ملحمة

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place (اِسْم مَكَان (ism makān)) of لَحْم (laḥm, “meat”). Cognate to Hebrew מלחמה (milḥamá, “war, battle”).

Noun

مَلْحَمَة • (malḥama) f (plural مَلَاحِم (malāḥim))

1. a place where meat is stored or sold; butcher's shop, meathouse
2. bloody battle, slaughter, massacre, bloodbath
3. epic (literary genre)

Declension

Declension of noun مَلْحَمَة (malḥama)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَلْحَمَة malḥama	الْمَلْحَمَة al-malḥama	مَلْحَمَة malḥamat
Nominative	مَلْحَمَةٌ malḥamatun	الْمَلْحَمَةُ al-malḥamatu	مَلْحَمَةُ malḥamatu
Accusative	مَلْحَمَةً malḥamatan	الْمَلْحَمَةَ al-malḥamata	مَلْحَمَةَ malḥamata
Genitive	مَلْحَمَةٍ malḥamatin	الْمَلْحَمَةِ al-malḥamati	مَلْحَمَةِ malḥamati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَلْحَمَتَيْن malḥamatayn	الْمَلْحَمَتَيْن al-malḥamatayn	مَلْحَمَتَيْ malḥamatay
Nominative	مَلْحَمَتَانِ malḥamatāni	الْمَلْحَمَتَانِ al-malḥamatāni	مَلْحَمَتَا malḥamatā
Accusative	مَلْحَمَتَيْنِ malḥamatayni	الْمَلْحَمَتَيْنِ al-malḥamatayni	مَلْحَمَتَيْ malḥamatay
Genitive	مَلْحَمَتَيْنِ malḥamatayni	الْمَلْحَمَتَيْنِ al-malḥamatayni	مَلْحَمَتَيْ malḥamatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَلَاحِم malāḥim	الْمَلَاحِم al-malāḥim	مَلَاحِم malāḥim
Nominative	مَلَاحِمُ malāḥimu	الْمَلَاحِمُ al-malāḥimu	مَلَاحِمُ malāḥimu
Accusative	مَلَاحِمَ malāḥima	الْمَلَاحِمَ al-malāḥima	مَلَاحِمَ malāḥima
Genitive	مَلَاحِمَ malāḥima	الْمَلَاحِمِ al-malāḥimi	مَلَاحِمِ malāḥimi