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Arabic[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Root |
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ء م م (ʔ-m-m) |
From Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-. Cognate with Hebrew אם (em).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
أُمّ • (ʔumm) f (dual أُمَّانِ (ʔummāni), plural أُمَّهَات (ʔummahāt) or أُمَّات (ʔummāt), masculine أَب (ʔab))
Declension[edit]
Declension of noun أُمّ (ʔumm)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أُمّ ʔumm |
الْأُمّ al-ʔumm |
أُمّ ʔumm |
Nominative | أُمٌّ ʔummun |
الْأُمُّ al-ʔummu |
أُمُّ ʔummu |
Accusative | أُمًّا ʔumman |
الْأُمَّ al-ʔumma |
أُمَّ ʔumma |
Genitive | أُمٍّ ʔummin |
الْأُمِّ al-ʔummi |
أُمِّ ʔummi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | أُمَّيْن ʔummayn |
الْأُمَّيْن al-ʔummayn |
أُمَّيْ ʔummay |
Nominative | أُمَّانِ ʔummāni |
الْأُمَّانِ al-ʔummāni |
أُمَّا ʔummā |
Accusative | أُمَّيْنِ ʔummayni |
الْأُمَّيْنِ al-ʔummayni |
أُمَّيْ ʔummay |
Genitive | أُمَّيْنِ ʔummayni |
الْأُمَّيْنِ al-ʔummayni |
أُمَّيْ ʔummay |
Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أُمَّهَات; أُمَّات ʔummahāt; ʔummāt |
الْأُمَّهَات; الْأُمَّات al-ʔummahāt; al-ʔummāt |
أُمَّهَات; أُمَّات ʔummahāt; ʔummāt |
Nominative | أُمَّهَاتٌ; أُمَّاتٌ ʔummahātun; ʔummātun |
الْأُمَّهَاتُ; الْأُمَّاتُ al-ʔummahātu; al-ʔummātu |
أُمَّهَاتُ; أُمَّاتُ ʔummahātu; ʔummātu |
Accusative | أُمَّهَاتٍ; أُمَّاتٍ ʔummahātin; ʔummātin |
الْأُمَّهَاتِ; الْأُمَّاتِ al-ʔummahāti; al-ʔummāti |
أُمَّهَاتِ; أُمَّاتِ ʔummahāti; ʔummāti |
Genitive | أُمَّهَاتٍ; أُمَّاتٍ ʔummahātin; ʔummātin |
الْأُمَّهَاتِ; الْأُمَّاتِ al-ʔummahāti; al-ʔummāti |
أُمَّهَاتِ; أُمَّاتِ ʔummahāti; ʔummāti |
Derived terms[edit]
- أُمّ التَلَافِيف (ʔumm at-talāfīf)
- أُمّ الْحِجَار السُّود (ʔumm al-ḥijār as-sūd)
- أُمّ الْقُرَى (ʔumm al-qurā)
- أُمّ قِرَاءَة (ʔumm qirāʔa)
- أُمّ غِيلَان (ʔumm ḡīlān)
- ء م م (ʔ m m)
- أُمَّتِ (ʔummati)
Descendants[edit]
- Maltese: omm
Etymology 2[edit]
Univerbation of the interrogative particle أَ (ʔa) and the conjunction *ٱِم (*im). Compare إِمَّا (ʔimmā) for disjunction.
Pronunciation[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
أَمْ • (ʔam)
- (chiefly after interrogatives) indicates an exclusive disjunction introduced with أَ (ʔa), as in alternative questions
- أَمِنَ الْعِراقِ أَنْتَ أَمْ مِنْ مِصْرَ؟
- ʔamina l-ʕirāqi ʔanta ʔam min miṣra?
- Are you from Iraq or Egypt?
- لَا أَدْرِي أَشَقِيٌّ صَاحِبُكَ أَمْ سَعِيدٌ.
- lā ʔadrī ʔašaqiyyun ṣāḥibuka ʔam saʕīdun.
- I do not know whether your friend is happy or downhearted.
- أَمُحَمَّدٌ أَوْ إِبْرَاهِيمُ أَفْضَلُ أَمْ سَمِيرٌ؟
- ʔamuḥammadun ʔaw ʔibrāhīmu ʔafḍalu ʔam samīrun?
- Is Muhammad or Ibrahim better [than Samir] or is Samir better [than either of them]?
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 21:109:
- فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا فَقُلْ آذَنْتُكُمْ عَلَى سَوَاءٍ وَإِنْ أَدْرِي أَقَرِيبٌ أَم بَعِيدٌ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ
- fa-ʔin tawallaw fa-qul ʔāḏantukum ʕalā sawāʔin wa-ʔin ʔadrī ʔa-qarībun ʔam baʕīdun mmā tūʕadūna
- But if they turn away, then say, “I have announced to [all of] you equally. And I know not whether near or far is that which you are promised.”
- 2017 November 4, “مستشار في حملة ترامب يعترف باجراء اتصالات مع مسؤولين روس”, in Al-Quds[1], archived from the original on 4 November 2017:
- كان قد نفى او تجنب الاجابة في مقابلات سابقة مع الصحيفة حول ما اذا كان قد التقى مسؤولين روسا ام لا.
- He had denied or avoided answering in previous interviews with the paper regarding whether he had met Russian officials or not.
- indicates an inclusive disjunction introduced with أَ (ʔa) that denotes sameness, indistinguishability, unimportance, insignificance, or indifference
- أَنَا أُحِبُّكَ سَوَاءٌ (أَ)أَحْبَبْتَنِي أَمْ لَمْ تُحِبَّنِي.
- ʔanā ʔuḥibbuka sawāʔun (ʔa)ʔaḥbabtanī ʔam lam tuḥibbanī.
- I love you, no matter whether you love me or whether you do not love me.
- سَأَفُوزُ سَوَاءٌ (أَ)شِئْتَ أَمْ أَبَيْتَ
- saʔafūzu sawāʔun (ʔa)šiʔta ʔam ʔabayta
- I will win whether you like it or not.
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 63:6:
- سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَسْتَغْفَرْتَ لَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ لَن يَغْفِرَ ٱللّٰهُ لَهُمْ
- sawāʔun ʕalayhim ʔastaḡfarta lahum ʔam lam tastaḡfir lahum lan yaḡfira llāhu lahum
- It is the same for them whether you pray for their forgiveness or whether you do not: Allah will not forgive them.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Swahili: ama
References[edit]
- Tropper, Josef (2003), “Sekundäres wortanlautendes Alif im Arabischen”, in Kogan, Leonid, editor, Studia Semitica (Orientalia: Papers of the Oriental Institute; III), Moscow, →ISBN, pages 201–202
Etymology 3[edit]
Root |
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ء م م (ʔ-m-m) |
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
أَمَّ • (ʔamma) I, non-past يَؤُمُّ (yaʔummu)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of
أَمَّ
(form-I geminate, verbal noun أَمّ)verbal noun الْمَصْدَر |
أَمّ ʔamm | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل |
آمّ ʔāmm | |||||||||||
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول |
maʔmūm | |||||||||||
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | ʔamamtu |
ʔamamta |
أَمَّ ʔamma |
ʔamamtumā |
ʔammā |
ʔamamnā |
ʔamamtum |
ʔammū | |||
f | ʔamamti |
ʔammat |
ʔammatā |
ʔamamtunna |
ʔamamna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʔaʔummu |
taʔummu |
yaʔummu |
taʔummāni |
yaʔummāni |
naʔummu |
taʔummūna |
yaʔummūna | |||
f | taʔummīna |
taʔummu |
taʔummāni |
taʔmumna |
yaʔmumna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʔaʔumma |
taʔumma |
yaʔumma |
taʔummā |
yaʔummā |
naʔumma |
taʔummū |
yaʔummū | |||
f | taʔummī |
taʔumma |
taʔummā |
taʔmumna |
yaʔmumna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʔaʔumma or ʔaʔummi or ʔāmum |
taʔumma or taʔummi or taʔmum |
yaʔumma or yaʔummi or yaʔmum |
taʔummā |
yaʔummā |
naʔumma or naʔummi or naʔmum |
taʔummū |
yaʔummū | |||
f | taʔummī |
taʔumma or taʔummi or taʔmum |
taʔummā |
taʔmumna |
yaʔmumna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر |
m | ʔumma or ʔummi or ūmum |
ʔummā |
ʔummū |
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f | ʔummī |
ūmumna | ||||||||||
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | ʔumimtu |
ʔumimta |
أُمَّ ʔumma |
ʔumimtumā |
ʔummā |
ʔumimnā |
ʔumimtum |
ʔummū | |||
f | ʔumimti |
ʔummat |
ʔummatā |
ʔumimtunna |
ʔumimna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʔuʔammu |
tuʔammu |
yuʔammu |
tuʔammāni |
yuʔammāni |
nuʔammu |
tuʔammūna |
yuʔammūna | |||
f | tuʔammīna |
tuʔammu |
tuʔammāni |
tuʔmamna |
yuʔmamna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʔuʔamma |
tuʔamma |
yuʔamma |
tuʔammā |
yuʔammā |
nuʔamma |
tuʔammū |
yuʔammū | |||
f | tuʔammī |
tuʔamma |
tuʔammā |
tuʔmamna |
yuʔmamna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʔuʔamma or ʔuʔammi or ʔūmam |
tuʔamma or tuʔammi or tuʔmam |
yuʔamma or yuʔammi or yuʔmam |
tuʔammā |
yuʔammā |
nuʔamma or nuʔammi or nuʔmam |
tuʔammū |
yuʔammū | |||
f | tuʔammī |
tuʔamma or tuʔammi or tuʔmam |
tuʔammā |
tuʔmamna |
yuʔmamna |
Synonyms[edit]
- قَصَدَ (qaṣada)
Verb[edit]
أَمَّ • (ʔamma) I, non-past يَؤُمُّ (yaʔummu)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of
أَمَّ
(form-I geminate, verbal nouns أَمّ or إِمَامَة)verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر |
أَمّ or إِمَامَة ʔamm or ʔimāma | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل |
آمّ ʔāmm | |||||||||||
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول |
maʔmūm | |||||||||||
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | ʔamamtu |
ʔamamta |
أَمَّ ʔamma |
ʔamamtumā |
ʔammā |
ʔamamnā |
ʔamamtum |
ʔammū | |||
f | ʔamamti |
ʔammat |
ʔammatā |
ʔamamtunna |
ʔamamna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʔaʔummu |
taʔummu |
yaʔummu |
taʔummāni |
yaʔummāni |
naʔummu |
taʔummūna |
yaʔummūna | |||
f | taʔummīna |
taʔummu |
taʔummāni |
taʔmumna |
yaʔmumna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʔaʔumma |
taʔumma |
yaʔumma |
taʔummā |
yaʔummā |
naʔumma |
taʔummū |
yaʔummū | |||
f | taʔummī |
taʔumma |
taʔummā |
taʔmumna |
yaʔmumna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʔaʔumma or ʔaʔummi or ʔāmum |
taʔumma or taʔummi or taʔmum |
yaʔumma or yaʔummi or yaʔmum |
taʔummā |
yaʔummā |
naʔumma or naʔummi or naʔmum |
taʔummū |
yaʔummū | |||
f | taʔummī |
taʔumma or taʔummi or taʔmum |
taʔummā |
taʔmumna |
yaʔmumna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر |
m | ʔumma or ʔummi or ūmum |
ʔummā |
ʔummū |
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f | ʔummī |
ūmumna | ||||||||||
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | ʔumimtu |
ʔumimta |
أُمَّ ʔumma |
ʔumimtumā |
ʔummā |
ʔumimnā |
ʔumimtum |
ʔummū | |||
f | ʔumimti |
ʔummat |
ʔummatā |
ʔumimtunna |
ʔumimna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʔuʔammu |
tuʔammu |
yuʔammu |
tuʔammāni |
yuʔammāni |
nuʔammu |
tuʔammūna |
yuʔammūna | |||
f | tuʔammīna |
tuʔammu |
tuʔammāni |
tuʔmamna |
yuʔmamna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʔuʔamma |
tuʔamma |
yuʔamma |
tuʔammā |
yuʔammā |
nuʔamma |
tuʔammū |
yuʔammū | |||
f | tuʔammī |
tuʔamma |
tuʔammā |
tuʔmamna |
yuʔmamna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʔuʔamma or ʔuʔammi or ʔūmam |
tuʔamma or tuʔammi or tuʔmam |
yuʔamma or yuʔammi or yuʔmam |
tuʔammā |
yuʔammā |
nuʔamma or nuʔammi or nuʔmam |
tuʔammū |
yuʔammū | |||
f | tuʔammī |
tuʔamma or tuʔammi or tuʔmam |
tuʔammā |
tuʔmamna |
yuʔmamna |
Noun[edit]
أَمّ • (ʔamm) m
- verbal noun of أَمَّ (ʔamma) (form I)
Declension[edit]
Declension of noun أَمّ (ʔamm)
Verb[edit]
أَمَّ • (ʔamma) I, non-past يَؤُمُّ (yaʔummu)
- to become a mother
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of
أَمَّ
(form-I geminate, verbal noun أُمُومَة)verbal noun الْمَصْدَر |
ʔumūma | |||||||||||
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active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل |
آمّ ʔāmm | |||||||||||
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول |
maʔmūm | |||||||||||
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | ʔamamtu |
ʔamamta |
أَمَّ ʔamma |
ʔamamtumā |
ʔammā |
ʔamamnā |
ʔamamtum |
ʔammū | |||
f | ʔamamti |
ʔammat |
ʔammatā |
ʔamamtunna |
ʔamamna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʔaʔummu |
taʔummu |
yaʔummu |
taʔummāni |
yaʔummāni |
naʔummu |
taʔummūna |
yaʔummūna | |||
f | taʔummīna |
taʔummu |
taʔummāni |
taʔmumna |
yaʔmumna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʔaʔumma |
taʔumma |
yaʔumma |
taʔummā |
yaʔummā |
naʔumma |
taʔummū |
yaʔummū | |||
f | taʔummī |
taʔumma |
taʔummā |
taʔmumna |
yaʔmumna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʔaʔumma or ʔaʔummi or ʔāmum |
taʔumma or taʔummi or taʔmum |
yaʔumma or yaʔummi or yaʔmum |
taʔummā |
yaʔummā |
naʔumma or naʔummi or naʔmum |
taʔummū |
yaʔummū | |||
f | taʔummī |
taʔumma or taʔummi or taʔmum |
taʔummā |
taʔmumna |
yaʔmumna | |||||||
imperative الْأَمْر |
m | ʔumma or ʔummi or ūmum |
ʔummā |
ʔummū |
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f | ʔummī |
ūmumna | ||||||||||
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول | ||||||||||||
singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | ʔumimtu |
ʔumimta |
أُمَّ ʔumma |
ʔumimtumā |
ʔummā |
ʔumimnā |
ʔumimtum |
ʔummū | |||
f | ʔumimti |
ʔummat |
ʔummatā |
ʔumimtunna |
ʔumimna | |||||||
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | ʔuʔammu |
tuʔammu |
yuʔammu |
tuʔammāni |
yuʔammāni |
nuʔammu |
tuʔammūna |
yuʔammūna | |||
f | tuʔammīna |
tuʔammu |
tuʔammāni |
tuʔmamna |
yuʔmamna | |||||||
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | ʔuʔamma |
tuʔamma |
yuʔamma |
tuʔammā |
yuʔammā |
nuʔamma |
tuʔammū |
yuʔammū | |||
f | tuʔammī |
tuʔamma |
tuʔammā |
tuʔmamna |
yuʔmamna | |||||||
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | ʔuʔamma or ʔuʔammi or ʔūmam |
tuʔamma or tuʔammi or tuʔmam |
yuʔamma or yuʔammi or yuʔmam |
tuʔammā |
yuʔammā |
nuʔamma or nuʔammi or nuʔmam |
tuʔammū |
yuʔammū | |||
f | tuʔammī |
tuʔamma or tuʔammi or tuʔmam |
tuʔammā |
tuʔmamna |
yuʔmamna |
Egyptian Arabic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
أمّ • ('umm)
South Levantine Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Learned borrowing from Arabic أُمّ (ʔumm).
Noun[edit]
أم • (ʔumm) f
- Alternative form of إم (ʔimm)
- اللغة الأم ― il-luḡa il-ʔumm ― native language, mother tongue
Audio (Ramallah) (file)
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