إمام

See also: امام‎ and أمام‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ء م م‎ (ʔ-m-m).

Noun

إِمَام • (ʔimām) m (plural أَئِمَّة‎ (ʔaʔimma))

1. leader, example, exemplar, paragon
2. (Islam) imam
3. guideline

Declension

Declension of noun إِمَام (ʔimām)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِمَام ʔimām	الْإِمَام‎ al-ʔimām	إِمَام ʔimām
Nominative	إِمَامٌ ʔimāmun	الْإِمَامُ‎ al-ʔimāmu	إِمَامُ ʔimāmu
Accusative	إِمَامًا‎ ʔimāman	الْإِمَامَ‎ al-ʔimāma	إِمَامَ ʔimāma
Genitive	إِمَامٍ ʔimāmin	الْإِمَامِ‎ al-ʔimāmi	إِمَامِ ʔimāmi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِمَامَيْن‎ ʔimāmayn	الْإِمَامَيْن‎ al-ʔimāmayn	إِمَامَيْ‎ ʔimāmay
Nominative	إِمَامَانِ‎ ʔimāmāni	الْإِمَامَانِ‎ al-ʔimāmāni	إِمَامَا‎ ʔimāmā
Accusative	إِمَامَيْنِ‎ ʔimāmayni	الْإِمَامَيْنِ‎ al-ʔimāmayni	إِمَامَيْ‎ ʔimāmay
Genitive	إِمَامَيْنِ‎ ʔimāmayni	الْإِمَامَيْنِ‎ al-ʔimāmayni	إِمَامَيْ‎ ʔimāmay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَئِمَّة‎ ʔaʔimma	الْأَئِمَّة‎ al-ʔaʔimma	أَئِمَّة‎ ʔaʔimmat
Nominative	أَئِمَّةٌ‎ ʔaʔimmatun	الْأَئِمَّةُ‎ al-ʔaʔimmatu	أَئِمَّةُ‎ ʔaʔimmatu
Accusative	أَئِمَّةً‎ ʔaʔimmatan	الْأَئِمَّةَ‎ al-ʔaʔimmata	أَئِمَّةَ‎ ʔaʔimmata
Genitive	أَئِمَّةٍ‎ ʔaʔimmatin	الْأَئِمَّةِ‎ al-ʔaʔimmati	أَئِمَّةِ‎ ʔaʔimmati

Descendants

• → Bengali: ইমাম (imam)
• → Catalan: imam
• → Dutch: imam
• → English: imam
• → Danish: imam c
• → German: Imam
• → Malay: imam
  • → Indonesian: imam
• → Ottoman Turkish: امام‎
  • Turkish: imam
  • →? Armenian: իմամ (imam)
  • → Bulgarian: има́м (imám)
  • → Greek: ιμάμης (imámis)
  • → Hungarian: imám
  • → Macedonian: имам (imam)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: ìmām
• → Pashto: امام‎
• → Persian: امام‎
• → Russian: има́м (imám)
• → Spanish: imán
• → Swahili: imamu
• → Tajik: имом (imom)
• → Uzbek: имом (imom)