سقوم

Arabic

Etymology 1

Noun

سَقُوم • (saqūm) m (collective)

1. Algeria form of سَوْقَم (sawqam, “sycomore”)

Declension

Declension of noun سَقُوم (saqūm)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَقُوم saqūm	السَّقُوم as-saqūm	سَقُوم saqūm
Nominative	سَقُومٌ saqūmun	السَّقُومُ as-saqūmu	سَقُومُ saqūmu
Accusative	سَقُومًا saqūman	السَّقُومَ as-saqūma	سَقُومَ saqūma
Genitive	سَقُومٍ saqūmin	السَّقُومِ as-saqūmi	سَقُومِ saqūmi

References

• Daumas, Eugéne (1869) La vie arabe et la société musulmane, Paris: Michel Lévy Frères, page 381
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “سَقُوم”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 664

Etymology 2

From Classical Syriac ܣܹܝܩܘܿܡܵܐ (sēqōmā), from Ancient Greek σήκωμᾰ (sḗkōma).

Noun

سَقُوم • (saqūm) m (collective)

1. (obsolete, Syria, Yemen) a literal counterbalance, counterpoise, standard weight

Declension

Declension of noun سَقُوم (saqūm)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَقُوم saqūm	السَّقُوم as-saqūm	سَقُوم saqūm
Nominative	سَقُومٌ saqūmun	السَّقُومُ as-saqūmu	سَقُومُ saqūmu
Accusative	سَقُومًا saqūman	السَّقُومَ as-saqūma	سَقُومَ saqūma
Genitive	سَقُومٍ saqūmin	السَّقُومِ as-saqūmi	سَقُومِ saqūmi

References

• Toll, Christopher (1969) “Einige metrologische und metallurgische Termini im Arabischen”, in Orientalia Suecana‎^[2] (in German), volume 18, pages 149–151, with three quotes