فحم

See also: فخم and قحم

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ف ح م (f-ḥ-m). Cognate with Hebrew פֶּחָם (peḥām, “coal”), Aramaic ܦܲܚܡܵܐ (paḥmā, “coal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faħm/

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  • (Gulf Arabic) IPA^(key): /ˈfɐħəm/

Noun

فَحْم • (faḥm) m (collective, singulative فَحْمَة f (faḥma), plural فُحُوم (fuḥūm))

1. cinder

   Coordinate term: جَمْر (jamr, “embers, hot coals”)

2. coal; charcoal

   فَحْم حَجَرِيّ ― faḥm ḥajariyy ― coal (carbon rock)

   فَحْم الْخَشَب ― faḥm al-ḵašab ― charcoal

Declension

Declension of noun فَحْم (faḥm)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَحْم faḥm	الْفَحْم al-faḥm	فَحْم faḥm
Nominative	فَحْمٌ faḥmun	الْفَحْمُ al-faḥmu	فَحْمُ faḥmu
Accusative	فَحْمًا faḥman	الْفَحْمَ al-faḥma	فَحْمَ faḥma
Genitive	فَحْمٍ faḥmin	الْفَحْمِ al-faḥmi	فَحْمِ faḥmi
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فُحُوم fuḥūm	الْفُحُوم al-fuḥūm	فُحُوم fuḥūm
Nominative	فُحُومٌ fuḥūmun	الْفُحُومُ al-fuḥūmu	فُحُومُ fuḥūmu
Accusative	فُحُومًا fuḥūman	الْفُحُومَ al-fuḥūma	فُحُومَ fuḥūma
Genitive	فُحُومٍ fuḥūmin	الْفُحُومِ al-fuḥūmi	فُحُومِ fuḥūmi

Derived terms

• فَحْمَة (faḥma, “coal (singulative)”)

References

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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ف ح م
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic فَحْم (faḥm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faħm/, [ˈfa.ħ(ɪ)m]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Noun

فحم • (faḥm) m

1. (uncountable) coal