عصمة

Arabic

Root
ع ص م (ʕ ṣ m)
10 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕisˤ.ma/

Noun

عِصْمَة • (ʕiṣmaf

  1. defense; protection
  2. chastity, purity, modesty, virtuousness
  3. (religion) infallibility; the inability to issue a wrong teaching (as e.g. of the Shiite imams or Catholic popes)
    1. (Islam) 'ismah

Declension

Declension of noun عِصْمَة (ʕiṣma)
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

  • Persian: عصمت ('esmat)
  • Ottoman Turkish: عصمت (İsmet)

References