عمود

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع م د‎ (ʿ-m-d). Compare Aramaic עַמּוּדָא‎ (ʿammūḏā, “column”), Hebrew עַמּוּד‎ (`amúd, “column”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.muːd/

Noun

عَمُود • (ʿamūd) m (plural أَعْمِدَة‎ (ʾaʿmida) or عُمُد‎ (ʿumud))

  1. column, shaft, pillar, pole

Declension

Derived terms

  • عَمُود البَرِيد‎ (ʿamūd al-barīd, “telegraph pole”)
  • عَمُود الحَدَبَات‎ (ʿamūd al-ḥadabāt, “camshaft”)
  • عَمُود الدَّوَرَان‎ (ʿamūd ad-dawarān, “driveshaft”)
  • عَمُود الْمِرْفَق‎ (ʿamūd al-mirfaq, “crankshaft”)
  • عَمُود الرَّقْص‎ (ʿamūd ar-raqṣ, “dancing pole, maypole”)
  • عَمُود رَمْز‎ (ʿamūd ramz, “totem pole”)
  • عَمُود السُّلَّم‎ (ʿamūd as-sullam, “stairwell”)
  • عَمُود شَوْكِيّ‎ (ʿamūd šawkiyy, “vertebral column”)
  • عَمُود الْمِصْبَاح‎ (ʿamūd al-miṣbāḥ, “lamppost”)
  • عَمُود فَقَرِيّ‎ (ʿamūd faqariyy, “vertebral column”)
  • عَمُود نَاقِل الْحَرَكَة‎ (ʿamūd nāqil al-ḥaraka, “rotor”)
  • عَمُود التَّهْوِيَة‎ (ʿamūd at-tahwiya, “ventilation shaft, air shaft”)
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