معصوم

Arabic

Root
ع ص م (ʕ ṣ m)
10 terms

Etymology

  • Derived from the passive participle of عَصِمَ (ʕaṣima, “to protect, to safeguard”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /maʕ.sˤuːm/
    • Rhymes: -uːm

    Noun

    مَعْصُوم • (maʕṣūm) m

    1. (religion, Islam) an infallible person (incapable of wrongdoing or sin)

    Declension

    Declension of noun مَعْصُوم (maʕṣūm)
    singular basic singular triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal مَعْصُوم
    maʕṣūm     		الْمَعْصُوم
    al-maʕṣūm     		مَعْصُوم
    maʕṣūm
    nominative مَعْصُومٌ
    maʕṣūmun     		الْمَعْصُومُ
    al-maʕṣūmu     		مَعْصُومُ
    maʕṣūmu
    accusative مَعْصُومًا
    maʕṣūman     		الْمَعْصُومَ
    al-maʕṣūma     		مَعْصُومَ
    maʕṣūma
    genitive مَعْصُومٍ
    maʕṣūmin     		الْمَعْصُومِ
    al-maʕṣūmi     		مَعْصُومِ
    maʕṣūmi
    dual indefinite definite construct
    informal مَعْصُومَيْن
    maʕṣūmayn     		الْمَعْصُومَيْن
    al-maʕṣūmayn     		مَعْصُومَيْ
    maʕṣūmay
    nominative مَعْصُومَانِ
    maʕṣūmāni     		الْمَعْصُومَانِ
    al-maʕṣūmāni     		مَعْصُومَا
    maʕṣūmā
    accusative مَعْصُومَيْنِ
    maʕṣūmayni     		الْمَعْصُومَيْنِ
    al-maʕṣūmayni     		مَعْصُومَيْ
    maʕṣūmay
    genitive مَعْصُومَيْنِ
    maʕṣūmayni     		الْمَعْصُومَيْنِ
    al-maʕṣūmayni     		مَعْصُومَيْ
    maʕṣūmay
    plural sound masculine plural
    indefinite definite construct
    informal مَعْصُومِين
    maʕṣūmīn     		الْمَعْصُومِين
    al-maʕṣūmīn     		مَعْصُومِي
    maʕṣūmī
    nominative مَعْصُومُونَ
    maʕṣūmūna     		الْمَعْصُومُونَ
    al-maʕṣūmūna     		مَعْصُومُو
    maʕṣūmū
    accusative مَعْصُومِينَ
    maʕṣūmīna     		الْمَعْصُومِينَ
    al-maʕṣūmīna     		مَعْصُومِي
    maʕṣūmī
    genitive مَعْصُومِينَ
    maʕṣūmīna     		الْمَعْصُومِينَ
    al-maʕṣūmīna     		مَعْصُومِي
    maʕṣūmī

    Adjective

    مَعْصُوم • (maʕṣūm) (feminine مَعْصُومَة (maʕṣūma))

    1. (religion, Islam) infallible, impeccable, immaculate (incapable of wrongdoing or sin)

    Declension

    Declension of adjective مَعْصُوم (maʕṣūm)
    singular masculine feminine
    basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    informal مَعْصُوم
    maʕṣūm     		الْمَعْصُوم
    al-maʕṣūm     		مَعْصُومَة
    maʕṣūma     		الْمَعْصُومَة
    al-maʕṣūma
    nominative مَعْصُومٌ
    maʕṣūmun     		الْمَعْصُومُ
    al-maʕṣūmu     		مَعْصُومَةٌ
    maʕṣūmatun     		الْمَعْصُومَةُ
    al-maʕṣūmatu
    accusative مَعْصُومًا
    maʕṣūman     		الْمَعْصُومَ
    al-maʕṣūma     		مَعْصُومَةً
    maʕṣūmatan     		الْمَعْصُومَةَ
    al-maʕṣūmata
    genitive مَعْصُومٍ
    maʕṣūmin     		الْمَعْصُومِ
    al-maʕṣūmi     		مَعْصُومَةٍ
    maʕṣūmatin     		الْمَعْصُومَةِ
    al-maʕṣūmati
    dual masculine feminine
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    informal مَعْصُومَيْن
    maʕṣūmayn     		الْمَعْصُومَيْن
    al-maʕṣūmayn     		مَعْصُومَتَيْن
    maʕṣūmatayn     		الْمَعْصُومَتَيْن
    al-maʕṣūmatayn
    nominative مَعْصُومَانِ
    maʕṣūmāni     		الْمَعْصُومَانِ
    al-maʕṣūmāni     		مَعْصُومَتَانِ
    maʕṣūmatāni     		الْمَعْصُومَتَانِ
    al-maʕṣūmatāni
    accusative مَعْصُومَيْنِ
    maʕṣūmayni     		الْمَعْصُومَيْنِ
    al-maʕṣūmayni     		مَعْصُومَتَيْنِ
    maʕṣūmatayni     		الْمَعْصُومَتَيْنِ
    al-maʕṣūmatayni
    genitive مَعْصُومَيْنِ
    maʕṣūmayni     		الْمَعْصُومَيْنِ
    al-maʕṣūmayni     		مَعْصُومَتَيْنِ
    maʕṣūmatayni     		الْمَعْصُومَتَيْنِ
    al-maʕṣūmatayni
    plural masculine feminine
    plural unknown sound feminine plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    informal ? ? مَعْصُومَات
    maʕṣūmāt     		الْمَعْصُومَات
    al-maʕṣūmāt
    nominative ? ? مَعْصُومَاتٌ
    maʕṣūmātun     		الْمَعْصُومَاتُ
    al-maʕṣūmātu
    accusative ? ? مَعْصُومَاتٍ
    maʕṣūmātin     		الْمَعْصُومَاتِ
    al-maʕṣūmāti
    genitive ? ? مَعْصُومَاتٍ
    maʕṣūmātin     		الْمَعْصُومَاتِ
    al-maʕṣūmāti

    Descendants

    • → Azerbaijani: məsum
    • → Classical Persian: مَعْصُوم (ma'sūm)
    • → Phalura: maasúm
    • → Swahili: maasumu
    • → Ottoman Turkish: مَعْصُوم
    • → Uyghur: مەسۇم (mesum)
    • → Uzbek: maʼsum

    Persian

    Etymology

  • Borrowed from Arabic مَعْصُوم (maʕṣūm).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? mas'ūm
    Dari reading? mas'ūm
    Iranian reading? mas'um
    Tajik reading? mas'um

    Adjective

    معصوم • (mas'um)

    1. (religion) impeccable, infallible, incapable of sin
    2. innocent
      صورت دخترانه و معصومی ― surat-e doxtarâne va mas'umi ― a girlish and innocent face

    Further reading

    Urdu

    Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Arabic عَصِمَ (ʕaṣima)
    Arabic مَعْصُوم (maʕṣūm)bor.
    Classical Persian مَعْصُوم (ma'sūm)bor.
    Urdu مَعْصُوم (ma'sūm)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian مَعْصُوم (ma'sūm), borrowed from Arabic مَعْصُوم (maʕṣūm), from عَصِمَ (ʕaṣima). First attested in c. 1649 as Middle Hindi معصوم (m'ṣvm /⁠ma'sūm⁠/).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /məʔ.suːm/, [mɑː.suːm]
    • Rhymes: -uːm
    • Hyphenation: مَع‧صُوم

    Adjective

    مَعْصُوم • (ma'sūm) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मासूम)

    1. innocent
    2. (religion) infallible
    3. pure, pious
    4. (by extension) sinless
    5. (literally) saved, protected

    Noun

    مَعْصُوم • (ma'sūm) m (formal plural مَعْصُومِین (ma'sūmīn), Hindi spelling मासूम)

    1. same as adjective

    Declension

    Declension of معصوم
    singular plural
    direct مَعْصُوم (ma'sūm) مَعْصُوم (ma'sūm)
    oblique مَعْصُوم (ma'sūm) مَعْصُوموں (ma'sūmõ)
    vocative مَعْصُوم (ma'sūm) مَعْصُومو (ma'sūmo)

    References

    1. ^ “معصوم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

    Further reading

    • “معصوم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “معصوم”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
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