Probably borrowed from aMiddle Persian medical foreignism taken fromAncient Greekμάλαγμα(málagma), which later during thescience translation movement was borrowed directly by Arabic from Greek asمَلْغَم(malḡam).
مَرْهَم• (marham) m (pluralمَرَاهِم(marāhim))
| singular | basic singulartriptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مَرْهَم marham | الْمَرْهَم al-marham | مَرْهَم marham |
| nominative | مَرْهَمٌ marhamun | الْمَرْهَمُ al-marhamu | مَرْهَمُ marhamu |
| accusative | مَرْهَمًا marhaman | الْمَرْهَمَ al-marhama | مَرْهَمَ marhama |
| genitive | مَرْهَمٍ marhamin | الْمَرْهَمِ al-marhami | مَرْهَمِ marhami |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | مَرْهَمَيْن marhamayn | الْمَرْهَمَيْن al-marhamayn | مَرْهَمَيْ marhamay |
| nominative | مَرْهَمَانِ marhamāni | الْمَرْهَمَانِ al-marhamāni | مَرْهَمَا marhamā |
| accusative | مَرْهَمَيْنِ marhamayni | الْمَرْهَمَيْنِ al-marhamayni | مَرْهَمَيْ marhamay |
| genitive | مَرْهَمَيْنِ marhamayni | الْمَرْهَمَيْنِ al-marhamayni | مَرْهَمَيْ marhamay |
| plural | basicbroken pluraldiptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مَرَاهِم marāhim | الْمَرَاهِم al-marāhim | مَرَاهِم marāhim |
| nominative | مَرَاهِمُ marāhimu | الْمَرَاهِمُ al-marāhimu | مَرَاهِمُ marāhimu |
| accusative | مَرَاهِمَ marāhima | الْمَرَاهِمَ al-marāhima | مَرَاهِمَ marāhima |
| genitive | مَرَاهِمَ marāhima | الْمَرَاهِمِ al-marāhimi | مَرَاهِمِ marāhimi |
Borrowed fromArabicمَرْهَم(marham,“ointment, pomade”).
مرهم• (merhem) (pluralمراهم(merahim))