وليمة
Arabic
Etymology
Morphologically from the root و ل م (w l m).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wa.liː.ma/
Noun
وَلِيمَة • (walīma) f (plural وَلَائِم (walāʔim))
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | وَلِيمَة walīma |
الْوَلِيمَة al-walīma |
وَلِيمَة walīmat |
| nominative | وَلِيمَةٌ walīmatun |
الْوَلِيمَةُ al-walīmatu |
وَلِيمَةُ walīmatu |
| accusative | وَلِيمَةً walīmatan |
الْوَلِيمَةَ al-walīmata |
وَلِيمَةَ walīmata |
| genitive | وَلِيمَةٍ walīmatin |
الْوَلِيمَةِ al-walīmati |
وَلِيمَةِ walīmati |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | وَلِيمَتَيْن walīmatayn |
الْوَلِيمَتَيْن al-walīmatayn |
وَلِيمَتَيْ walīmatay |
| nominative | وَلِيمَتَانِ walīmatāni |
الْوَلِيمَتَانِ al-walīmatāni |
وَلِيمَتَا walīmatā |
| accusative | وَلِيمَتَيْنِ walīmatayni |
الْوَلِيمَتَيْنِ al-walīmatayni |
وَلِيمَتَيْ walīmatay |
| genitive | وَلِيمَتَيْنِ walīmatayni |
الْوَلِيمَتَيْنِ al-walīmatayni |
وَلِيمَتَيْ walīmatay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | وَلَائِم walāʔim |
الْوَلَائِم al-walāʔim |
وَلَائِم walāʔim |
| nominative | وَلَائِمُ walāʔimu |
الْوَلَائِمُ al-walāʔimu |
وَلَائِمُ walāʔimu |
| accusative | وَلَائِمَ walāʔima |
الْوَلَائِمَ al-walāʔima |
وَلَائِمَ walāʔima |
| genitive | وَلَائِمَ walāʔima |
الْوَلَائِمِ al-walāʔimi |
وَلَائِمِ walāʔimi |
Descendants
- → Albanian: velime
- → Bengali: ওয়ালিমা (walima)
- → English: walima
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: वलीमा (valīmā)
- Urdu: ولیمہ (valīmah)
- → Japanese: ワリーマ (warīma)
- → Persian: ولیمه (valime)
- → Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਵਲੀਮਾ (valīmā)
- Shahmukhi script: ولیمہ (valīmah)
Further reading
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “ولم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN