نعام

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ن ع م (n-ʕ-m). Else found in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic נַעָמׅיתָה (naʿāmīṯā), Jewish Palestinian Aramaic נעמיתה, Jewish Literary Aramaic נַעֳמָא (naʿămā), נַעֲמִיתָא (naʿămīṯā), נַעָמִיתָא (naʿāmīṯā), Christian Palestinian Aramaic ܢܥܡܝܬܐ, Classical Syriac ܢܰܥܳܡܳܐ (naʿāmā. naʿʿāmā), Mishnaic Hebrew נָעֳמׅית (nɔ̄ʾɔ̄mīṯ, “ostrich”). Hommel declared them to be borrowed from Arabic in spite of their early attestation due to the bird’s preferring semiarid conditions, but its distribution, now not even concluding Arabia, seems to have extended even into Aram, so the term may be of shared Central Semitic origin.

Noun

نَعَام • (naʕām) m (collective, singulative نَعَامَة f (naʕāma), plural نَعَائِم (naʕāʔim))

1. ostrich, ostriches

Declension

Declension of noun نَعَام (naʕām)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَعَام naʕām	النَّعَام an-naʕām	نَعَام naʕām
Nominative	نَعَامٌ naʕāmun	النَّعَامُ an-naʕāmu	نَعَامُ naʕāmu
Accusative	نَعَامًا naʕāman	النَّعَامَ an-naʕāma	نَعَامَ naʕāma
Genitive	نَعَامٍ naʕāmin	النَّعَامِ an-naʕāmi	نَعَامِ naʕāmi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَعَامَة naʕāma	النَّعَامَة an-naʕāma	نَعَامَة naʕāmat
Nominative	نَعَامَةٌ naʕāmatun	النَّعَامَةُ an-naʕāmatu	نَعَامَةُ naʕāmatu
Accusative	نَعَامَةً naʕāmatan	النَّعَامَةَ an-naʕāmata	نَعَامَةَ naʕāmata
Genitive	نَعَامَةٍ naʕāmatin	النَّعَامَةِ an-naʕāmati	نَعَامَةِ naʕāmati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَعَامَتَيْن naʕāmatayn	النَّعَامَتَيْن an-naʕāmatayn	نَعَامَتَيْ naʕāmatay
Nominative	نَعَامَتَانِ naʕāmatāni	النَّعَامَتَانِ an-naʕāmatāni	نَعَامَتَا naʕāmatā
Accusative	نَعَامَتَيْنِ naʕāmatayni	النَّعَامَتَيْنِ an-naʕāmatayni	نَعَامَتَيْ naʕāmatay
Genitive	نَعَامَتَيْنِ naʕāmatayni	النَّعَامَتَيْنِ an-naʕāmatayni	نَعَامَتَيْ naʕāmatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَعَامَات naʕāmāt	النَّعَامَات an-naʕāmāt	نَعَامَات naʕāmāt
Nominative	نَعَامَاتٌ naʕāmātun	النَّعَامَاتُ an-naʕāmātu	نَعَامَاتُ naʕāmātu
Accusative	نَعَامَاتٍ naʕāmātin	النَّعَامَاتِ an-naʕāmāti	نَعَامَاتِ naʕāmāti
Genitive	نَعَامَاتٍ naʕāmātin	النَّعَامَاتِ an-naʕāmāti	نَعَامَاتِ naʕāmāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَعَائِم naʕāʔim	النَّعَائِم an-naʕāʔim	نَعَائِم naʕāʔim
Nominative	نَعَائِمُ naʕāʔimu	النَّعَائِمُ an-naʕāʔimu	نَعَائِمُ naʕāʔimu
Accusative	نَعَائِمَ naʕāʔima	النَّعَائِمَ an-naʕāʔima	نَعَائِمَ naʕāʔima
Genitive	نَعَائِمَ naʕāʔima	النَّعَائِمِ an-naʕāʔimi	نَعَائِمِ naʕāʔimi

See also

• رَأْل (raʔl, “the young of an ostrich”)

References

• Hommel, Fritz (1879) Die Namen der Säugethiere bei den südsemitischen Völkern als Beiträge zur arabischen und äthiopischen Lexicographie, zur semitischen Kulturforschung und Sprachvergleichung und zur Geschichte der Mittelmeerfauna. Mit steter Berücksichtigung auch der assyrischen und hebräischen Thiernamen und geographischen und literaturgeschichtlichen Excursen‎^[1] (in German), Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, pages 411–412
• Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2005) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volume II: Animal Names, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, page 207, No. 155
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1879) “Die Namen der Säugethiere bei den südsemitischen Völkern als Beiträge zur arabischen und äthiopischen Lexicographie, zur semitischen Kulturforschung und Sprachvergleichung und zur Geschichte der Mittelmeerfauna. Mit steter Berücksichtigung auch der assyrischen und hebräischen Thiernamen und geographischen und literaturgeschichtlichen Excursen von Fritz Hommel. Leipzig 1879, J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung XX und 471 S. in Octav”, in Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen‎^[2] (in German), pages 1263–1264

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic نَعَام (naʕām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʕaːm/

Noun

نعام • (nʕām) m (collective, singulative نعامة f (nʕāma), paucal نعامات (nʕāmāt))

1. ostriches