مومس

Arabic

Alternative forms

• مُومِسَة (mūmisa)

Etymology

From the root و م س (w m s) meaning "to rub or polish with a rag", likening them to a dirty, filthy, used-up rag; parallel semantic development is found in the word شرموطة.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muː.mis/

Noun

مُومِس • (mūmis) f (plural مُومِسات (mūmisāt))

1. (derogatory) wench, hooker, tramp

Declension

Declension of noun مُومِس (mūmis)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُومِس mūmis	الْمُومِس al-mūmis	مُومِس mūmis
nominative	مُومِسٌ mūmisun	الْمُومِسُ al-mūmisu	مُومِسُ mūmisu
accusative	مُومِسًا mūmisan	الْمُومِسَ al-mūmisa	مُومِسَ mūmisa
genitive	مُومِسٍ mūmisin	الْمُومِسِ al-mūmisi	مُومِسِ mūmisi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُومِسَيْن mūmisayn	الْمُومِسَيْن al-mūmisayn	مُومِسَيْ mūmisay
nominative	مُومِسَانِ mūmisāni	الْمُومِسَانِ al-mūmisāni	مُومِسَا mūmisā
accusative	مُومِسَيْنِ mūmisayni	الْمُومِسَيْنِ al-mūmisayni	مُومِسَيْ mūmisay
genitive	مُومِسَيْنِ mūmisayni	الْمُومِسَيْنِ al-mūmisayni	مُومِسَيْ mūmisay
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُومِسات mūmisāt	الْمُومِسات al-mūmisāt	مُومِسات mūmisāt
nominative	مُومِساتٌ mūmisātun	الْمُومِساتُ al-mūmisātu	مُومِساتُ mūmisātu
accusative	مُومِساتٍ mūmisātin	الْمُومِساتِ al-mūmisāti	مُومِساتِ mūmisāti
genitive	مُومِساتٍ mūmisātin	الْمُومِساتِ al-mūmisāti	مُومِساتِ mūmisāti

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “مومس”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN