بريمة

Arabic

Etymology

Variant of بِرِّينَة (birrīna), see it. Later reinterpreted as Egyptian Arabic tool noun from بَرَمَ (barama, “to twist, to roll up etc.”).

Root
ب ر م (b r m)
5 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bar.riː.ma/, /bir.riː.ma/

Noun

بَرِّيمة or بِرِّيمَة • (barrīma or birrīma) f (plural بَرَارِيم (barārīm))

1. drill, gimlet
2. corkscrew

Declension

Declension of noun بَرِّيمة (barrīma)‎; بِرِّيمَة (birrīma)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَرِّيمة‎; بِرِّيمَة barrīma‎; birrīma	الْبَرِّيمة‎; الْبِرِّيمَة al-barrīma‎; al-birrīma	بَرِّيمة‎; بِرِّيمَة barrīmat‎; birrīmat
nominative	بَرِّيمةٌ‎; بِرِّيمَةٌ barrīmatun‎; birrīmatun	الْبَرِّيمةُ‎; الْبِرِّيمَةُ al-barrīmatu‎; al-birrīmatu	بَرِّيمةُ‎; بِرِّيمَةُ barrīmatu‎; birrīmatu
accusative	بَرِّيمةً‎; بِرِّيمَةً barrīmatan‎; birrīmatan	الْبَرِّيمةَ‎; الْبِرِّيمَةَ al-barrīmata‎; al-birrīmata	بَرِّيمةَ‎; بِرِّيمَةَ barrīmata‎; birrīmata
genitive	بَرِّيمةٍ‎; بِرِّيمَةٍ barrīmatin‎; birrīmatin	الْبَرِّيمةِ‎; الْبِرِّيمَةِ al-barrīmati‎; al-birrīmati	بَرِّيمةِ‎; بِرِّيمَةِ barrīmati‎; birrīmati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَرِّيمتَيْن‎; بِرِّيمَتَيْن barrīmatayn‎; birrīmatayn	الْبَرِّيمتَيْن‎; الْبِرِّيمَتَيْن al-barrīmatayn‎; al-birrīmatayn	بَرِّيمتَيْ‎; بِرِّيمَتَيْ barrīmatay‎; birrīmatay
nominative	بَرِّيمتَانِ‎; بِرِّيمَتَانِ barrīmatāni‎; birrīmatāni	الْبَرِّيمتَانِ‎; الْبِرِّيمَتَانِ al-barrīmatāni‎; al-birrīmatāni	بَرِّيمتَا‎; بِرِّيمَتَا barrīmatā‎; birrīmatā
accusative	بَرِّيمتَيْنِ‎; بِرِّيمَتَيْنِ barrīmatayni‎; birrīmatayni	الْبَرِّيمتَيْنِ‎; الْبِرِّيمَتَيْنِ al-barrīmatayni‎; al-birrīmatayni	بَرِّيمتَيْ‎; بِرِّيمَتَيْ barrīmatay‎; birrīmatay
genitive	بَرِّيمتَيْنِ‎; بِرِّيمَتَيْنِ barrīmatayni‎; birrīmatayni	الْبَرِّيمتَيْنِ‎; الْبِرِّيمَتَيْنِ al-barrīmatayni‎; al-birrīmatayni	بَرِّيمتَيْ‎; بِرِّيمَتَيْ barrīmatay‎; birrīmatay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَرَارِيم barārīm	الْبَرَارِيم al-barārīm	بَرَارِيم barārīm
nominative	بَرَارِيمُ barārīmu	الْبَرَارِيمُ al-barārīmu	بَرَارِيمُ barārīmu
accusative	بَرَارِيمَ barārīma	الْبَرَارِيمَ al-barārīma	بَرَارِيمَ barārīma
genitive	بَرَارِيمَ barārīma	الْبَرَارِيمِ al-barārīmi	بَرَارِيمِ barārīmi

References

• Freytag, Georg (1830–1837) “بريمة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), Halle: C. A. Schwetschke
• Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “بريمة”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “بريمة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “بريمة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bar.riː.me/, [barˈriː.me]
• IPA^(key): /bar.riː.ma/, [barˈriː.ma]

Noun

بريمة • (barrīme) f (plural برّيمات (barrīmāt), masculine برّيم (barrīm))

1. feminine of برّيم (barrīm): talkative

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَرِّيمة (barrīma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bar.riː.me/, [barˈriː.me]
• IPA^(key): /bar.riː.ma/, [barˈriː.ma]

Noun

برّيمة • (barrīme) f

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) corkscrew