إبهام

See also: ابهام and اتهام

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ib.haːm/
• Rhymes: -aːm

Etymology 1

Verbal noun of أَبْهَمَ (ʔabhama, “to make obscure”) from ب ه م (b h m).

Noun

إِبْهَام • (ʔibhām) m

1. verbal noun of أَبْهَمَ (ʔabhama, “to make obscure”) (form IV)
2. obscurity, vagueness, ambiguity

Declension

Declension of noun إِبْهَام (ʔibhām)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	إِبْهَام ʔibhām	الْإِبْهَام al-ʔibhām	إِبْهَام ʔibhām
nominative	إِبْهَامٌ ʔibhāmun	الْإِبْهَامُ al-ʔibhāmu	إِبْهَامُ ʔibhāmu
accusative	إِبْهَامًا ʔibhāman	الْإِبْهَامَ al-ʔibhāma	إِبْهَامَ ʔibhāma
genitive	إِبْهَامٍ ʔibhāmin	الْإِبْهَامِ al-ʔibhāmi	إِبْهَامِ ʔibhāmi

Descendants

• → Classical Persian: ابهام (ibhām)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: इबहाम (ibhām), इब्हाम (ibhām)

  Urdu: ابہام (ibhām)

• → Lisan ud-Dawat Gujarati: ابهام (ibhām)

Etymology 2

With labial assimilation – not found in بَنَان (banān, “fingers”) – related to Akkadian 𒋗𒅆 (ubānum, “finger”), Eblaite 𒁀𒂍𒈝 (ba-ʾà-núm /⁠bahānum⁠/), Hebrew בֹּהֶן (bṓhen, “thumb”), Mehri hābḗn (“thumb”), Harsusi ḥābēn.

Noun

إِبْهَام • (ʔibhām) f (dual إِبْهَامَان (ʔibhāmān), plural أَبَاهِيم (ʔabāhīm))

1. thumb
2. big toe

Declension

Declension of noun إِبْهَام (ʔibhām)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	إِبْهَام ʔibhām	الْإِبْهَام al-ʔibhām	إِبْهَام ʔibhām
nominative	إِبْهَامٌ ʔibhāmun	الْإِبْهَامُ al-ʔibhāmu	إِبْهَامُ ʔibhāmu
accusative	إِبْهَامًا ʔibhāman	الْإِبْهَامَ al-ʔibhāma	إِبْهَامَ ʔibhāma
genitive	إِبْهَامٍ ʔibhāmin	الْإِبْهَامِ al-ʔibhāmi	إِبْهَامِ ʔibhāmi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	إِبْهَامَيْن ʔibhāmayn	الْإِبْهَامَيْن al-ʔibhāmayn	إِبْهَامَيْ ʔibhāmay
nominative	إِبْهَامَانِ ʔibhāmāni	الْإِبْهَامَانِ al-ʔibhāmāni	إِبْهَامَا ʔibhāmā
accusative	إِبْهَامَيْنِ ʔibhāmayni	الْإِبْهَامَيْنِ al-ʔibhāmayni	إِبْهَامَيْ ʔibhāmay
genitive	إِبْهَامَيْنِ ʔibhāmayni	الْإِبْهَامَيْنِ al-ʔibhāmayni	إِبْهَامَيْ ʔibhāmay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	اَبَاهِيم abāhīm	الَابَاهِيم al-abāhīm	اَبَاهِيم abāhīm
nominative	اَبَاهِيمٌ abāhīmun	الَابَاهِيمُ al-abāhīmu	اَبَاهِيمُ abāhīmu
accusative	اَبَاهِيمًا abāhīman	الَابَاهِيمَ al-abāhīma	اَبَاهِيمَ abāhīma
genitive	اَبَاهِيمٍ abāhīmin	الَابَاهِيمِ al-abāhīmi	اَبَاهِيمِ abāhīmi

Descendants

• ⇒ Maltese: behem

See also

terms for fingers: الأَصَابِع (al-ʔaṣābiʕ)edit

• إِبْهَام (ʔibhām, “thumb”)
• سَبَّابَة (sabbāba, “index finger”), شَاهِد (šāhid)
• وُسْطَى (wusṭā, “middle finger”)
• بِنْصِر (binṣir, “ring finger”)
• خِنْصِر (ḵinṣir, “little finger”), خِنْصَر (ḵinṣar)