عصمة

Arabic

Root
ع ص م (ʕ-ṣ-m)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕisˤ.ma/

Noun

عِصْمَة • (ʕiṣma) f

  1. defense; protection
  2. chastity, purity, modesty, virtuousness
  3. (religion) infallibility; the inability to issue a wrong teaching (as e.g. of the Shiite imams or Catholic popes)
    1. (Islam) 'ismah

Declension

Derived terms

  • عِصْمة بابَوِيّة (ʕiṣma(t) bābawiyya)
  • عِصْمة صُغْرَى (ʕiṣma(t) ṣuḡrā)
  • عِصْمة كُبْرَى (ʕiṣma(t) kubrā)

Descendants

  • Persian: عصمت ('esmat)
  • Ottoman Turkish: عصمت (İsmet)

References

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