ملحمة

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place of لَحْم (laḥm, “meat”), from the root ل ح م (l-ḥ-m). Cognate to Hebrew מִלְחָמָה (milḥamá, “war, battle”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mal.ħa.ma/

Noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of noun مَلْحَمَة (malḥama)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	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
Plural	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

Derived terms

مَلْحَمِيّ (malḥamiyy)

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: ملحمه (melhame, “bloody battle, slaughter”)

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