ام

أُمُومَةٌ ذ . (S, M, K.) ― -b2- أَمَمْتُهُ I was to him a mother. (A in art. ربض.) IAar, speaking of a woman, said, كَانَتْ لَهَا عَمَّةٌ تَؤُمُّهَا, meaning [ She had, lit. there was to her, a paternal aunt ] who was to her like the mother. (M.)