دعموص

Arabic

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duʕ.muːsˤ/

Noun

دُعْمُوص • (duʕmūṣ) m (plural دَعَامِيص (daʕāmīṣ))

1. any opaque organism swimming in water and especially if being the non-adult state of an animal, larva in a non-technical sense, a water-insect, tadpole, newt, naiad, diving beetle, etc. [till 9^th century, then only unusual learned borrowings]

   Synonym: يَرَقَان (yaraqān)

Declension

Declension of noun دُعْمُوص (duʕmūṣ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُعْمُوص duʕmūṣ	الدُّعْمُوص ad-duʕmūṣ	دُعْمُوص duʕmūṣ
Nominative	دُعْمُوصٌ duʕmūṣun	الدُّعْمُوصُ ad-duʕmūṣu	دُعْمُوصُ duʕmūṣu
Accusative	دُعْمُوصًا duʕmūṣan	الدُّعْمُوصَ ad-duʕmūṣa	دُعْمُوصَ duʕmūṣa
Genitive	دُعْمُوصٍ duʕmūṣin	الدُّعْمُوصِ ad-duʕmūṣi	دُعْمُوصِ duʕmūṣi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُعْمُوصَيْن duʕmūṣayn	الدُّعْمُوصَيْن ad-duʕmūṣayn	دُعْمُوصَيْ duʕmūṣay
Nominative	دُعْمُوصَانِ duʕmūṣāni	الدُّعْمُوصَانِ ad-duʕmūṣāni	دُعْمُوصَا duʕmūṣā
Accusative	دُعْمُوصَيْنِ duʕmūṣayni	الدُّعْمُوصَيْنِ ad-duʕmūṣayni	دُعْمُوصَيْ duʕmūṣay
Genitive	دُعْمُوصَيْنِ duʕmūṣayni	الدُّعْمُوصَيْنِ ad-duʕmūṣayni	دُعْمُوصَيْ duʕmūṣay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَعَامِيص daʕāmīṣ	الدَّعَامِيص ad-daʕāmīṣ	دَعَامِيص daʕāmīṣ
Nominative	دَعَامِيصُ daʕāmīṣu	الدَّعَامِيصُ ad-daʕāmīṣu	دَعَامِيصُ daʕāmīṣu
Accusative	دَعَامِيصَ daʕāmīṣa	الدَّعَامِيصَ ad-daʕāmīṣa	دَعَامِيصَ daʕāmīṣa
Genitive	دَعَامِيصَ daʕāmīṣa	الدَّعَامِيصِ ad-daʕāmīṣi	دَعَامِيصِ daʕāmīṣi

Derived terms

• دُعَيْمِيص (duʕaymīṣ)

References

• Lamouchi-Chebbi, Kaouthar, Katouzian-Safadi, Mehrnaz (2020 March 30) “Métamorphoses et transformations subies par les insectes dans Kitāb al-Ḥayawān de Ğāḥiẓ”, in L’animal : un objet d’étude (Actes des congrès nationaux des sociétés historiques et scientifiques)‎^[1], Paris: Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “دعموص”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 883a
• Ullmann, Manfred (1995) “Was bedeutet arabisch duʿmūṣ”, in Die Welt des Orients‎^[3] (in German), volume 26, pages 145–160