إثمد
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
إِثْمِد • (ʔiṯmid) m
Declension edit
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 edit
- (antimony or antimony powder): كُحْل (kuḥl), أَنْتِيمُون (ʔantīmūn), رَاسُخْت (rāsuḵt), تمونية (timūnya) (Egyptian Arabic)
Descendants edit
- → Latin: antimonium
- → English: antimony
References edit
- “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