طعام
ArabicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the root ط ع م (ṭ-ʿ-m). Cognate with Hebrew טַעַם (ṭāʿām).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
طَعَام • (ṭaʿām) m (plural أَطْعِمَة (ʾaṭʿima))
- (countable, uncountable) food
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:259:
- قَالَ بَل لَّبِثْتَ مِائَةَ عَامٍ فَٱنْظُرْ إِلَى طَعَامِكَ وَشَرَابِكَ لَمْ يَتَسَنَّهْ
- qāla bal llabiṯta miʾata ʿāmin fa-nẓur ʾilā ṭaʿāmika wa-šarābika lam yatasannah
- He said, “Rather, you have remained one hundred years. Look at your food and your drink; it has not changed with time.”
- a. 1135, Ibn ʿAbdūn, “Un document sur la vie urbaine et les corps de métiers à Séville au début du XIIe siècle: Le traité d’Ibn ʿAbdūn publié avec une introduction et un glossaire”, in Évariste Lévi-Provençal, editor, Journal asiatique[1], number 2, published 1934, page 243 (٥١) 12:
- prepared meal
- a. 1135, Ibn ʿAbdūn, “Un document sur la vie urbaine et les corps de métiers à Séville au début du XIIe siècle: Le traité d’Ibn ʿAbdūn publié avec une introduction et un glossaire”, in Évariste Lévi-Provençal, editor, Journal asiatique[2], number 2, published 1934, page 235 (٤٣) 12:
- (verbal noun) feeding
- (countable, uncountable, formerly Ḥijāz, al-Andalus, now South Tunisia) wheat
- a. 1135, Ibn ʿAbdūn, “Un document sur la vie urbaine et les corps de métiers à Séville au début du XIIe siècle: Le traité d’Ibn ʿAbdūn publié avec une introduction et un glossaire”, in Évariste Lévi-Provençal, editor, Journal asiatique[3], number 2, published 1934, page 229 (٣٧) 2:
- a. 1135, Ibn ʿAbdūn, “Un document sur la vie urbaine et les corps de métiers à Séville au début du XIIe siècle: Le traité d’Ibn ʿAbdūn publié avec une introduction et un glossaire”, in Évariste Lévi-Provençal, editor, Journal asiatique[4], number 2, published 1934, page 242 (٥٠) 15:
- c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [Yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʾaḥmad ibn al-ʿawwām], José Antonio Banqueri, editor, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 16, page 680:
- وقيل إن نضح بقدر جرة من ماء الزيتون قدر مائة جرة من الطعام لم يفسد ولم تصبه آفة وإن نضح عليه ماء الأفسنتين بقي ولم يفسد.
- It is said that when a jar of wheat is dampened with a jar of amurca it does not suffer decay nor damage, and if it is dampened with absinthe water, it stays and does not rot.
- (countable, uncountable, Ḥaḍramawt) grain, cereal
DeclensionEdit
Declension of noun طَعَام (ṭaʿām)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | طَعَام ṭaʿām |
الطَّعَام aṭ-ṭaʿām |
طَعَام ṭaʿām |
| Nominative | طَعَامٌ ṭaʿāmun |
الطَّعَامُ aṭ-ṭaʿāmu |
طَعَامُ ṭaʿāmu |
| Accusative | طَعَامًا ṭaʿāman |
الطَّعَامَ aṭ-ṭaʿāma |
طَعَامَ ṭaʿāma |
| Genitive | طَعَامٍ ṭaʿāmin |
الطَّعَامِ aṭ-ṭaʿāmi |
طَعَامِ ṭaʿāmi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | طَعَامَيْن ṭaʿāmayn |
الطَّعَامَيْن aṭ-ṭaʿāmayn |
طَعَامَيْ ṭaʿāmay |
| Nominative | طَعَامَانِ ṭaʿāmāni |
الطَّعَامَانِ aṭ-ṭaʿāmāni |
طَعَامَا ṭaʿāmā |
| Accusative | طَعَامَيْنِ ṭaʿāmayni |
الطَّعَامَيْنِ aṭ-ṭaʿāmayni |
طَعَامَيْ ṭaʿāmay |
| Genitive | طَعَامَيْنِ ṭaʿāmayni |
الطَّعَامَيْنِ aṭ-ṭaʿāmayni |
طَعَامَيْ ṭaʿāmay |
| Plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | أَطْعِمَة ʾaṭʿima |
الْأَطْعِمَة al-ʾaṭʿima |
أَطْعِمَة ʾaṭʿimat |
| Nominative | أَطْعِمَةٌ ʾaṭʿimatun |
الْأَطْعِمَةُ al-ʾaṭʿimatu |
أَطْعِمَةُ ʾaṭʿimatu |
| Accusative | أَطْعِمَةً ʾaṭʿimatan |
الْأَطْعِمَةَ al-ʾaṭʿimata |
أَطْعِمَةَ ʾaṭʿimata |
| Genitive | أَطْعِمَةٍ ʾaṭʿimatin |
الْأَطْعِمَةِ al-ʾaṭʿimati |
أَطْعِمَةِ ʾaṭʿimati |
DescendantsEdit
- Algerian Arabic: طعام (ṭʕām, “couscous”)
- Azerbaijani: taam
- Maltese: tgħam (“wheat”)
- Moroccan Arabic: طعام (ṭʕām, “couscous”)
- Ottoman Turkish: طعام
- Turkish: taam
- Uzbek: taom
Moroccan ArabicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Arabic طَعَام (ṭaʿām, “wheat, grain”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
طعام • (ṭʕām) m