حكومة
See also: حکومت
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ح ك م (ḥ-k-m); compare حَكَمَ (ḥakama, “to pass judgment, to express an opinion”).
Pronunciation
Noun
حُكُومَة • (ḥukūma) f (plural حُكُومَات (ḥukūmāt))
- verbal noun of حَكَمَ (ḥakama) (form I)
- government
- authority, dominion
- empire, state
- jurisdiction
- sentence, judgment
Declension
Declension of noun حُكُومَة (ḥukūma)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | حُكُومَة ḥukūma |
الْحُكُومَة al-ḥukūma |
حُكُومَة ḥukūmat |
Nominative | حُكُومَةٌ ḥukūmatun |
الْحُكُومَةُ al-ḥukūmatu |
حُكُومَةُ ḥukūmatu |
Accusative | حُكُومَةً ḥukūmatan |
الْحُكُومَةَ al-ḥukūmata |
حُكُومَةَ ḥukūmata |
Genitive | حُكُومَةٍ ḥukūmatin |
الْحُكُومَةِ al-ḥukūmati |
حُكُومَةِ ḥukūmati |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | حُكُومَتَيْن ḥukūmatayn |
الْحُكُومَتَيْن al-ḥukūmatayn |
حُكُومَتَيْ ḥukūmatay |
Nominative | حُكُومَتَانِ ḥukūmatāni |
الْحُكُومَتَانِ al-ḥukūmatāni |
حُكُومَتَا ḥukūmatā |
Accusative | حُكُومَتَيْنِ ḥukūmatayni |
الْحُكُومَتَيْنِ al-ḥukūmatayni |
حُكُومَتَيْ ḥukūmatay |
Genitive | حُكُومَتَيْنِ ḥukūmatayni |
الْحُكُومَتَيْنِ al-ḥukūmatayni |
حُكُومَتَيْ ḥukūmatay |
Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | حُكُومَات ḥukūmāt |
الْحُكُومَات al-ḥukūmāt |
حُكُومَات ḥukūmāt |
Nominative | حُكُومَاتٌ ḥukūmātun |
الْحُكُومَاتُ al-ḥukūmātu |
حُكُومَاتُ ḥukūmātu |
Accusative | حُكُومَاتٍ ḥukūmātin |
الْحُكُومَاتِ al-ḥukūmāti |
حُكُومَاتِ ḥukūmāti |
Genitive | حُكُومَاتٍ ḥukūmātin |
الْحُكُومَاتِ al-ḥukūmāti |
حُكُومَاتِ ḥukūmāti |
Descendants
- Azerbaijani: hökümət
- Bashkir: хөкүмәт (xökümət)
- Hindi: हुकूमत (hukūmat)
- Kazakh: үкімет (ükımet)
- Kyrgyz: өкмөт (ökmöt)
- Pashto: حکومت (hokumát)
- Persian: حکومت (hokumat)
- Tatar: хөкүмәт (xökümät)
- Tajik: ҳукумат (hukumat)
- Turkish: hükûmet
- Turkmen: hökümet
- Urdu: حکومت (hukūmat)
- Uyghur: ھۆكۈمەت (hökümet)
- Uzbek: hukumat
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حكومة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “حكم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN