إثم

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ء ث م (ʔ-ṯ-m)

Cognate with Hebrew אשמה (ʾašma), but compare Persian خشم.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔiθm/
  • (Gulf) IPA^(key): /ɪ.θɪm/, /ɪθm/

Noun

إِثْم • (ʔiṯm) m (plural آثَام (ʔāṯām))

1. verbal noun of أَثِمَ (ʔaṯima) (form I)
2. sin, guilt, wrongdoing, mistake

   Synonym: ذَنْب (ḏanb)

Declension

Declension of noun إِثْم (ʔiṯm)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِثْم ʔiṯm	الْإِثْم al-ʔiṯm	إِثْم ʔiṯm
Nominative	إِثْمٌ ʔiṯmun	الْإِثْمُ al-ʔiṯmu	إِثْمُ ʔiṯmu
Accusative	إِثْمًا ʔiṯman	الْإِثْمَ al-ʔiṯma	إِثْمَ ʔiṯma
Genitive	إِثْمٍ ʔiṯmin	الْإِثْمِ al-ʔiṯmi	إِثْمِ ʔiṯmi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِثْمَيْن ʔiṯmayn	الْإِثْمَيْن al-ʔiṯmayn	إِثْمَيْ ʔiṯmay
Nominative	إِثْمَانِ ʔiṯmāni	الْإِثْمَانِ al-ʔiṯmāni	إِثْمَا ʔiṯmā
Accusative	إِثْمَيْنِ ʔiṯmayni	الْإِثْمَيْنِ al-ʔiṯmayni	إِثْمَيْ ʔiṯmay
Genitive	إِثْمَيْنِ ʔiṯmayni	الْإِثْمَيْنِ al-ʔiṯmayni	إِثْمَيْ ʔiṯmay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	آثَام ʔāṯām	الْآثَام al-ʔāṯām	آثَام ʔāṯām
Nominative	آثَامٌ ʔāṯāmun	الْآثَامُ al-ʔāṯāmu	آثَامُ ʔāṯāmu
Accusative	آثَامًا ʔāṯāman	الْآثَامَ al-ʔāṯāma	آثَامَ ʔāṯāma
Genitive	آثَامٍ ʔāṯāmin	الْآثَامِ al-ʔāṯāmi	آثَامِ ʔāṯāmi

Descendants

• → English: ithm