عمي

See also: عمى and غمی

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ع م ي (ʕ m y)
5 terms

Verb

عَمِيَ • (ʕamiya) I (non-past يَعْمَى (yaʕmā), verbal noun عَمًى (ʕaman))

1. to be or become blind
2. to not find the right way
3. to be stupid
4. to be dark
5. to be obscure, to be hidden, to be unapparent

Conjugation

    Conjugation of عَمِيَ (I, final-weak, i ~ a, no passive, verbal noun عَمًى)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						عَمًى ʕaman
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						أَعْمَى, عَمٍ ʔaʕmā, ʕamin
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	عَمِيتُ ʕamītu	عَمِيتَ ʕamīta	عَمِيَ ʕamiya		عَمِيتُمَا ʕamītumā	عَمِيَا ʕamiyā		عَمِينَا ʕamīnā	عَمِيتُمْ ʕamītum	عَمُوا ʕamū
	f		عَمِيتِ ʕamīti	عَمِيَتْ ʕamiyat			عَمِيَتَا ʕamiyatā			عَمِيتُنَّ ʕamītunna	عَمِينَ ʕamīna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَعْمَى ʔaʕmā	تَعْمَى taʕmā	يَعْمَى yaʕmā		تَعْمَيَانِ taʕmayāni	يَعْمَيَانِ yaʕmayāni		نَعْمَى naʕmā	تَعْمَوْنَ taʕmawna	يَعْمَوْنَ yaʕmawna
	f		تَعْمَيْنَ taʕmayna	تَعْمَى taʕmā			تَعْمَيَانِ taʕmayāni			تَعْمَيْنَ taʕmayna	يَعْمَيْنَ yaʕmayna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَعْمَى ʔaʕmā	تَعْمَى taʕmā	يَعْمَى yaʕmā		تَعْمَيَا taʕmayā	يَعْمَيَا yaʕmayā		نَعْمَى naʕmā	تَعْمَوْا taʕmaw	يَعْمَوْا yaʕmaw
	f		تَعْمَيْ taʕmay	تَعْمَى taʕmā			تَعْمَيَا taʕmayā			تَعْمَيْنَ taʕmayna	يَعْمَيْنَ yaʕmayna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَعْمَ ʔaʕma	تَعْمَ taʕma	يَعْمَ yaʕma		تَعْمَيَا taʕmayā	يَعْمَيَا yaʕmayā		نَعْمَ naʕma	تَعْمَوْا taʕmaw	يَعْمَوْا yaʕmaw
	f		تَعْمَيْ taʕmay	تَعْمَ taʕma			تَعْمَيَا taʕmayā			تَعْمَيْنَ taʕmayna	يَعْمَيْنَ yaʕmayna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِعْمَ iʕma			اِعْمَيَا iʕmayā				اِعْمَوْا iʕmaw
	f		اِعْمَيْ iʕmay							اِعْمَيْنَ iʕmayna

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “عمي”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “عمي”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 1.2

Adjective

عُمْي • (ʕumy) c pl

1. common plural of أَعْمَى (ʔaʕmā)

Etymology 1.3

Verb

عمي (form II)

1. عُمِّيَ (ʕummiya) /ʕum.mi.ja/: third-person masculine singular past passive of عَمَّى (ʕammā)
2. عَمِّي (ʕammī) /ʕam.miː/: second-person feminine singular imperative of عَمَّى (ʕammā)

Etymology 2

Verb

عُمِّي • (ʕummī) (form I) /ʕum.miː/

1. second-person feminine singular imperative of عَمَّ (ʕamma)

Gulf Arabic

Root
ع م ي
2 terms

Etymology 1

See Arabic أَعْمَىٰ (ʔaʕmā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕəməj/

Adjective

عَمَيْ • (ʕamay) (feminine عَمْية (ʕamya), common plural عِمْيان (ʕimyān))

1. blind

Etymology 2

Root
ع م م
1 term

From عم (ʕamm, “uncle”) + ـي (-i, “my”), Literally, “my uncle”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕəmmi/

Noun

عَمّي • (ʕammi) m

1. A respectful term of address to an elderly man