شرموطة
Arabic
Alternative forms
- شَرْطُوطَة (šarṭūṭa)
Etymology
From شَرْمَطَ (šarmaṭa, “to shred”). Most Semitists agree that it is of non-Semitic origin; perhaps from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (clm /čarm/, “a piece of skin, hide, or leather”) (see Persian چرم (čarm)), perhaps conflated with Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (šlm /šarm/, “shame”). Compare Hebrew סְמַרְטוּט (s'martút, “rag”), Aramaic מַרְטוּטָא (marṭūṭā), סְמַרְטוּטָא (səmarṭūṭā, “coarse garment”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃar.muː.tˤa/
Noun
شَرْمُوطَة • (šarmūṭa) f (plural شَرَامِيط (šarāmīṭ))
- (now widely avoided) rag, shred, tatter
- (figurative, cooking, now widely avoided) cuttings, strips, shreds of a victual
- 1850, محمد بن عمر التونسي [Muḥammad Ibn-ʿUmar at-Tūnisī ], edited by Humphrey Davies, تشحيذ الأذهان بسيرة بلاد العرب والسودان (Library of Arabic Literature; 15), volume II, New York: NYU Press, published 2018, →ISBN, 3.3.31, page 184:
- فيعملون اللحم قديدًا وهو المسمّى عندهم بالشراميط لأنّهم يشرمطونه أي يقطعونه سيورًا ويأكلون منه طريًّا.
- They make the meat into jerky, which they call “shreds” because they shred it, meaning they cut it into strips. Some of it they also eat undried.
- (vulgar) whore, slut
Declension
Declension of noun شَرْمُوطَة (šarmūṭa)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | شَرْمُوطَة šarmūṭa |
الشَّرْمُوطَة aš-šarmūṭa |
شَرْمُوطَة šarmūṭat |
| Nominative | شَرْمُوطَةٌ šarmūṭatun |
الشَّرْمُوطَةُ aš-šarmūṭatu |
شَرْمُوطَةُ šarmūṭatu |
| Accusative | شَرْمُوطَةً šarmūṭatan |
الشَّرْمُوطَةَ aš-šarmūṭata |
شَرْمُوطَةَ šarmūṭata |
| Genitive | شَرْمُوطَةٍ šarmūṭatin |
الشَّرْمُوطَةِ aš-šarmūṭati |
شَرْمُوطَةِ šarmūṭati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | شَرْمُوطَتَيْن šarmūṭatayn |
الشَّرْمُوطَتَيْن aš-šarmūṭatayn |
شَرْمُوطَتَيْ šarmūṭatay |
| Nominative | شَرْمُوطَتَانِ šarmūṭatāni |
الشَّرْمُوطَتَانِ aš-šarmūṭatāni |
شَرْمُوطَتَا šarmūṭatā |
| Accusative | شَرْمُوطَتَيْنِ šarmūṭatayni |
الشَّرْمُوطَتَيْنِ aš-šarmūṭatayni |
شَرْمُوطَتَيْ šarmūṭatay |
| Genitive | شَرْمُوطَتَيْنِ šarmūṭatayni |
الشَّرْمُوطَتَيْنِ aš-šarmūṭatayni |
شَرْمُوطَتَيْ šarmūṭatay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | شَرَامِيط šarāmīṭ |
الشَّرَامِيط aš-šarāmīṭ |
شَرَامِيط šarāmīṭ |
| Nominative | شَرَامِيطُ šarāmīṭu |
الشَّرَامِيطُ aš-šarāmīṭu |
شَرَامِيطُ šarāmīṭu |
| Accusative | شَرَامِيطَ šarāmīṭa |
الشَّرَامِيطَ aš-šarāmīṭa |
شَرَامِيطَ šarāmīṭa |
| Genitive | شَرَامِيطَ šarāmīṭa |
الشَّرَامِيطِ aš-šarāmīṭi |
شَرَامِيطِ šarāmīṭi |
Descendants
- → Hebrew: שרמוטה (sharmúta)
- → Italian: sciarmutta
- → Romanian: șarmută
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