مومسة

Arabic

Alternative forms

• مُومِس (mūmis)

Etymology

From the root و م س (w m s) meaning "to rub or polish with a rag", likening them to a dirty, filthy, used-up rag; parallel semantic development is found in the word شرموطة.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muː.mi.sa/

Noun

مُومِسَة • (mūmisa) f (plural مُومِسات (mūmisāt))

1. (derogatory) wench, hooker, tramp

Declension

Declension of noun مُومِسَة (mūmisa)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُومِسَة mūmisa	الْمُومِسَة al-mūmisa	مُومِسَة mūmisat
nominative	مُومِسَةٌ mūmisatun	الْمُومِسَةُ al-mūmisatu	مُومِسَةُ mūmisatu
accusative	مُومِسَةً mūmisatan	الْمُومِسَةَ al-mūmisata	مُومِسَةَ mūmisata
genitive	مُومِسَةٍ mūmisatin	الْمُومِسَةِ al-mūmisati	مُومِسَةِ mūmisati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُومِسَتَيْن mūmisatayn	الْمُومِسَتَيْن al-mūmisatayn	مُومِسَتَيْ mūmisatay
nominative	مُومِسَتَانِ mūmisatāni	الْمُومِسَتَانِ al-mūmisatāni	مُومِسَتَا mūmisatā
accusative	مُومِسَتَيْنِ mūmisatayni	الْمُومِسَتَيْنِ al-mūmisatayni	مُومِسَتَيْ mūmisatay
genitive	مُومِسَتَيْنِ mūmisatayni	الْمُومِسَتَيْنِ al-mūmisatayni	مُومِسَتَيْ mūmisatay
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُومِسات mūmisāt	الْمُومِسات al-mūmisāt	مُومِسات mūmisāt
nominative	مُومِساتٌ mūmisātun	الْمُومِساتُ al-mūmisātu	مُومِساتُ mūmisātu
accusative	مُومِساتٍ mūmisātin	الْمُومِساتِ al-mūmisāti	مُومِساتِ mūmisāti
genitive	مُومِساتٍ mūmisātin	الْمُومِساتِ al-mūmisāti	مُومِساتِ mūmisāti

References

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