سكوم

Arabic

Alternative forms

• أَسَكُّوم (ʔasakkūm), أَسْكُوم (ʔaskūm), ثَسَكُّومْت (ṯasakkūmt), تَسَكُّونْت (tasakkūnt), سَكُّون (sakkūn), سُوكُوم (sūkūm) — dialect forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Berber, compare Kabyle isekkim (“asparagus”), Tarifit tasukkant (“asparagus”), Tashelhit uskum (“asparagus”).

Noun

سَكُّوم • (sakkūm) m

1. asparagus (Asparagus spp.)

   Synonym: هِلْيُون (hilyūn)

Declension

Declension of noun سَكُّوم (sakkūm)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَكُّوم sakkūm	السَّكُّوم as-sakkūm	سَكُّوم sakkūm
Nominative	سَكُّومٌ sakkūmun	السَّكُّومُ as-sakkūmu	سَكُّومُ sakkūmu
Accusative	سَكُّومًا sakkūman	السَّكُّومَ as-sakkūma	سَكُّومَ sakkūma
Genitive	سَكُّومٍ sakkūmin	السَّكُّومِ as-sakkūmi	سَكُّومِ sakkūmi

References

• “سكوم” in Almaany
• Caubet, Dominique (2018) “Arabic and Berber in Contact: Arabic in a minority situation in Al Hoceima region”, in Stefano Manfredi, Mauro Tosco, editors, Arabic in Contact (Studies in Arabic Linguistics; 6), John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 80–82
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 195–198