أمة
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See also: أمه
Arabic[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From the root ء م م (ʔ-m-m); compare أُمّ (ʔumm, “mother”). Compare Hebrew אומה / אֻמָּה (ʾummā).
Noun[edit]
أُمَّة • (ʔumma) f (plural أُمَم (ʔumam)) (countable)
- 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[edit]
Declension of noun أُمَّة (ʔumma)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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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[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Semitic *ʔamat-.
Noun[edit]
أَمَة • (ʔama) f (plural إِمَاء (ʔimāʔ) or آمٍ (ʔāmin) or إِمْوَان (ʔimwān) or أُمْوَان (ʔumwān) or أَمَات (ʔamāt), masculine عَبْد (ʕabd)) (countable)
Usage notes[edit]
The most common plural form is إِمَاء (ʔimāʔ), with the other forms being obsolete or poetical.
Declension[edit]
Declension of noun أَمَة (ʔama)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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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 |
Derived terms[edit]
- أُمَيَّة (ʔumayya, diminutive)
- تَأَمَّى (taʔammā, “to take as maid”, form V)
- اِسْتَأْمَى (istaʔmā, “to take as maid”, form X)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “أمة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 103
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 130
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