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جُمْجُمَة

skull /d͡ʒumˈd͡ʒuma/

nounB1#2902 most common

Also: cranium, skull and crossbones (symbol)

Example sentences

هَذِهِ جُمْجُمَةٌ.
This is a skull.
رَأَيْتُ جُمْجُمَةً فِي المَتْحَفِ.
I saw a skull in the museum.
تَحْمِي الجُمْجُمَةُ الدِّمَاغَ مِنَ الإِصَابَاتِ.
The skull protects the brain from injuries.
أُصِيبَ اللَّاعِبُ بِكَسْرٍ فِي الجُمْجُمَةِ بَعْدَ السُّقُوطِ.
The player suffered a skull fracture after the fall.
يَدْرُسُ عُلَمَاءُ الآثَارِ بِنْيَةَ الجُمْجُمَةِ لِتَحْدِيدِ عُمْرِ الهَيْكَلِ العَظْمِيِّ.
Archaeologists study the structure of the skull to determine the age of the skeleton.
أَظْهَرَتِ الأَشِعَّةُ المَقْطَعِيَّةُ تَشَوُّهًا خَلْقِيًّا نَادِرًا فِي عِظَامِ الجُمْجُمَةِ لَدَى الرَّضِيعِ.
The CT scan revealed a rare congenital deformity in the infant's skull bones.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeجُمْجُمَةٌجَمَاجِمُ
Genitiveجُمْجُمَةٍجَمَاجِمَ
Accusativeجُمْجُمَةًجَمَاجِمَ
Vocativeيَا جُمْجُمَةُيَا جَمَاجِمُ

Word family

جَمَاجِمskulls (plural)
جَمْجَمَto mumble, speak unclearly
مُجَمْجِمone who mumbles or hedges in speech
جُمْجُمِيّcranial, of or relating to the skull

Etymology

جُمْجُمَة comes from a Semitic quadriliteral root ج-م-ج-م, formed by reduplicating a two-consonant base. This kind of reduplication is common in Arabic for round or hollow objects. The same root gives the verb جَمْجَمَ, meaning to mumble or speak unclearly, which may reflect an old link between the skull as a container and muffled sound.

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