صومعة

Arabic

Etymology

From an unknown Old South Arabian word, from which also Ge'ez ጾማዕት (ṣomaʿt).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sˤaw.ma.ʕa/

Noun

صَوْمَعَة • (ṣawmaʕa) f (plural صَوَامِع (ṣawāmiʕ))

  1. tower, minaret
    Synonyms: مِئْذَنَة (miʔḏana), مَنَارَة (manāra)
  2. a monk’s cell or a hermit’s hut; monastic cell, hermitage
    Synonyms: كِرْح (kirḥ), قَلَّايَة (qallāya)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 22:40:
      وَلَوْلَا دَفْعُ ٱللهِ ٱلنَّاسَ بَعْضَهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ لَّهُدِّمَتْ صَوَامِعُ وَبِيَعٌ وَّصَلَوَاتٌ وَّمَسٰجِدُ يُذْكَرُ فِيهَا ٱسْمُ ٱللهِ كَثِيرًا
      walawlā dafʕu llāhi n-nāsa baʕḍahum bibaʕḍin llahuddimat ṣawāmiʕu wabiyaʕun wwaṣalawātun wwamasājidu yuḏkaru fīhā smu llāhi kaṯīran
      And were it not that God checks some people by others there in fact would have been demolished churches and monastic cells, and synagogues and mosques wherein the name of God is oft-mentioned.
  3. cellar, den; silo
    Synonym: قَبْو (qabw)
    Hyponyms: سِرْدَاب (sirdāb), بَدْرُوم (badrūm), مَطْمُورة (maṭmūra)

Declension
Declension of noun صَوْمَعَة (ṣawmaʕa)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal صَوْمَعَة
ṣawmaʕa		 الصَّوْمَعَة
aṣ-ṣawmaʕa		 صَوْمَعَة
ṣawmaʕat
Nominative صَوْمَعَةٌ
ṣawmaʕatun		 الصَّوْمَعَةُ
aṣ-ṣawmaʕatu		 صَوْمَعَةُ
ṣawmaʕatu
Accusative صَوْمَعَةً
ṣawmaʕatan		 الصَّوْمَعَةَ
aṣ-ṣawmaʕata		 صَوْمَعَةَ
ṣawmaʕata
Genitive صَوْمَعَةٍ
ṣawmaʕatin		 الصَّوْمَعَةِ
aṣ-ṣawmaʕati		 صَوْمَعَةِ
ṣawmaʕati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal صَوْمَعَتَيْن
ṣawmaʕatayn		 الصَّوْمَعَتَيْن
aṣ-ṣawmaʕatayn		 صَوْمَعَتَيْ
ṣawmaʕatay
Nominative صَوْمَعَتَانِ
ṣawmaʕatāni		 الصَّوْمَعَتَانِ
aṣ-ṣawmaʕatāni		 صَوْمَعَتَا
ṣawmaʕatā
Accusative صَوْمَعَتَيْنِ
ṣawmaʕatayni		 الصَّوْمَعَتَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣawmaʕatayni		 صَوْمَعَتَيْ
ṣawmaʕatay
Genitive صَوْمَعَتَيْنِ
ṣawmaʕatayni		 الصَّوْمَعَتَيْنِ
aṣ-ṣawmaʕatayni		 صَوْمَعَتَيْ
ṣawmaʕatay
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal صَوَامِع
ṣawāmiʕ		 الصَّوَامِع
aṣ-ṣawāmiʕ		 صَوَامِع
ṣawāmiʕ
Nominative صَوَامِعُ
ṣawāmiʕu		 الصَّوَامِعُ
aṣ-ṣawāmiʕu		 صَوَامِعُ
ṣawāmiʕu
Accusative صَوَامِعَ
ṣawāmiʕa		 الصَّوَامِعَ
aṣ-ṣawāmiʕa		 صَوَامِعَ
ṣawāmiʕa
Genitive صَوَامِعَ
ṣawāmiʕa		 الصَّوَامِعِ
aṣ-ṣawāmiʕi		 صَوَامِعِ
ṣawāmiʕi

References
  • Ahrens, Karl (1930) “Christliches im Qoran. Eine Nachlese”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 84, page 23
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 269
  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 200–201
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  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 52
  • Rudolph, Wilhelm (1922) Die Abhängigkeit des Qorans von Judentum und Christentum (in German), Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer, page 7
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “صومعة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 727
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