علجوم

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ل ج (ʕ-l-j) meaning “to be strong or sturdy”, “to be robust or bulky”, “to be massive”, “to be big or thick”, “to be long or tall”; a variant of عَلْجَن (ʕaljan, “a female camel with a bulkier male-like frame; a camel strong enough to use for work”). Applied semantically to a great variety of things mostly to animals of bulky shape, or for describing the male figure in the dichotomy of sexes of animals, like the generic usage of the terms bull or buck. The sense of a kingfisher derives from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn).

Noun

عُلْجُوم • (ʕuljūm) m (plural عَلَاجِيم (ʕalājīm))

1. kingfisher, halcyon
2. toad, male frog
3. male duck, mallard
4. male ostrich
5. wild he-goat
6. dragon
7. deep water, big wave
8. louse
9. dense orchard of palm-trees
10. darkness of night, big shadow blocking light

Declension

Declension of noun عُلْجُوم (ʕuljūm)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُلْجُوم ʕuljūm	الْعُلْجُوم al-ʕuljūm	عُلْجُوم ʕuljūm
Nominative	عُلْجُومٌ ʕuljūmun	الْعُلْجُومُ al-ʕuljūmu	عُلْجُومُ ʕuljūmu
Accusative	عُلْجُومًا ʕuljūman	الْعُلْجُومَ al-ʕuljūma	عُلْجُومَ ʕuljūma
Genitive	عُلْجُومٍ ʕuljūmin	الْعُلْجُومِ al-ʕuljūmi	عُلْجُومِ ʕuljūmi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُلْجُومَيْن ʕuljūmayn	الْعُلْجُومَيْن al-ʕuljūmayn	عُلْجُومَيْ ʕuljūmay
Nominative	عُلْجُومَانِ ʕuljūmāni	الْعُلْجُومَانِ al-ʕuljūmāni	عُلْجُومَا ʕuljūmā
Accusative	عُلْجُومَيْنِ ʕuljūmayni	الْعُلْجُومَيْنِ al-ʕuljūmayni	عُلْجُومَيْ ʕuljūmay
Genitive	عُلْجُومَيْنِ ʕuljūmayni	الْعُلْجُومَيْنِ al-ʕuljūmayni	عُلْجُومَيْ ʕuljūmay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَلَاجِيم ʕalājīm	الْعَلَاجِيم al-ʕalājīm	عَلَاجِيم ʕalājīm
Nominative	عَلَاجِيمُ ʕalājīmu	الْعَلَاجِيمُ al-ʕalājīmu	عَلَاجِيمُ ʕalājīmu
Accusative	عَلَاجِيمَ ʕalājīma	الْعَلَاجِيمَ al-ʕalājīma	عَلَاجِيمَ ʕalājīma
Genitive	عَلَاجِيمَ ʕalājīma	الْعَلَاجِيمِ al-ʕalājīmi	عَلَاجِيمِ ʕalājīmi

Descendants

• → Hebrew: עלגום

References

• Blois, François de (1990) Burzōy’s Voyage to India and the Origin of the Book of Kalīlah wa Dimnah, London: Royal Asiatic Society, →ISBN, page 12