عاصمة

Algerian Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic عَاصِمة (ʕāṣima).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕaː.sˤi.ma/

Noun

عاصمة (ʕāṣima) f (plural عواصم (ʕawāṣim))

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

Arabic

Root
ع ص م (ʕ ṣ m)
10 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕaː.sˤi.ma/
  • (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

Inherited from Arabic عَاصِمَة (ʕāṣima).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʕɑːˈsˤɪmæ]

Noun

عاصمة • (ʕāṣima) f (plural عواصم (ʕawāṣim))

1. capital city