أدوم

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
د و م (d-w-m)

Elative of دَائِم (dāʔim, “lasting; eternal, perpetual; perennial; continuous, incessant, constant; permanent, established; durable”).

Adjective

أَدْوَم • (ʔadwam)

1. elative degree of دَائِم (dāʔim):
   1. more lasting; most lasting
   2. more eternal, more perpetual; most eternal, most perpetual
   3. more perennial; most perennial
   4. more continuous, more incessant, more constant; most continuous, most incessant, most constant
   5. more permanent, more established; most permanent, most established
   6. more durable; most durable

Declension

Declension of adjective أَدْوَم (ʔadwam)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَدْوَم ʔadwam	الْأَدْوَم al-ʔadwam	دُومى dūmā	الدُّومى ad-dūmā
Nominative	أَدْوَمُ ʔadwamu	الْأَدْوَمُ al-ʔadwamu	دُومى dūmā	الدُّومى ad-dūmā
Accusative	أَدْوَمَ ʔadwama	الْأَدْوَمَ al-ʔadwama	دُومى dūmā	الدُّومى ad-dūmā
Genitive	أَدْوَمَ ʔadwama	الْأَدْوَمِ al-ʔadwami	دُومى dūmā	الدُّومى ad-dūmā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَدْوَمَيْن ʔadwamayn	الْأَدْوَمَيْن al-ʔadwamayn	دُومَيَيْن dūmayayn	الدُّومَيَيْن ad-dūmayayn
Nominative	أَدْوَمَانِ ʔadwamāni	الْأَدْوَمَانِ al-ʔadwamāni	دُومَيَانِ dūmayāni	الدُّومَيَانِ ad-dūmayāni
Accusative	أَدْوَمَيْنِ ʔadwamayni	الْأَدْوَمَيْنِ al-ʔadwamayni	دُومَيَيْنِ dūmayayni	الدُّومَيَيْنِ ad-dūmayayni
Genitive	أَدْوَمَيْنِ ʔadwamayni	الْأَدْوَمَيْنِ al-ʔadwamayni	دُومَيَيْنِ dūmayayni	الدُّومَيَيْنِ ad-dūmayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَدَاوِم ʔadāwim	الْأَدَاوِم al-ʔadāwim	دُومَيَات dūmayāt	الدُّومَيَات ad-dūmayāt
Nominative	أَدَاوِمُ ʔadāwimu	الْأَدَاوِمُ al-ʔadāwimu	دُومَيَاتٌ dūmayātun	الدُّومَيَاتُ ad-dūmayātu
Accusative	أَدَاوِمَ ʔadāwima	الْأَدَاوِمَ al-ʔadāwima	دُومَيَاتٍ dūmayātin	الدُّومَيَاتِ ad-dūmayāti
Genitive	أَدَاوِمَ ʔadāwima	الْأَدَاوِمِ al-ʔadāwimi	دُومَيَاتٍ dūmayātin	الدُّومَيَاتِ ad-dūmayāti

References

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

Etymology 2

Verb

أَدُومُ • (ʔadūmu) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of دَامَ (dāma)

Verb

أَدُومَ • (ʔadūma) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of دَامَ (dāma)