عاصمة

Algerian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عَاصِمة (ʕāṣima).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕaː.sˤi.ma/

Noun

عاصمة (ʿāṣima) f (plural عواصم (ʿawāṣim))

1. capital (city)
2. Algiers (the capital city of Algeria)

Arabic

Root
ع ص م (ʕ-ṣ-m)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕaː.sˤi.ma/

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  • (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /ʕaːsˤ.ma/

Noun

عَاصِمَة • (ʕāṣima) f (plural عَوَاصِم (ʕawāṣim))

1. capital city

Declension

Declension of noun عَاصِمَة (ʕāṣima)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَاصِمَة ʕāṣima	الْعَاصِمَة al-ʕāṣima	عَاصِمَة ʕāṣimat
Nominative	عَاصِمَةٌ ʕāṣimatun	الْعَاصِمَةُ al-ʕāṣimatu	عَاصِمَةُ ʕāṣimatu
Accusative	عَاصِمَةً ʕāṣimatan	الْعَاصِمَةَ al-ʕāṣimata	عَاصِمَةَ ʕāṣimata
Genitive	عَاصِمَةٍ ʕāṣimatin	الْعَاصِمَةِ al-ʕāṣimati	عَاصِمَةِ ʕāṣimati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَاصِمَتَيْن ʕāṣimatayn	الْعَاصِمَتَيْن al-ʕāṣimatayn	عَاصِمَتَيْ ʕāṣimatay
Nominative	عَاصِمَتَانِ ʕāṣimatāni	الْعَاصِمَتَانِ al-ʕāṣimatāni	عَاصِمَتَا ʕāṣimatā
Accusative	عَاصِمَتَيْنِ ʕāṣimatayni	الْعَاصِمَتَيْنِ al-ʕāṣimatayni	عَاصِمَتَيْ ʕāṣimatay
Genitive	عَاصِمَتَيْنِ ʕāṣimatayni	الْعَاصِمَتَيْنِ al-ʕāṣimatayni	عَاصِمَتَيْ ʕāṣimatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَوَاصِم ʕawāṣim	الْعَوَاصِم al-ʕawāṣim	عَوَاصِم ʕawāṣim
Nominative	عَوَاصِمُ ʕawāṣimu	الْعَوَاصِمُ al-ʕawāṣimu	عَوَاصِمُ ʕawāṣimu
Accusative	عَوَاصِمَ ʕawāṣima	الْعَوَاصِمَ al-ʕawāṣima	عَوَاصِمَ ʕawāṣima
Genitive	عَوَاصِمَ ʕawāṣima	الْعَوَاصِمِ al-ʕawāṣimi	عَوَاصِمِ ʕawāṣimi

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “عصم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عَاصِمَة (ʕāṣima).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕɑːˈsˤɪmæ]

Noun

عاصمة • (ʿāṣima) f (plural عواصم (ʿawāṣim))

1. capital (city)