ملحمة

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place (اِسْم مَكَان (ism makān)) of لَحْم (laḥm, meat). Cognate to Hebrew מלחמה (milḥamá, war, battle).

Noun

مَلْحَمَة (malḥama) f (plural مَلَاحِم (malāḥim))

  1. a place where meat is stored or sold; butcher's shop, meathouse
  2. bloody battle, slaughter, massacre, bloodbath
  3. epic (literary genre)
Declension
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