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أُمّ

mother

Noun · feminineRoot ء-م-م

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Plural
أُمَّهَات
Other plural
أُمَّات

Most common words from the same root

Noun
community
Noun
front
Noun
أَمَة
slave-girl
Noun
أُمُومَة
motherhood
Noun
إِمَام
leader
Verb · Form I
أَمَّ
to lead the way

أُمّ in English

Noun · feminine

  1. mother
  2. origin
  3. source

Word origin

Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔim- Proto-Semitic *ʔimm- Arabic أم Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʔimm-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔim-. Cognate with Hebrew אם (em).

Words from the root ء-م-م

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

أَمَّ · present يَؤُمُّ

to lead the way, to lead by example

أَمّ
Verbal noun
إِمَامَة
Verbal noun
guidance
آمّ
Active participle
مَأْمُوم
Passive participle · Adjective
who prays behind the Imam
أَمَّ · present يَؤُمُّ

to go, to go to see, to repair (to a place)

أَمّ
Verbal noun
آمّ
Active participle
مَأْمُوم
Passive participle
أَمَّ · present يَؤُمُّ

to become a mother

أُمُومَة
Verbal noun
motherhood
آمّ
Active participle
مَأْمُوم
Passive participle
اِئْتَمَّ · present يَأْتَمُّ

to follow the example; to intend (something); to try to reach or obtain (someone/something)

اِئْتِمَام
Verbal noun
مُؤْتَمّ
Active participle
مُؤْتَمّ
Passive participle
اِسْتَأَمَّ · present يَسْتَئِمُّ

to consider or adopt as one's mother

اِسْتِئْمَام
Verbal noun
مُسْتَئِمّ
Active participle
مُسْتَأَمّ
Passive participle
Noun · f.
mother
Noun · f.
community
Noun
front
أَمَة
Noun · f.
slave-girl
إِمَام
Noun · m.
leader
أُمِّيَّة
Noun · f.
illiteracy

أُمّ: plural and other forms

Singularأُمّ
Pluralأُمَّهَات
Alternative pluralsأُمَّات

أُمّ in a sentence

From a fully vowelled text

أَمَّا هُوَ فَجَازَ فِي وَسْطِهِمْ وَمَضَى.But he passing through the midst of them went his way,Luke 4:30, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
أَمَّا يَسُوعُ فَمَضَى إِلَى جَبَلِ الزَّيْتُونِ.Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.John 8:1, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا رَبُّ فَمُتَعَال إِلَى الأَبَدِ.But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.Psalms 92:8, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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