توأم

Arabic

Compare Akkadian 𒊕𒌋𒌋 (tu'amu), Aramaic תְּיוֹמָא (təyōmā), Classical Syriac ܬܐܡܐ (təʾāmā) and Hebrew תְּאוֹם (təʾôm).

Root
و ء م (w ʔ m)
4 terms

تَوْأَم • (tawʔam) m (plural تَوائِم (tawāʔim))

one who was born of a multiple birth, i.e. a twin, triplet, quadruplet, etc.
هٰذَا تَوْأَمِي. ― hāḏā tawʔamī. ― This is my twin.
(sometimes proscribed) a pair of twins (two persons collectively)
نَحْنُ تَوْأَم. ― naḥnu tawʔam. ― We are twins.

Declension of noun **تَوْأَم** (tawʔam)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	تَوْأَم tawʔam	التَّوْأَم at-tawʔam	تَوْأَم tawʔam
nominative	تَوْأَمٌ tawʔamun	التَّوْأَمُ at-tawʔamu	تَوْأَمُ tawʔamu
accusative	تَوْأَمًا tawʔaman	التَّوْأَمَ at-tawʔama	تَوْأَمَ tawʔama
genitive	تَوْأَمٍ tawʔamin	التَّوْأَمِ at-tawʔami	تَوْأَمِ tawʔami
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	تَوْأَمَيْن tawʔamayn	التَّوْأَمَيْن at-tawʔamayn	تَوْأَمَيْ tawʔamay
nominative	تَوْأَمَانِ tawʔamāni	التَّوْأَمَانِ at-tawʔamāni	تَوْأَمَا tawʔamā
accusative	تَوْأَمَيْنِ tawʔamayni	التَّوْأَمَيْنِ at-tawʔamayni	تَوْأَمَيْ tawʔamay
genitive	تَوْأَمَيْنِ tawʔamayni	التَّوْأَمَيْنِ at-tawʔamayni	تَوْأَمَيْ tawʔamay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	تَوائِم tawāʔim	التَّوائِم at-tawāʔim	تَوائِم tawāʔim
nominative	تَوائِمُ tawāʔimu	التَّوائِمُ at-tawāʔimu	تَوائِمُ tawāʔimu
accusative	تَوائِمَ tawāʔima	التَّوائِمَ at-tawāʔima	تَوائِمَ tawāʔima
genitive	تَوائِمَ tawāʔima	التَّوائِمِ at-tawāʔimi	تَوائِمِ tawāʔimi

Borrowed from Arabic تَوْأَم (tawʔam).

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäw.ʔǽm]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wǽm]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.wǽm]

توأم • (tow'am)