أردمون

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀρτέμων (artémōn). Also found as Classical Syriac ܐܰܪܛܶܡܘܿܢܳܐ (arṭemōnā) and Latin artemōn.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔar.da.muːn/

Noun

أَرْدَمُون • (ʔardamūn) m (obsolete)

  1. foresail at the mizzenmast
    • a. 608, by زُهَيْرُ بْنُ أَبِي سُلْمَى (zuhayru bnu ʔabī sulmā)
      إِذَا تَرَامَت بِهَا الدَيْمُومَةُ الْجَدَدُ / عَوْمَ الْقَوَادِسِ قَفَّى الْأَرْدَمُونَ بِهَا / إِذَا تَرَامَى بِهَا الْمُغْلَوْلِبُ الزَبِدُ / بِفِتْيَةٍ كَسُيُوفِ الْهِنْدِ يَبْعَثُهُم
      ʔiḏā tarāmat bi-hā d-daymūmatu l-jadadu / ʕawma l-qawādisi qaffā l-ʔardamūna bi-hā / ʔiḏā tarāmā bi-hā l-muḡlawlibu z-zabidu / bi-fityatin ka-suyūfi l-hindi yabʕaṯu-hum
      When the wasteland of the hard soil was reached / by floating in the barges, they put up behind them the foresail / And when the luxuriance of foam / hit the young men, it sent them forth like Indian swords.

Declension
Declension of noun أَرْدَمُون (ʔardamūn)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَرْدَمُون
ʔardamūn		 الْأَرْدَمُون
al-ʔardamūn		 أَرْدَمُون
ʔardamūn
Nominative أَرْدَمُونٌ
ʔardamūnun		 الْأَرْدَمُونُ
al-ʔardamūnu		 أَرْدَمُونُ
ʔardamūnu
Accusative أَرْدَمُونًا
ʔardamūnan		 الْأَرْدَمُونَ
al-ʔardamūna		 أَرْدَمُونَ
ʔardamūna
Genitive أَرْدَمُونٍ
ʔardamūnin		 الْأَرْدَمُونِ
al-ʔardamūni		 أَرْدَمُونِ
ʔardamūni

References
  • Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 10
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “أردمون”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 18
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 225–226
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