ملحمة

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place (اِسْم مَكَان (ism makān)) of لَحْم‎ (laḥm, “meat”). Cognate to Hebrew מלחמה‎ (milḥamá, “war, battle”).

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

Descendants

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

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