مرحوم

Arabic

Root
ر ح م (r ḥ m)
12 terms

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of the verb رَحِمَ (raḥima).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mar.ħuːm/
Rhymes: -uːm

Adjective

مَرْحُوم • (marḥūm) (feminine مَرْحُومَة (marḥūma), masculine plural مَرْحُومُونَ (marḥūmūna), feminine plural مَرْحُومَات (marḥūmāt))

passive participle of رَحِمَ (raḥima)
1. under (God's) mercy
2. deceased, late

Declension

Declension of adjective **مَرْحُوم** (marḥūm)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَرْحُوم marḥūm	الْمَرْحُوم al-marḥūm	مَرْحُومَة marḥūma	الْمَرْحُومَة al-marḥūma
nominative	مَرْحُومٌ marḥūmun	الْمَرْحُومُ al-marḥūmu	مَرْحُومَةٌ marḥūmatun	الْمَرْحُومَةُ al-marḥūmatu
accusative	مَرْحُومًا marḥūman	الْمَرْحُومَ al-marḥūma	مَرْحُومَةً marḥūmatan	الْمَرْحُومَةَ al-marḥūmata
genitive	مَرْحُومٍ marḥūmin	الْمَرْحُومِ al-marḥūmi	مَرْحُومَةٍ marḥūmatin	الْمَرْحُومَةِ al-marḥūmati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَرْحُومَيْن marḥūmayn	الْمَرْحُومَيْن al-marḥūmayn	مَرْحُومَتَيْن marḥūmatayn	الْمَرْحُومَتَيْن al-marḥūmatayn
nominative	مَرْحُومَانِ marḥūmāni	الْمَرْحُومَانِ al-marḥūmāni	مَرْحُومَتَانِ marḥūmatāni	الْمَرْحُومَتَانِ al-marḥūmatāni
accusative	مَرْحُومَيْنِ marḥūmayni	الْمَرْحُومَيْنِ al-marḥūmayni	مَرْحُومَتَيْنِ marḥūmatayni	الْمَرْحُومَتَيْنِ al-marḥūmatayni
genitive	مَرْحُومَيْنِ marḥūmayni	الْمَرْحُومَيْنِ al-marḥūmayni	مَرْحُومَتَيْنِ marḥūmatayni	الْمَرْحُومَتَيْنِ al-marḥūmatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَرْحُومِين marḥūmīn	الْمَرْحُومِين al-marḥūmīn	مَرْحُومَات marḥūmāt	الْمَرْحُومَات al-marḥūmāt
nominative	مَرْحُومُونَ marḥūmūna	الْمَرْحُومُونَ al-marḥūmūna	مَرْحُومَاتٌ marḥūmātun	الْمَرْحُومَاتُ al-marḥūmātu
accusative	مَرْحُومِينَ marḥūmīna	الْمَرْحُومِينَ al-marḥūmīna	مَرْحُومَاتٍ marḥūmātin	الْمَرْحُومَاتِ al-marḥūmāti
genitive	مَرْحُومِينَ marḥūmīna	الْمَرْحُومِينَ al-marḥūmīna	مَرْحُومَاتٍ marḥūmātin	الْمَرْحُومَاتِ al-marḥūmāti

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: mərhum
→ Bashkir: мәрхүм (mərxüm)
→ Kazakh: марқұм (marqūm)
→ Kumyk: маргьум (marhum)
→ Classical Malay: المرحوم
- → Indonesian: almarhum, almarhumah
→ Ottoman Turkish: مرحوم (merhûm)
- Turkish: merhum
→ Persian: مرحوم
- → Bengali: মরহুম (morhum)
- → Gujarati: મરહૂમ (marhūm)
- → Hindi: मरहूम (marhūm)
→ Swahili: marehemu
- → Yao: malemu
  - → Chichewa: malemu
→ Tatar: мәрхүм (märxüm)
→ Uyghur: مەرھۇم (merhum)
→ Uzbek: marhum

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْحُوم (marḥūm).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /maɾ.ˈhuːm/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.húːm]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mä.ɾúːm]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mä.ɾúm]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæɹ.húːm]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäɾ.húm]

Readings
Classical reading^?	marhūm
Dari reading^?	marhūm
Iranian reading^?	marhum
Tajik reading^?	marhum

Adjective

مرحوم • (marhūm / marhum) (Tajik spelling марҳум)

the deceased, the late

Arabic

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Persian

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