خميرة

See also: خمبره

Arabic

Root
خ م ر (ḵ-m-r)

Noun

خَمِيرَة • (ḵamīra) f (plural خَمَائِر (ḵamāʔir))

1. yeast

Declension

Declension of noun خَمِيرَة (ḵamīra)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَمِيرَة ḵamīra	الْخَمِيرَة al-ḵamīra	خَمِيرَة ḵamīrat
Nominative	خَمِيرَةٌ ḵamīratun	الْخَمِيرَةُ al-ḵamīratu	خَمِيرَةُ ḵamīratu
Accusative	خَمِيرَةً ḵamīratan	الْخَمِيرَةَ al-ḵamīrata	خَمِيرَةَ ḵamīrata
Genitive	خَمِيرَةٍ ḵamīratin	الْخَمِيرَةِ al-ḵamīrati	خَمِيرَةِ ḵamīrati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَمِيرَتَيْن ḵamīratayn	الْخَمِيرَتَيْن al-ḵamīratayn	خَمِيرَتَيْ ḵamīratay
Nominative	خَمِيرَتَانِ ḵamīratāni	الْخَمِيرَتَانِ al-ḵamīratāni	خَمِيرَتَا ḵamīratā
Accusative	خَمِيرَتَيْنِ ḵamīratayni	الْخَمِيرَتَيْنِ al-ḵamīratayni	خَمِيرَتَيْ ḵamīratay
Genitive	خَمِيرَتَيْنِ ḵamīratayni	الْخَمِيرَتَيْنِ al-ḵamīratayni	خَمِيرَتَيْ ḵamīratay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَمَائِر ḵamāʔir	الْخَمَائِر al-ḵamāʔir	خَمَائِر ḵamāʔir
Nominative	خَمَائِرُ ḵamāʔiru	الْخَمَائِرُ al-ḵamāʔiru	خَمَائِرُ ḵamāʔiru
Accusative	خَمَائِرَ ḵamāʔira	الْخَمَائِرَ al-ḵamāʔira	خَمَائِرَ ḵamāʔira
Genitive	خَمَائِرَ ḵamāʔira	الْخَمَائِرِ al-ḵamāʔiri	خَمَائِرِ ḵamāʔiri

Descendants

• Maltese: ħmira
• Moroccan Arabic: خميرة (ḵmīra)
• → Swahili: hamira

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic خَمِيرَة (ḵamīra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xmiːra/

Noun

خميرة • (ḵmīra) f (plural خماير (ḵmāyir))

1. yeast