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أمة

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Arabic

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Root
ء م م (ʔ m m)
10 terms

Etymology 1

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    Compare أُمّ (ʔumm, mother). Cognate with Hebrew אומה / אֻמָּה (ʾummā).

    Noun

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    أُمَّة (ʔummaf (plural أُمَم (ʔumam)) (countable)

    1. community, people, nation
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:104:
        وَلْتَكُن مِنْكُمْ أُمَّةٌ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنْكَرِ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ
        waltakun minkum ʔummatun yadʕūna ʔilā l-ḵayri wayaʔmurūna bi-l-maʕrūfi wayanhawna ʕani l-munkari wa-ʔulāʔika humu l-mufliḥūna
        And let there be [arising] from you a nation inviting to [all that is] good, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, and those will be the successful.
      • Al-Mutanabbi
        أَغَايَةُ الدِّينِ أَنْ تُحْفُوا شَوَارِبَكُمْ / يَا أُمَّةً ضَحِكَتْ مِنْ جَهْلِهَا الْأُمَمُ
        ʔaḡāyatu d-dīni ʔan tuḥfū šawāribakum / yā ʔummatan ḍaḥikat min jahlihā al-ʔumamu
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    Declension
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    Declension of noun أُمَّة (ʔumma)
    singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
    indefinite definite construct
    informal أُمَّة
    ʔumma
    الْأُمَّة
    al-ʔumma
    أُمَّة
    ʔummat
    nominative أُمَّةٌ
    ʔummatun
    الْأُمَّةُ
    al-ʔummatu
    أُمَّةُ
    ʔummatu
    accusative أُمَّةً
    ʔummatan
    الْأُمَّةَ
    al-ʔummata
    أُمَّةَ
    ʔummata
    genitive أُمَّةٍ
    ʔummatin
    الْأُمَّةِ
    al-ʔummati
    أُمَّةِ
    ʔummati
    dual indefinite definite construct
    informal أُمَّتَيْن
    ʔummatayn
    الْأُمَّتَيْن
    al-ʔummatayn
    أُمَّتَيْ
    ʔummatay
    nominative أُمَّتَانِ
    ʔummatāni
    الْأُمَّتَانِ
    al-ʔummatāni
    أُمَّتَا
    ʔummatā
    accusative أُمَّتَيْنِ
    ʔummatayni
    الْأُمَّتَيْنِ
    al-ʔummatayni
    أُمَّتَيْ
    ʔummatay
    genitive أُمَّتَيْنِ
    ʔummatayni
    الْأُمَّتَيْنِ
    al-ʔummatayni
    أُمَّتَيْ
    ʔummatay
    plural basic broken plural triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal أُمَم
    ʔumam
    الْأُمَم
    al-ʔumam
    أُمَم
    ʔumam
    nominative أُمَمٌ
    ʔumamun
    الْأُمَمُ
    al-ʔumamu
    أُمَمُ
    ʔumamu
    accusative أُمَمًا
    ʔumaman
    الْأُمَمَ
    al-ʔumama
    أُمَمَ
    ʔumama
    genitive أُمَمٍ
    ʔumamin
    الْأُمَمِ
    al-ʔumami
    أُمَمِ
    ʔumami
    Descendants
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    إِمَاءٌ فِي سُوق

    Etymology 2

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    From Proto-Semitic *ʔamat-.

    Noun

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    أَمَة (ʔamaf (plural إِمَاء (ʔimāʔ) or آمٍ (ʔāmin) or إِمْوَان (ʔimwān) or أُمْوَان (ʔumwān) or أَمَات (ʔamāt), masculine عَبْد (ʕabd)) (countable)

    1. female slave
    Usage notes
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    The most common plural form is إِمَاء (ʔimāʔ), with the other forms being obsolete or poetical.

    Declension
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    Declension of noun أَمَة (ʔama)
    singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
    indefinite definite construct
    informal أَمَة
    ʔama
    الْأَمَة
    al-ʔama
    أَمَة
    ʔamat
    nominative أَمَةٌ
    ʔamatun
    الْأَمَةُ
    al-ʔamatu
    أَمَةُ
    ʔamatu
    accusative أَمَةً
    ʔamatan
    الْأَمَةَ
    al-ʔamata
    أَمَةَ
    ʔamata
    genitive أَمَةٍ
    ʔamatin
    الْأَمَةِ
    al-ʔamati
    أَمَةِ
    ʔamati
    dual indefinite definite construct
    informal أَمَتَيْن
    ʔamatayn
    الْأَمَتَيْن
    al-ʔamatayn
    أَمَتَيْ
    ʔamatay
    nominative أَمَتَانِ
    ʔamatāni
    الْأَمَتَانِ
    al-ʔamatāni
    أَمَتَا
    ʔamatā
    accusative أَمَتَيْنِ
    ʔamatayni
    الْأَمَتَيْنِ
    al-ʔamatayni
    أَمَتَيْ
    ʔamatay
    genitive أَمَتَيْنِ
    ʔamatayni
    الْأَمَتَيْنِ
    al-ʔamatayni
    أَمَتَيْ
    ʔamatay
    plural basic broken plural triptote‎;
    broken plural triptote in ـٍ (-in)‎;
    sound feminine plural
    indefinite definite construct
    informal إِمَاء‎; آمِي‎; إِمْوَان‎; أُمْوَان‎; أَمَات
    ʔimāʔ‎; ʔāmī‎; ʔimwān‎; ʔumwān‎; ʔamāt
    الْإِمَاء‎; الْآمِي‎; الْإِمْوَان‎; الْأُمْوَان‎; الْأَمَات
    al-ʔimāʔ‎; al-ʔāmī‎; al-ʔimwān‎; al-ʔumwān‎; al-ʔamāt
    إِمَاء‎; آمِي‎; إِمْوَان‎; أُمْوَان‎; أَمَات
    ʔimāʔ‎; ʔāmī‎; ʔimwān‎; ʔumwān‎; ʔamāt
    nominative إِمَاءٌ‎; آمٍ‎; إِمْوَانٌ‎; أُمْوَانٌ‎; أَمَاتٌ
    ʔimāʔun‎; ʔāmin‎; ʔimwānun‎; ʔumwānun‎; ʔamātun
    الْإِمَاءُ‎; الْآمِي‎; الْإِمْوَانُ‎; الْأُمْوَانُ‎; الْأَمَاتُ
    al-ʔimāʔu‎; al-ʔāmī‎; al-ʔimwānu‎; al-ʔumwānu‎; al-ʔamātu
    إِمَاءُ‎; آمِي‎; إِمْوَانُ‎; أُمْوَانُ‎; أَمَاتُ
    ʔimāʔu‎; ʔāmī‎; ʔimwānu‎; ʔumwānu‎; ʔamātu
    accusative إِمَاءً‎; آمِيًا‎; إِمْوَانًا‎; أُمْوَانًا‎; أَمَاتٍ
    ʔimāʔan‎; ʔāmiyan‎; ʔimwānan‎; ʔumwānan‎; ʔamātin
    الْإِمَاءَ‎; الْآمِيَ‎; الْإِمْوَانَ‎; الْأُمْوَانَ‎; الْأَمَاتِ
    al-ʔimāʔa‎; al-ʔāmiya‎; al-ʔimwāna‎; al-ʔumwāna‎; al-ʔamāti
    إِمَاءَ‎; آمِيَ‎; إِمْوَانَ‎; أُمْوَانَ‎; أَمَاتِ
    ʔimāʔa‎; ʔāmiya‎; ʔimwāna‎; ʔumwāna‎; ʔamāti
    genitive إِمَاءٍ‎; آمٍ‎; إِمْوَانٍ‎; أُمْوَانٍ‎; أَمَاتٍ
    ʔimāʔin‎; ʔāmin‎; ʔimwānin‎; ʔumwānin‎; ʔamātin
    الْإِمَاءِ‎; الْآمِي‎; الْإِمْوَانِ‎; الْأُمْوَانِ‎; الْأَمَاتِ
    al-ʔimāʔi‎; al-ʔāmī‎; al-ʔimwāni‎; al-ʔumwāni‎; al-ʔamāti
    إِمَاءِ‎; آمِي‎; إِمْوَانِ‎; أُمْوَانِ‎; أَمَاتِ
    ʔimāʔi‎; ʔāmī‎; ʔimwāni‎; ʔumwāni‎; ʔamāti
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