نسمة

Arabic

Root
ن س م (n s m)
3 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.sa.ma/

Noun

نَسَمَة • (nasama) f (plural نَسَمَات (nasamāt))

1. breath, wiff, waft, breeze
2. aura
3. breathing, living creature
4. person, soul (e.g., in a census, as a numerative in statistics)

Declension

Declension of noun نَسَمَة (nasama)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَسَمَة nasama	النَّسَمَة an-nasama	نَسَمَة nasamat
Nominative	نَسَمَةٌ nasamatun	النَّسَمَةُ an-nasamatu	نَسَمَةُ nasamatu
Accusative	نَسَمَةً nasamatan	النَّسَمَةَ an-nasamata	نَسَمَةَ nasamata
Genitive	نَسَمَةٍ nasamatin	النَّسَمَةِ an-nasamati	نَسَمَةِ nasamati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَسَمَتَيْن nasamatayn	النَّسَمَتَيْن an-nasamatayn	نَسَمَتَيْ nasamatay
Nominative	نَسَمَتَانِ nasamatāni	النَّسَمَتَانِ an-nasamatāni	نَسَمَتَا nasamatā
Accusative	نَسَمَتَيْنِ nasamatayni	النَّسَمَتَيْنِ an-nasamatayni	نَسَمَتَيْ nasamatay
Genitive	نَسَمَتَيْنِ nasamatayni	النَّسَمَتَيْنِ an-nasamatayni	نَسَمَتَيْ nasamatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَسَمَات nasamāt	النَّسَمَات an-nasamāt	نَسَمَات nasamāt
Nominative	نَسَمَاتٌ nasamātun	النَّسَمَاتُ an-nasamātu	نَسَمَاتُ nasamātu
Accusative	نَسَمَاتٍ nasamātin	النَّسَمَاتِ an-nasamāti	نَسَمَاتِ nasamāti
Genitive	نَسَمَاتٍ nasamātin	النَّسَمَاتِ an-nasamāti	نَسَمَاتِ nasamāti

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “نسم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1130

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ن س م
1 term

Etymology 1

Arabic نَسَمَة (nasama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nas.ma/

Noun

نَسْمة • (nasma) f (plural نَسْمَات (nasmāt))

1. breath, wiff, waft, breeze

   نسمة هوا

   nasmat hawa

   a wiff of air (A breath of fresh air)

Etymology 2

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic نَسَمَة (nasama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.sa.ma/

Noun

نَسَمة • (nasama) f (plural نَسَمات (nasamāt))

1. person, soul (e.g., in a census, as a numerative in statistics)