عموم

Arabic

Root
ع م م (ʕ-m-m)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕu.muːm/

Etymology 1

Noun

عُمُوم • (ʕumūm) m

1. verbal noun of عَمَّ (ʕamma) (form I)
2. generality, prevalence

   عَلَى الْعُمُوم ― ʕalā l-ʕumūm ― in general

3. whole, total, aggregate
4. (definite) the public

Declension

Declension of noun عُمُوم (ʕumūm)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُمُوم ʕumūm	الْعُمُوم al-ʕumūm	عُمُوم ʕumūm
Nominative	عُمُومٌ ʕumūmun	الْعُمُومُ al-ʕumūmu	عُمُومُ ʕumūmu
Accusative	عُمُومًا ʕumūman	الْعُمُومَ al-ʕumūma	عُمُومَ ʕumūma
Genitive	عُمُومٍ ʕumūmin	الْعُمُومِ al-ʕumūmi	عُمُومِ ʕumūmi

Derived terms

• اَلْعِبْرَةُ بِعُمُومِ اللَّفْطِ لَا بِخُصُوصِ السَّبَبِ (al-ʕibratu biʕumūmi l-lafṭi lā biḵuṣūṣi s-sababi)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ümum
• → Classical Malay: عموم‎
  • → Malay: umum
  • → Indonesian: umum
• → Makasar: ammang
• → Persian: عموم
• → Ottoman Turkish: عموم
  • → Turkish: umum
• → Uyghur: ئومۇم (omum)
• → Uzbek: umum

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

عُمُوم • (ʕumūm) m pl

1. plural of عَمّ (ʕamm)

Malay

Adjective

عموم

1. Jawi spelling of umum

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُمُوم (ʕumūm).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔu.muːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.muːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.muːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊ.muːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔu.mum]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔo.muːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔu.mum]

Readings
Classical reading?	umūm
Dari reading?	umūm
Iranian reading?	omum
Tajik reading?	umum

Noun

عُموم • ('omum)

1. public, community

Adjective

عُموم • ('omum)

1. common, public