إثمد

Arabic

Etymology

By form a metathesis away from Coptic ⲉⲥⲑⲏⲙ (esthēm), though derivation from an unattested oblique δ (d) form of Ancient Greek στίμμι (stímmi) has been suggested, ultimately from Egyptian sdm, possibly also conflated with Egyptian msdmt.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔiθ.mid/

Noun

إِثْمِد • (ʔiṯmid) m

  1. antimony, antimony ore
  2. antimony powder ointment, kohl

Declension
Declension of noun إِثْمِد (ʔiṯmid)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal إِثْمِد
ʔiṯmid		 الْإِثْمِد
al-ʔiṯmid		 إِثْمِد
ʔiṯmid
Nominative إِثْمِدٌ
ʔiṯmidun		 الْإِثْمِدُ
al-ʔiṯmidu		 إِثْمِدُ
ʔiṯmidu
Accusative إِثْمِدًا
ʔiṯmidan		 الْإِثْمِدَ
al-ʔiṯmida		 إِثْمِدَ
ʔiṯmida
Genitive إِثْمِدٍ
ʔiṯmidin		 الْإِثْمِدِ
al-ʔiṯmidi		 إِثْمِدِ
ʔiṯmidi

Synonyms
  • (antimony or antimony powder): كُحْل (kuḥl), أَنْتِيمُون (ʔantīmūn), رَاسُخْت (rāsuḵt), تمونية (timūnya) (Egyptian Arabic)

Descendants
  • → Latin: antimonium

References
  • “إثمد” in Almaany
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 153
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “إثمد”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 7
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