ملحمة

See also: ملحمه

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ل ح م (l ḥ m)
6 terms

Noun of place of لَحْم (laḥm, “meat”). Cognate to Hebrew מִלְחָמָה (milḥamá, “war, battle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mal.ħa.ma/

Noun

مَلْحَمَة • (malḥama) f (plural مَلَاحِم (malāḥim))

1. a place where meat is stored or sold; butcher's shop, meathouse
2. bloody battle, slaughter, massacre, bloodbath
3. epic (literary genre)

Declension

Declension of noun مَلْحَمَة (malḥama)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَلْحَمَة malḥama	الْمَلْحَمَة al-malḥama	مَلْحَمَة malḥamat
nominative	مَلْحَمَةٌ malḥamatun	الْمَلْحَمَةُ al-malḥamatu	مَلْحَمَةُ malḥamatu
accusative	مَلْحَمَةً malḥamatan	الْمَلْحَمَةَ al-malḥamata	مَلْحَمَةَ malḥamata
genitive	مَلْحَمَةٍ malḥamatin	الْمَلْحَمَةِ al-malḥamati	مَلْحَمَةِ malḥamati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَلْحَمَتَيْن malḥamatayn	الْمَلْحَمَتَيْن al-malḥamatayn	مَلْحَمَتَيْ malḥamatay
nominative	مَلْحَمَتَانِ malḥamatāni	الْمَلْحَمَتَانِ al-malḥamatāni	مَلْحَمَتَا malḥamatā
accusative	مَلْحَمَتَيْنِ malḥamatayni	الْمَلْحَمَتَيْنِ al-malḥamatayni	مَلْحَمَتَيْ malḥamatay
genitive	مَلْحَمَتَيْنِ malḥamatayni	الْمَلْحَمَتَيْنِ al-malḥamatayni	مَلْحَمَتَيْ malḥamatay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَلَاحِم malāḥim	الْمَلَاحِم al-malāḥim	مَلَاحِم malāḥim
nominative	مَلَاحِمُ malāḥimu	الْمَلَاحِمُ al-malāḥimu	مَلَاحِمُ malāḥimu
accusative	مَلَاحِمَ malāḥima	الْمَلَاحِمَ al-malāḥima	مَلَاحِمَ malāḥima
genitive	مَلَاحِمَ malāḥima	الْمَلَاحِمِ al-malāḥimi	مَلَاحِمِ malāḥimi

Derived terms

• مَلْحَمِيّ (malḥamiyy)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: ملحمه (melhame, “bloody battle, slaughter”)