بصمة

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باصمه (basma, “printed, something pressed”). Analyzed as an instance noun (on the pattern of such words as رَسْمَة (rasma, “a drawing; an artwork”) and بَسْمَة (basma, “a smile”)), forming the denominal root ب ص م (b-ṣ-m).

Noun

بَصْمَة • (baṣma) f (plural بَصَمَات (baṣamāt))

1. print, fingerprint, mark, footprint, imprint

Declension

Declension of noun بَصْمَة (baṣma)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَصْمَة baṣma	الْبَصْمَة al-baṣma	بَصْمَة baṣmat
Nominative	بَصْمَةٌ baṣmatun	الْبَصْمَةُ al-baṣmatu	بَصْمَةُ baṣmatu
Accusative	بَصْمَةً baṣmatan	الْبَصْمَةَ al-baṣmata	بَصْمَةَ baṣmata
Genitive	بَصْمَةٍ baṣmatin	الْبَصْمَةِ al-baṣmati	بَصْمَةِ baṣmati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَصْمَتَيْن baṣmatayn	الْبَصْمَتَيْن al-baṣmatayn	بَصْمَتَيْ baṣmatay
Nominative	بَصْمَتَانِ baṣmatāni	الْبَصْمَتَانِ al-baṣmatāni	بَصْمَتَا baṣmatā
Accusative	بَصْمَتَيْنِ baṣmatayni	الْبَصْمَتَيْنِ al-baṣmatayni	بَصْمَتَيْ baṣmatay
Genitive	بَصْمَتَيْنِ baṣmatayni	الْبَصْمَتَيْنِ al-baṣmatayni	بَصْمَتَيْ baṣmatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَصَمَات baṣamāt	الْبَصَمَات al-baṣamāt	بَصَمَات baṣamāt
Nominative	بَصَمَاتٌ baṣamātun	الْبَصَمَاتُ al-baṣamātu	بَصَمَاتُ baṣamātu
Accusative	بَصَمَاتٍ baṣamātin	الْبَصَمَاتِ al-baṣamāti	بَصَمَاتِ baṣamāti
Genitive	بَصَمَاتٍ baṣamātin	الْبَصَمَاتِ al-baṣamāti	بَصَمَاتِ baṣamāti

Derived terms

• بَصَمَ (baṣama, “to thumbprint, to affix”)