أم

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See also: ام and آم

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb 1

أَمَّ (ʔamma) I, non-past يَؤُمُّ‎ (yaʔummu)

  1. to go, to repair (to a place)
    أم مدينَة لندنto go to London
  2. to go to see
Synonyms
Conjugation

Verb 2

أَمَّ (ʔamma) I, non-past يَؤُمُّ‎ (yaʔummu)

  1. to lead the way, to lead by example
    أم الناسto lead the people
    1. to lead in prayer
Conjugation

Verb 3

أَمَّ (ʔamma) I, non-past يَؤُمُّ‎ (yaʔummu)

  1. to become a mother
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *ʾimm-, from the root ء م م (ʔ-m-m).

Pronunciation

Noun

أُمّ (ʔummf (dual أُمَّانِ (ʔummāni), plural أُمَّهَات (ʔummahāt) or أُمَّات (ʔummāt), masculine أَب (ʔab))

  1. mother
  2. origin
  3. source
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

أَمّ (ʔammm

  1. verbal noun of أَمَّ (ʔamma) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 4

Univerbation of the interrogative particle أَ (ʔa) and the conjunction *ٱِم (*im). Compare إِمَّا (ʔimmā) for disjunction.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

أَمْ (ʔam)

  1. or …? (in double questions, the first part of which is preceded by أَ (ʔa))
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 21:109:
      فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا فَقُلْ آذَنتُكُمْ عَلَىٰ سَوَاءٍ ۖ وَإِنْ أَدْرِي أَقَرِيبٌ أَم بَعِيدٌ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ
      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]:
      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.

References

  • 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

Egyptian Arabic

Noun

أمّ ('umm)

  1. mother