شيخوخة

Arabic

Root
ش ي خ (š-y-ḵ)

Alternative forms

• شَيْخُوخِيَّة (šayḵūḵiyya)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaj.xuː.xa/

Noun

شَيْخُوخَة • (šayḵūḵa) f

1. verbal noun of شَاخَ (šāḵa) (form I)
2. old age, senility; senescence

Declension

Declension of noun شَيْخُوخَة (šayḵūḵa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَيْخُوخَة šayḵūḵa	الشَّيْخُوخَة aš-šayḵūḵa	شَيْخُوخَة šayḵūḵat
Nominative	شَيْخُوخَةٌ šayḵūḵatun	الشَّيْخُوخَةُ aš-šayḵūḵatu	شَيْخُوخَةُ šayḵūḵatu
Accusative	شَيْخُوخَةً šayḵūḵatan	الشَّيْخُوخَةَ aš-šayḵūḵata	شَيْخُوخَةَ šayḵūḵata
Genitive	شَيْخُوخَةٍ šayḵūḵatin	الشَّيْخُوخَةِ aš-šayḵūḵati	شَيْخُوخَةِ šayḵūḵati

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “شيخوخة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen