جذام

Arabic

Root
ج ذ م (j ḏ m)
3 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒu.ðaːm/
• Rhymes: -aːm

Noun

جُذَام • (juḏām) m

1. (pathology) leprosy

Declension

Declension of noun جُذَام (juḏām)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جُذَام juḏām	الْجُذَام al-juḏām	جُذَام juḏām
nominative	جُذَامٌ juḏāmun	الْجُذَامُ al-juḏāmu	جُذَامُ juḏāmu
accusative	جُذَامًا juḏāman	الْجُذَامَ al-juḏāma	جُذَامَ juḏāma
genitive	جُذَامٍ juḏāmin	الْجُذَامِ al-juḏāmi	جُذَامِ juḏāmi

Descendants

• → Swahili: jedhamu
• → Classical Syriac: ܓܘܪܕܡܢܐ (gūrdəmānā)
• → Ottoman Turkish: جذام (cüzâm)
  • → Turkish: cüzzam

References

• Баранов, Х. К. (2011), “جذام”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “جذام”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
• Wehr, Hans (1960), “جذام”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz