طعام

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ط ع م‎ (ṭ-ʿ-m). Cognate with Hebrew טַעַם‎ (ṭāʿām).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tˁa.ʕaːm/
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Noun

طَعَام • (ṭaʿām) m (dual طَعَامَانِ‎ (ṭaʿāmāni), plural أَطْعِمَة‎ (ʾaṭʿima))

food, meal
wheat
- 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 1802^IA, 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.
grain

Declension

Declension of noun طَعَام (ṭaʿām)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	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)
Plural	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

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