طعام
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ط ع م (ṭ-ʕ-m). Cognate with Hebrew טַעַם (ṭāʿām).
Pronunciation
Noun
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طَعَام • (ṭaʕām) m (countable and uncountable, plural أَطْعِمَة (ʾaṭʿima))
- food
- wheat
- c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 16, page 680:
- وقيل إن نضح بقدر جرة من ماء الزيتون قدر مائة جرة من الطعام لم يفسد ولم تصبه آفة وإن نضح عليه ماء الأفسنتين بقي ولم يفسد.
- It is said that when a jar of wheat is dampened with a jar of amurca it does not suffer decay nor damage, and if it is dampened with absinthe water, it stays and does not rot.
- grain
Declension
Declension of noun طَعَام (ṭaʕām)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | طَعَام ṭaʕām |
الطَّعَام aṭ-ṭaʕām |
طَعَام ṭaʕām |
Nominative | طَعَامٌ ṭaʕāmun |
الطَّعَامُ aṭ-ṭaʕāmu |
طَعَامُ ṭaʕāmu |
Accusative | طَعَامًا ṭaʕāman |
الطَّعَامَ aṭ-ṭaʕāma |
طَعَامَ ṭaʕāma |
Genitive | طَعَامٍ ṭaʕāmin |
الطَّعَامِ aṭ-ṭaʕāmi |
طَعَامِ ṭaʕāmi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | طَعَامَيْن ṭaʕāmayn |
الطَّعَامَيْن aṭ-ṭaʕāmayn |
طَعَامَيْ ṭaʕāmay |
Nominative | طَعَامَانِ ṭaʕāmāni |
الطَّعَامَانِ aṭ-ṭaʕāmāni |
طَعَامَا ṭaʕāmā |
Accusative | طَعَامَيْنِ ṭaʕāmayni |
الطَّعَامَيْنِ aṭ-ṭaʕāmayni |
طَعَامَيْ ṭaʕāmay |
Genitive | طَعَامَيْنِ ṭaʕāmayni |
الطَّعَامَيْنِ aṭ-ṭaʕāmayni |
طَعَامَيْ ṭaʕāmay |
Plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَطْعِمَة ʔaṭʕima |
الْأَطْعِمَة al-ʔaṭʕima |
أَطْعِمَة ʔaṭʕimat |
Nominative | أَطْعِمَةٌ ʔaṭʕimatun |
الْأَطْعِمَةُ al-ʔaṭʕimatu |
أَطْعِمَةُ ʔaṭʕimatu |
Accusative | أَطْعِمَةً ʔaṭʕimatan |
الْأَطْعِمَةَ al-ʔaṭʕimata |
أَطْعِمَةَ ʔaṭʕimata |
Genitive | أَطْعِمَةٍ ʔaṭʕimatin |
الْأَطْعِمَةِ al-ʔaṭʕimati |
أَطْعِمَةِ ʔaṭʕimati |
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