بهيمة

See also: بهیمه

Arabic

Etymology

According to Arthur Jeffery it appears first in discussions of dietary laws and thus is likely borrowed from Hebrew בְּהֵמָה (bəhēmā́). Else it belongs to the root ب ه م (b h m) to which there is also بَهْمَة (bahma, “lamb”). Compare Ugaritic 𐎁𐎅𐎎𐎚 (bhmt) and Ge'ez ብህመ (bəhmä, “to be dumb, to be speechless”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.hiː.ma/

Noun

بَهِيمَة • (bahīma) f (plural بَهَائِم (bahāʔim))

1. beast, head of cattle

Declension

Declension of noun بَهِيمَة (bahīma)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَهِيمَة bahīma	الْبَهِيمَة al-bahīma	بَهِيمَة bahīmat
nominative	بَهِيمَةٌ bahīmatun	الْبَهِيمَةُ al-bahīmatu	بَهِيمَةُ bahīmatu
accusative	بَهِيمَةً bahīmatan	الْبَهِيمَةَ al-bahīmata	بَهِيمَةَ bahīmata
genitive	بَهِيمَةٍ bahīmatin	الْبَهِيمَةِ al-bahīmati	بَهِيمَةِ bahīmati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَهِيمَتَيْن bahīmatayn	الْبَهِيمَتَيْن al-bahīmatayn	بَهِيمَتَيْ bahīmatay
nominative	بَهِيمَتَانِ bahīmatāni	الْبَهِيمَتَانِ al-bahīmatāni	بَهِيمَتَا bahīmatā
accusative	بَهِيمَتَيْنِ bahīmatayni	الْبَهِيمَتَيْنِ al-bahīmatayni	بَهِيمَتَيْ bahīmatay
genitive	بَهِيمَتَيْنِ bahīmatayni	الْبَهِيمَتَيْنِ al-bahīmatayni	بَهِيمَتَيْ bahīmatay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَهَائِم bahāʔim	الْبَهَائِم al-bahāʔim	بَهَائِم bahāʔim
nominative	بَهَائِمُ bahāʔimu	الْبَهَائِمُ al-bahāʔimu	بَهَائِمُ bahāʔimu
accusative	بَهَائِمَ bahāʔima	الْبَهَائِمَ al-bahāʔima	بَهَائِمَ bahāʔima
genitive	بَهَائِمَ bahāʔima	الْبَهَائِمِ al-bahāʔimi	بَهَائِمِ bahāʔimi

Descendants

• Maltese: bhima
• Moroccan Arabic: بهيمة (bhīma)
• → Wolof: bàyyima

References

• Ahrens, Karl (1930), “Christliches im Qoran. Eine Nachlese”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[1] (in German), volume 84, page 20
• Jeffery, Arthur (1938), “بَهِيمَة”, in The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 84

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ب ه م
1 term

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic بَهِيمَة (bahīma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bhiː.ma/

Noun

بهيمة • (bhīma) f (plural بهايم (bhāyim))

1. head of cattle
2. pack animal
3. (figuratively) stupid person
4. (figuratively) gross person