إثمد

Arabic

Etymology

By form a metathesis away from Coptic ⲉⲥⲑⲏⲙ (esthēm), though derivation from an unattested oblique δ (d) form of Ancient Greek στίμμι (stímmi) has been suggested, ultimately from Egyptian msdmt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔiθ.mid/

Noun

إِثْمِد • (ʾiṯmid) m

1. antimony, antimony ore
2. antimony powder ointment, kohl

Declension

Declension of noun إِثْمِد (ʾiṯmid)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِثْمِد ʾiṯmid	الْإِثْمِد‎ al-ʾiṯmid	إِثْمِد ʾiṯmid
Nominative	إِثْمِدٌ ʾiṯmidun	الْإِثْمِدُ‎ al-ʾiṯmidu	إِثْمِدُ ʾiṯmidu
Accusative	إِثْمِدًا‎ ʾiṯmidan	الْإِثْمِدَ‎ al-ʾiṯmida	إِثْمِدَ ʾiṯmida
Genitive	إِثْمِدٍ ʾiṯmidin	الْإِثْمِدِ‎ al-ʾiṯmidi	إِثْمِدِ ʾiṯmidi

Synonyms

•  (antimony or antimony powder): كُحْل‎ (kuḥl), تمونية‎ (timūnyah) (Egyptian Arabic)

References

• “إثمد” in Almaany
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 153
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) , “إثمد”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 7
• Badawi, El-Said and Martin Hinds. A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic. Beirut: Librairie du Liban, 1986.