مأتم

Arabic

Root
ء ت م (ʔ-t-m)

Etymology

Noun of place from the root ء ت م (ʔ-t-m).

Noun

مَأْتَم • (maʔtam) m (plural مَآتِم (maʔātim))

1. mourning ceremony
2. (Shia Islam) a religious practice of mourning Hussain ibn Ali associated with Ashura
3. (Shia Islam, regional) hussainiya, a place where ma'tam is held

   Synonyms: حُسَيْنِيَّة (ḥusayniyya), (dialectal) مَجْلِس (majlis)

Declension

Declension of noun مأْتَم (?)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مأْتَم ?	الْمأْتَم ?	مأْتَم ?
Nominative	مأْتَمٌ ?	الْمأْتَمُ ?	مأْتَمُ ?
Accusative	مأْتَمًا ?	الْمأْتَمَ ?	مأْتَمَ ?
Genitive	مأْتَمٍ ?	الْمأْتَمِ ?	مأْتَمِ ?
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مأْتَمَيْن ?	الْمأْتَمَيْن ?	مأْتَمَيْ ?
Nominative	مأْتَمَانِ ?	الْمأْتَمَانِ ?	مأْتَمَا ?
Accusative	مأْتَمَيْنِ ?	الْمأْتَمَيْنِ ?	مأْتَمَيْ ?
Genitive	مأْتَمَيْنِ ?	الْمأْتَمَيْنِ ?	مأْتَمَيْ ?
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَآتِم maʔātim	الْمَآتِم al-maʔātim	مَآتِم maʔātim
Nominative	مَآتِمُ maʔātimu	الْمَآتِمُ al-maʔātimu	مَآتِمُ maʔātimu
Accusative	مَآتِمَ maʔātima	الْمَآتِمَ al-maʔātima	مَآتِمَ maʔātima
Genitive	مَآتِمَ maʔātima	الْمَآتِمِ al-maʔātimi	مَآتِمِ maʔātimi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: matəm
• → Northern Kurdish: matem
• → Persian: ماتم (mâtam)

  > Hindi: मातम (mātam) (inherited)

  > Urdu: ماتم (inherited)

• → Ottoman Turkish: ماتم (mātem)

  > Turkish: matem (inherited)

  > Crimean Tatar: matem (inherited)

• → Tatar: матәм (matäm), matäm
• → Uyghur: ماتەم (matem)
• → Uzbek: motam