إمام

See also: امام and أمام

Arabic

Root
ء م م (ʔ-m-m)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔi.maːm/

Noun

إِمَام • (ʔimām) m (plural أَئِمَّة (ʔaʔimma))

1. leader, example, exemplar, paragon
2. (Islam) imam
3. guideline

Declension

Declension of noun إِمَام (ʔimām)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِمَام ʔimām	الْإِمَام al-ʔimām	إِمَام ʔimām
Nominative	إِمَامٌ ʔimāmun	الْإِمَامُ al-ʔimāmu	إِمَامُ ʔimāmu
Accusative	إِمَامًا ʔimāman	الْإِمَامَ al-ʔimāma	إِمَامَ ʔimāma
Genitive	إِمَامٍ ʔimāmin	الْإِمَامِ al-ʔimāmi	إِمَامِ ʔimāmi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِمَامَيْن ʔimāmayn	الْإِمَامَيْن al-ʔimāmayn	إِمَامَيْ ʔimāmay
Nominative	إِمَامَانِ ʔimāmāni	الْإِمَامَانِ al-ʔimāmāni	إِمَامَا ʔimāmā
Accusative	إِمَامَيْنِ ʔimāmayni	الْإِمَامَيْنِ al-ʔimāmayni	إِمَامَيْ ʔimāmay
Genitive	إِمَامَيْنِ ʔimāmayni	الْإِمَامَيْنِ al-ʔimāmayni	إِمَامَيْ ʔimāmay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَئِمَّة ʔaʔimma	الْأَئِمَّة al-ʔaʔimma	أَئِمَّة ʔaʔimmat
Nominative	أَئِمَّةٌ ʔaʔimmatun	الْأَئِمَّةُ al-ʔaʔimmatu	أَئِمَّةُ ʔaʔimmatu
Accusative	أَئِمَّةً ʔaʔimmatan	الْأَئِمَّةَ al-ʔaʔimmata	أَئِمَّةَ ʔaʔimmata
Genitive	أَئِمَّةٍ ʔaʔimmatin	الْأَئِمَّةِ al-ʔaʔimmati	أَئِمَّةِ ʔaʔimmati

Descendants

• → Bengali: ইমাম (imam)
• → Catalan: imam
• → Dutch: imam
• → English: imam
• → Danish: imam c
• → German: Imam
• → Japanese: イマーム (imāmu)
• → Malay: imam
  • → Indonesian: imam
• → Ottoman Turkish: امام
  • Turkish: imam
  • → Albanian: imam
  • →? Armenian: իմամ (imam)
  • → Bulgarian: има́м (imám)
  • → Greek: ιμάμης (imámis)
  • → Hungarian: imám
  • → Macedonian: имам (imam)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: ìmām
• → Pashto: امام
• → Persian: امام
• → Russian: има́м (imám)
• → Spanish: imán
• → Swahili: imamu
• → Tajik: имом (imom)
• → Uzbek: ymam
• → Uzbek: имом (imom)