شحوم

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ش ح م (š-ḥ-m)

Noun

شَحُّوم • (šaḥḥūm) m

1. Gagea reticulata

Usage notes

A regionally widespread plant not palatable for men nor for camels, hence few know the name.

Declension

Declension of noun شَحُّوم (šaḥḥūm)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَحُّوم šaḥḥūm	الشَّحُّوم aš-šaḥḥūm	شَحُّوم šaḥḥūm
Nominative	شَحُّومٌ šaḥḥūmun	الشَّحُّومُ aš-šaḥḥūmu	شَحُّومُ šaḥḥūmu
Accusative	شَحُّومًا šaḥḥūman	الشَّحُّومَ aš-šaḥḥūma	شَحُّومَ šaḥḥūma
Genitive	شَحُّومٍ šaḥḥūmin	الشَّحُّومِ aš-šaḥḥūmi	شَحُّومِ šaḥḥūmi

References

• Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 108, 160, 316

Etymology 2

شُحُوم • (šuḥūm) pl

1. plural of شَحْم (šaḥm)