فوم

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuːm/

Noun

فُوم • (fūm) m (collective) (hapax)

1. Classical Arabic form of ثُوم (ṯūm)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:61:

     وَإِذْ قُلْتُمْ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ لَن نَّصْبِرَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامٍ وَٰحِدٍ فَٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُخْرِجْ لَنَا مِمَّا تُنْبِتُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مِنْ بَقْلِهَا وَقِثَّائِهَا وَفُومِهَا وَعَدَسِهَا وَبَصَلِهَا […]

     waʔiḏ qultum yāmūsā lan naṣbira ʕalā ṭaʕāmin wāḥidin fadʕu lanā rabbaka yuḵrij lanā mimmā tunbitu l-ʔarḍu min baqlihā waqiṯṯāʔihā wafūmihā waʕadasihā wabaṣalihā […]

     And [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we can never endure one [kind of] food. So call upon your Lord to bring forth for us from the earth its green herbs and its cucumbers and its garlic and its lentils and its onions." […]

Declension

Declension of noun فُوم (fūm)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُوم fūm	الْفُوم al-fūm	فُوم fūm
Nominative	فُومٌ fūmun	الْفُومُ al-fūmu	فُومُ fūmu
Accusative	فُومًا fūman	الْفُومَ al-fūma	فُومَ fūma
Genitive	فُومٍ fūmin	الْفُومِ al-fūmi	فُومِ fūmi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُومَة fūma	الْفُومَة al-fūma	فُومَة fūmat
Nominative	فُومَةٌ fūmatun	الْفُومَةُ al-fūmatu	فُومَةُ fūmatu
Accusative	فُومَةً fūmatan	الْفُومَةَ al-fūmata	فُومَةَ fūmata
Genitive	فُومَةٍ fūmatin	الْفُومَةِ al-fūmati	فُومَةِ fūmati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُومَتَيْن fūmatayn	الْفُومَتَيْن al-fūmatayn	فُومَتَيْ fūmatay
Nominative	فُومَتَانِ fūmatāni	الْفُومَتَانِ al-fūmatāni	فُومَتَا fūmatā
Accusative	فُومَتَيْنِ fūmatayni	الْفُومَتَيْنِ al-fūmatayni	فُومَتَيْ fūmatay
Genitive	فُومَتَيْنِ fūmatayni	الْفُومَتَيْنِ al-fūmatayni	فُومَتَيْ fūmatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُومَات fūmāt	الْفُومَات al-fūmāt	فُومَات fūmāt
Nominative	فُومَاتٌ fūmātun	الْفُومَاتُ al-fūmātu	فُومَاتُ fūmātu
Accusative	فُومَاتٍ fūmātin	الْفُومَاتِ al-fūmāti	فُومَاتِ fūmāti
Genitive	فُومَاتٍ fūmātin	الْفُومَاتِ al-fūmāti	فُومَاتِ fūmāti