إثمد

Arabic

Etymology

By form a metathesis away from Coptic ⲉⲥⲑⲏⲙ (esthēm), though derivation from an unattested oblique δ (d) form of Ancient Greek στίμμι (stímmi) has been suggested, ultimately from Egyptian msdmt.

Noun

إِثْمِد • (ʾiṯmid) m

  1. antimony, antimony ore
  2. antimony powder ointment, kohl

Declension
Declension of noun إِثْمِد (ʾiṯmid)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal إِثْمِد
ʾiṯmid		 الْإِثْمِد‎
al-ʾiṯmid		 إِثْمِد
ʾiṯmid
Nominative إِثْمِدٌ
ʾiṯmidun		 الْإِثْمِدُ‎
al-ʾiṯmidu		 إِثْمِدُ
ʾiṯmidu
Accusative إِثْمِدًا‎
ʾiṯmidan		 الْإِثْمِدَ‎
al-ʾiṯmida		 إِثْمِدَ
ʾiṯmida
Genitive إِثْمِدٍ
ʾiṯmidin		 الْإِثْمِدِ‎
al-ʾiṯmidi		 إِثْمِدِ
ʾiṯmidi

Synonyms
  •  (antimony or antimony powder): كُحْل‎ (kuḥl), تمونية‎ (timūnyah) (Egyptian Arabic)

References
  • “إثمد” in Almaany
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 153
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “إثمد”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 7
  • Badawi, El-Said and Martin Hinds. A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic. Beirut: Librairie du Liban, 1986.
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