إبهام

See also: ابهام and اتهام

Arabic

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Etymology 1

Verbal noun of أَبْهَمَ (ʔabhama, “to make obscure”) from ب ه م (b-h-m).

Noun

إِبْهَام • (ʔibhām) m

verbal noun of أَبْهَمَ (ʔabhama, “to make obscure”) (form IV)
obscurity, vagueness, ambiguity

Declension

Declension of noun إِبْهَام (ʔibhām)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِبْهَام ʔibhām	الْإِبْهَام al-ʔibhām	إِبْهَام ʔibhām
Nominative	إِبْهَامٌ ʔibhāmun	الْإِبْهَامُ al-ʔibhāmu	إِبْهَامُ ʔibhāmu
Accusative	إِبْهَامًا ʔibhāman	الْإِبْهَامَ al-ʔibhāma	إِبْهَامَ ʔibhāma
Genitive	إِبْهَامٍ ʔibhāmin	الْإِبْهَامِ al-ʔibhāmi	إِبْهَامِ ʔibhāmi

Descendants

→ Lisan ud-Dawat Gujarati: ابهام (ibhām)
→ Persian: ابهام (ebhâm)

Etymology 2

With labial assimilation – not found in بَنَان (banān, “fingers”) – related to Akkadian 𒋗𒅆 (ŠU.ŠI /⁠ubānu⁠/, “finger”), Eblaite [script needed] (ba-ʾà-núm /⁠bahānum⁠/), Hebrew בֹּהֶן (bṓhen, “thumb”), Mehri hābḗn (“thumb”), Harsusi ḥābēn.

Noun

إِبْهَام • (ʔibhām) f (dual إِبْهَامَانِ (ʔibhāmāni), plural أَبَاهِيم (ʔabāhīm))

Declension

Declension of noun إِبْهَام (ʔibhām)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِبْهَام ʔibhām	الْإِبْهَام al-ʔibhām	إِبْهَام ʔibhām
Nominative	إِبْهَامٌ ʔibhāmun	الْإِبْهَامُ al-ʔibhāmu	إِبْهَامُ ʔibhāmu
Accusative	إِبْهَامًا ʔibhāman	الْإِبْهَامَ al-ʔibhāma	إِبْهَامَ ʔibhāma
Genitive	إِبْهَامٍ ʔibhāmin	الْإِبْهَامِ al-ʔibhāmi	إِبْهَامِ ʔibhāmi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِبْهَامَيْن ʔibhāmayn	الْإِبْهَامَيْن al-ʔibhāmayn	إِبْهَامَيْ ʔibhāmay
Nominative	إِبْهَامَانِ ʔibhāmāni	الْإِبْهَامَانِ al-ʔibhāmāni	إِبْهَامَا ʔibhāmā
Accusative	إِبْهَامَيْنِ ʔibhāmayni	الْإِبْهَامَيْنِ al-ʔibhāmayni	إِبْهَامَيْ ʔibhāmay
Genitive	إِبْهَامَيْنِ ʔibhāmayni	الْإِبْهَامَيْنِ al-ʔibhāmayni	إِبْهَامَيْ ʔibhāmay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اَبَاهِيم abāhīm	الَابَاهِيم al-abāhīm	اَبَاهِيم abāhīm
Nominative	اَبَاهِيمٌ abāhīmun	الَابَاهِيمُ al-abāhīmu	اَبَاهِيمُ abāhīmu
Accusative	اَبَاهِيمًا abāhīman	الَابَاهِيمَ al-abāhīma	اَبَاهِيمَ abāhīma
Genitive	اَبَاهِيمٍ abāhīmin	الَابَاهِيمِ al-abāhīmi	اَبَاهِيمِ abāhīmi

Descendants

⇒ Maltese: behem

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