إثمد

Arabic

Etymology

By form a metathesis away from Coptic ⲉⲥⲑⲏⲙ (esthēm), though derivation from an unattested oblique δ (d) form of Ancient Greek στίμμι (stímmi) has been suggested, ultimately from Egyptian sdm, possibly also conflated with Egyptian msdmt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔiθ.mid/

Noun

إِثْمِد • (ʔiṯmid) m

1. antimony, antimony ore
2. antimony powder ointment, kohl

Declension

Declension of noun إِثْمِد (ʔiṯmid)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِثْمِد ʔiṯmid	الْإِثْمِد al-ʔiṯmid	إِثْمِد ʔiṯmid
Nominative	إِثْمِدٌ ʔiṯmidun	الْإِثْمِدُ al-ʔiṯmidu	إِثْمِدُ ʔiṯmidu
Accusative	إِثْمِدًا ʔiṯmidan	الْإِثْمِدَ al-ʔiṯmida	إِثْمِدَ ʔiṯmida
Genitive	إِثْمِدٍ ʔiṯmidin	الْإِثْمِدِ al-ʔiṯmidi	إِثْمِدِ ʔiṯmidi

Synonyms

• (antimony or antimony powder): كُحْل (kuḥl), أَنْتِيمُون (ʔantīmūn), رَاسُخْت (rāsuḵt), تمونية (timūnya) (Egyptian Arabic)

Descendants

• → Latin: antimonium
  • → English: antimony

References

• “إثمد” in Almaany
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 153
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “إثمد”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[1] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 7