كيمياء

Arabic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χημεία (khēmeía) or χυμεία (khumeía) originally “a mingling, infusion, juice, liquid, as extracted from gold” and later “alchemy”, perhaps from Χημία (Khēmía, “black earth (ancient name for Egypt)”) and/or χυμός (khumós, “juice, sap”)

Noun

كِيمِيَاء • (kīmiyāʔ) f

1. chemistry

Declension

Declension of noun كِيمِيَاء (kīmiyāʔ)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كِيمِيَاء kīmiyāʔ	الْكِيمِيَاء al-kīmiyāʔ	كِيمِيَاء kīmiyāʔ
Nominative	كِيمِيَاءُ kīmiyāʔu	الْكِيمِيَاءُ al-kīmiyāʔu	كِيمِيَاءُ kīmiyāʔu
Accusative	كِيمِيَاءَ kīmiyāʔa	الْكِيمِيَاءَ al-kīmiyāʔa	كِيمِيَاءَ kīmiyāʔa
Genitive	كِيمِيَاءَ kīmiyāʔa	الْكِيمِيَاءِ al-kīmiyāʔi	كِيمِيَاءِ kīmiyāʔi

Related terms

• خِيمِيَاء (ḵīmiyāʔ)
• كِيمِيَائِيّ (kīmiyāʔiyy)
• كِيمِيَاوِيّ (kīmiyāwiyy)
• كِيمَائِيّ (kīmāʔiyy)
• كِيمَاوِيّ (kīmāwiyy)

Descendants

• → Latin: alchemia
• → Middle Armenian: ալքիմիա (alkʻimia) [17th c.]