عصمة
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ع ص م (ʕ ṣ m) |
| 10 terms |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʕisˤ.ma/
Noun
عِصْمَة • (ʕiṣma) f
- defense; protection
- chastity, purity, modesty, virtuousness
- (religion) infallibility; the inability to issue a wrong teaching (as e.g. of the Shiite imams or Catholic popes)
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | عِصْمَة ʕiṣma |
الْعِصْمَة al-ʕiṣma |
عِصْمَة ʕiṣmat |
| nominative | عِصْمَةٌ ʕiṣmatun |
الْعِصْمَةُ al-ʕiṣmatu |
عِصْمَةُ ʕiṣmatu |
| accusative | عِصْمَةً ʕiṣmatan |
الْعِصْمَةَ al-ʕiṣmata |
عِصْمَةَ ʕiṣmata |
| genitive | عِصْمَةٍ ʕiṣmatin |
الْعِصْمَةِ al-ʕiṣmati |
عِصْمَةِ ʕiṣmati |
Derived terms
- عِصْمة بابَوِيّة (ʕiṣma(t) bābawiyya)
- عِصْمة صُغْرَى (ʕiṣma(t) ṣuḡrā)
- عِصْمة كُبْرَى (ʕiṣma(t) kubrā)
Descendants
References
- Баранов, Х. К. (2011) “عصمة”, in Большой арабско-русский словарь (Bolʹšoj arabsko-russkij slovarʹ), 11th edition, Москва: Живой язык, →ISBN
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “عصمة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
- Wehr, Hans (1960) “عصمة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz