صومعة

Arabic

Etymology

From an unknown Old South Arabian word, from which also Ge'ez ጾማዕት (ṣomaʿt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˤaw.ma.ʕa/

Noun

صَوْمَعَة • (ṣawmaʕa) f (plural صَوَامِع (ṣawāmiʕ))

1. tower, minaret

   Synonyms: مِئْذَنَة (miʔḏana), مَنَارَة (manāra)

2. monk’s cell, hermit’s hut, hermitage

   Synonyms: كِرْح (kirḥ), قَلَّايَة (qallāya)

3. cellar, den; silo

   Synonym: قَبْو (qabw)

   Hyponyms: سِرْدَاب (sirdāb), بَدْرُوم (badrūm), مَطْمُورة (maṭmūra)

Declension

Declension of noun صَوْمَعَة (ṣawmaʕa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَوْمَعَة ṣawmaʕa	الصَّوْمَعَة aṣ-ṣawmaʕa	صَوْمَعَة ṣawmaʕat
Nominative	صَوْمَعَةٌ ṣawmaʕatun	الصَّوْمَعَةُ aṣ-ṣawmaʕatu	صَوْمَعَةُ ṣawmaʕatu
Accusative	صَوْمَعَةً ṣawmaʕatan	الصَّوْمَعَةَ aṣ-ṣawmaʕata	صَوْمَعَةَ ṣawmaʕata
Genitive	صَوْمَعَةٍ ṣawmaʕatin	الصَّوْمَعَةِ aṣ-ṣawmaʕati	صَوْمَعَةِ ṣawmaʕati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَوْمَعَتَيْن ṣawmaʕatayn	الصَّوْمَعَتَيْن aṣ-ṣawmaʕatayn	صَوْمَعَتَيْ ṣawmaʕatay
Nominative	صَوْمَعَتَانِ ṣawmaʕatāni	الصَّوْمَعَتَانِ aṣ-ṣawmaʕatāni	صَوْمَعَتَا ṣawmaʕatā
Accusative	صَوْمَعَتَيْنِ ṣawmaʕatayni	الصَّوْمَعَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣawmaʕatayni	صَوْمَعَتَيْ ṣawmaʕatay
Genitive	صَوْمَعَتَيْنِ ṣawmaʕatayni	الصَّوْمَعَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣawmaʕatayni	صَوْمَعَتَيْ ṣawmaʕatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صَوَامِع ṣawāmiʕ	الصَّوَامِع aṣ-ṣawāmiʕ	صَوَامِع ṣawāmiʕ
Nominative	صَوَامِعُ ṣawāmiʕu	الصَّوَامِعُ aṣ-ṣawāmiʕu	صَوَامِعُ ṣawāmiʕu
Accusative	صَوَامِعَ ṣawāmiʕa	الصَّوَامِعَ aṣ-ṣawāmiʕa	صَوَامِعَ ṣawāmiʕa
Genitive	صَوَامِعَ ṣawāmiʕa	الصَّوَامِعِ aṣ-ṣawāmiʕi	صَوَامِعِ ṣawāmiʕi

References

• Ahrens, Karl (1930) “Christliches im Qoran. Eine Nachlese”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[1] (in German), volume 84, page 23
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 269
• Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 200–201
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 557
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[2] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 52
• Rudolph, Wilhelm (1922) Die Abhängigkeit des Qorans von Judentum und Christentum (in German), Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, page 7
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “صومعة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 727