مرحوم

Arabic

Root
ر ح م (r ḥ m)
12 terms

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of the verb رَحِمَ (raḥima).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar.ħuːm/
• Rhymes: -uːm

Adjective

مَرْحُوم • (marḥūm) (feminine مَرْحُومَة (marḥūma), masculine plural مَرْحُومُون (marḥūmūn), feminine plural مَرْحُومَات (marḥūmāt))

1. passive participle of رَحِمَ (raḥima)
   1. under (God's) mercy
   2. deceased, late

Declension

Declension of adjective مَرْحُوم (marḥūm)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَرْحُوم marḥūm	الْمَرْحُوم al-marḥūm	مَرْحُومَة marḥūma	الْمَرْحُومَة al-marḥūma
nominative	مَرْحُومٌ marḥūmun	الْمَرْحُومُ al-marḥūmu	مَرْحُومَةٌ marḥūmatun	الْمَرْحُومَةُ al-marḥūmatu
accusative	مَرْحُومًا marḥūman	الْمَرْحُومَ al-marḥūma	مَرْحُومَةً marḥūmatan	الْمَرْحُومَةَ al-marḥūmata
genitive	مَرْحُومٍ marḥūmin	الْمَرْحُومِ al-marḥūmi	مَرْحُومَةٍ marḥūmatin	الْمَرْحُومَةِ al-marḥūmati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَرْحُومَيْن marḥūmayn	الْمَرْحُومَيْن al-marḥūmayn	مَرْحُومَتَيْن marḥūmatayn	الْمَرْحُومَتَيْن al-marḥūmatayn
nominative	مَرْحُومَانِ marḥūmāni	الْمَرْحُومَانِ al-marḥūmāni	مَرْحُومَتَانِ marḥūmatāni	الْمَرْحُومَتَانِ al-marḥūmatāni
accusative	مَرْحُومَيْنِ marḥūmayni	الْمَرْحُومَيْنِ al-marḥūmayni	مَرْحُومَتَيْنِ marḥūmatayni	الْمَرْحُومَتَيْنِ al-marḥūmatayni
genitive	مَرْحُومَيْنِ marḥūmayni	الْمَرْحُومَيْنِ al-marḥūmayni	مَرْحُومَتَيْنِ marḥūmatayni	الْمَرْحُومَتَيْنِ al-marḥūmatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَرْحُومِين marḥūmīn	الْمَرْحُومِين al-marḥūmīn	مَرْحُومَات marḥūmāt	الْمَرْحُومَات al-marḥūmāt
nominative	مَرْحُومُونَ marḥūmūna	الْمَرْحُومُونَ al-marḥūmūna	مَرْحُومَاتٌ marḥūmātun	الْمَرْحُومَاتُ al-marḥūmātu
accusative	مَرْحُومِينَ marḥūmīna	الْمَرْحُومِينَ al-marḥūmīna	مَرْحُومَاتٍ marḥūmātin	الْمَرْحُومَاتِ al-marḥūmāti
genitive	مَرْحُومِينَ marḥūmīna	الْمَرْحُومِينَ al-marḥūmīna	مَرْحُومَاتٍ marḥūmātin	الْمَرْحُومَاتِ al-marḥūmāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mərhum
• → Bashkir: мәрхүм (mərxüm)
• → Kazakh: марқұм (marqūm)
• → Kumyk: маргьум (marhum)
• → Kyrgyz: маркум (markum)
• → Classical Malay: المرحوم
  • → Indonesian: almarhum, almarhumah
• → Ottoman Turkish: مرحوم (merhûm)
  • Turkish: merhum
• → Persian: مرحوم
  • → Bengali: মরহুম (morhum)
  • → Gujarati: મરહૂમ (marhūm)
  • → Hindi: मरहूम (marhūm)
• → Swahili: marehemu
  • → Yao (Africa): malemu
    • → Chichewa: malemu
• → Tatar: мәрхүм (märxüm)
• → Uyghur: مەرھۇم (merhum)
• → Uzbek: marhum

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْحُوم (marḥūm).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /mar.ˈhuːm/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.húːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.húːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mä.ɾúːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mä.ɾúm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæɹ.húːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.húm]

• Rhymes: -uːm

Readings
Classical reading?	marhūm
Dari reading?	marhūm
Iranian reading?	marhum
Tajik reading?	marhum

Adjective

مرحوم • (marhūm / marhum) (Tajik spelling марҳум)

1. the deceased, the late

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “مرحوم”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim