برشام

Arabic

Alternative forms

• بُرْشَان (buršān), بُرْشَامَة (buršāma)

Etymology

From بَرْشَمَ (baršama, “to be wry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bur.ʃaːm/
• (Egypt) IPA^(key): /bir.ʃaːm/

Noun

بُرْشَام • (buršām) m (plural بُرْشَامَات (buršāmāt)) (alternatively this is a collective and there is a singulative بُرْشَامَة (buršāma))

1. rivet
2. pill or capsule of medicine

   بُرْشَام مَنْع الْحَمْل ― buršām manʕ al-ḥaml ― contraceptive pill

3. (Christianity) communion wafer
4. (colloquial, regional) cheat sheet

Declension

Declension of noun بُرْشَام (buršām)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بُرْشَام buršām	الْبُرْشَام al-buršām	بُرْشَام buršām
nominative	بُرْشَامٌ buršāmun	الْبُرْشَامُ al-buršāmu	بُرْشَامُ buršāmu
accusative	بُرْشَامًا buršāman	الْبُرْشَامَ al-buršāma	بُرْشَامَ buršāma
genitive	بُرْشَامٍ buršāmin	الْبُرْشَامِ al-buršāmi	بُرْشَامِ buršāmi

Noun

بِرْشَام • (biršām) m

1. a piercing gaze, verbal noun of بَرْشَمَ (baršama)

Declension

Declension of noun بِرْشَام (biršām)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بِرْشَام biršām	الْبِرْشَام al-biršām	بِرْشَام biršām
nominative	بِرْشَامٌ biršāmun	الْبِرْشَامُ al-biršāmu	بِرْشَامُ biršāmu
accusative	بِرْشَامًا biršāman	الْبِرْشَامَ al-biršāma	بِرْشَامَ biršāma
genitive	بِرْشَامٍ biršāmin	الْبِرْشَامِ al-biršāmi	بِرْشَامِ biršāmi

References

• Баранов, Х. К. (2011), “برشام”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “برشام”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 111
• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “برشام”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
• Wehr, Hans (1960), “برشام”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz
• https://web.archive.org/web/20220103091440/http://www.baheth.info/all.jsp?term=%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85
• “برشام” in Almaany
• https://www.maajim.com/dictionary/برشام