعَ ṣawāmiʕa	الصَّوَامِعَ aṣ-ṣawāmiʕa	صَوَامِعَ ṣawāmiʕa
Genitive	صَوَامِعَ ṣawāmiʕa	الصَّوَامِعِ aṣ-ṣawāmiʕi	صَوَامِعِ ṣawāmiʕi

References

• Ahrens, Karl (1930) “Christliches im Qoran. Eine Nachlese”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[1] (in German), volume 84, page 23
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 269
• Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 200–201
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 557
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[2] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 52
• Rudolph, Wilhelm (1922) Die Abhängigkeit des Qorans von Judentum und Christentum (in German), Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, page 7
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “صومعة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 727