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ءمه

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of forgetting, but also extends to meanings related to illness (specifically pox or measles), recognition, and the maternal relationship. It also touches upon the idea of a person losing their senses or being mentally absent.

Derived headwords

الأميهةnoun
  1. 1.
    Sheep poxclassical

    A disease affecting sheep, characterized by pustules similar to smallpox or measles.

  2. 2.
    Pustuleclassical

    A blister-like eruption that appears on the skin, resembling symptoms of pox or measles.

أمهتverb
  1. 1.
    to contract pox/measlesclassical

    Said of a sheep when it develops pustules characteristic of pox or measles.

وقد أمهت الشاة تؤمه أمها وأميهة — And the sheep contracted pox, it contracts pox, a contracting and pox.
مأموهةadjective
  1. 1.
    afflicted with poxclassical

    Describing a sheep that has contracted the pox or a similar ailment.

وشاة أميهة: مأموهة — And an 'amīhah sheep: one afflicted with pox.
الأمهnoun
  1. 1.
    forgetfulnessboth

    The state of forgetting or being forgetful.

  2. 2.
    acknowledgmentclassical

    The act of admitting or confessing, especially under duress or punishment.

  3. 3.
    pox/measlesclassical

    A reference to the disease of pox or measles.

أمهverb
  1. 1.
    to forgetboth

    To lose the memory of something; to become forgetful.

  2. 2.
    to acknowledge/confessclassical

    To admit or confess, particularly in a legal or punitive context.

أمهت الشيء فأنا آمهه أمها إذا نسيته — I forgot the thing, and I forget it, a forgetting, if I forgot it.
وادكر بعد أمه — And he remembered after his forgetfulness.
يأمهverb
  1. 1.
    to forgetboth

    Present tense of the verb meaning to forget.

قد أمه، بالكسر، يأمه أمها — He forgot, with kasra, he forgets, a forgetting.
أمهاnoun
  1. 1.
    forgettingboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) for the act of forgetting.

  2. 2.
    acknowledgmentclassical

    The verbal noun (masdar) for the act of acknowledging or confessing.

امتحنverb
  1. 1.
    to be tested/examinedclassical

    To undergo a test or examination, often in a legal or religious context.

من امتحن في حد فأمه ثم تبرأ فليست عليه عقوبة — Whoever is tested in a Hadd punishment and confesses, then denies, there is no punishment upon him.
أمه إليverb
  1. 1.
    to entrust toclassical

    To commit something to someone's care or charge; to delegate.

أمهت إليه في أمر فأمه إلي أي عهدت إليه فعهد إلي — I entrusted him with a matter, and he entrusted it to me, meaning I committed it to him, and he committed it.
مأموهadjective
  1. 1.
    mentally absentclassical

    Someone whose mind is not present; lacking sense or reason.

أمه الرجل، فهو مأموه، وهو الذي ليس عقله معه — The man lost his senses, so he is māmūh, and he is one whose mind is not with him.
آهةnoun
  1. 1.
    groanboth

    A sound of pain, grief, or distress; a moan.

يقال في الدعاء على الإنسان آهة وأميهة — It is said in cursing a person: 'āhah and 'amīhah.
أميهةnoun
  1. 1.
    pox/measlesclassical

    A disease characterized by pustules, similar to pox or measles.

والأميهة الجدري — And al-amīhah is pox.
الأمهةnoun
  1. 1.
    motherclassical

    A variant form of 'umm' (mother), sometimes specifically referring to rational beings.

الأمهة لغة في الأم — Al-ummah is a variant pronunciation for al-umm.
أمهةnoun
  1. 1.
    motherclassical

    A form of the word for mother, with the 'h' considered an original letter.

والهاء في أمهة أصلية — And the 'h' in 'ummah is original.
أماتnoun
  1. 1.
    mothersboth

    Plural of 'umm' (mother), used for non-human females.

ويقال في جمع الأم من غير الآدميين أمات، بغير هاء — And for the plural of 'mother' among non-humans, they say 'amāt, without the 'h'.
أمهاتnoun
  1. 1.
    mothersboth

    Plural of 'umm' (mother), specifically for human females.

وأما بنات آدم فالجمع أمهات — As for the daughters of Adam, the plural is 'ummahāt.
تأمهverb
  1. 1.
    to take as a motherclassical

    To adopt or consider someone as a mother, as if referring to one's own mother.

تأمه أما: اتخدها كأنه على أمهة — To take her as a mother: to adopt her as if she were one's own mother.
أمهة الشبابnoun
  1. 1.
    prime of youthclassical

    The peak or height of one's youth, characterized by vigor and perhaps recklessness.

وأمهة الشباب كبره وتيهه — And the 'ummah of youth is its maturity and its recklessness.

Parallel reading

الأميهة: جدري الغنم، وقيل: هو بثر يخرج بها كالجدري أو الحصبة
Al-umayhah: pox of sheep, and it was said: it is a pustule that appears on them like pox or measles.
وقد أمهت الشاة تؤمه أمها وأميهة
And the sheep contracted pox, it contracts pox, a contracting and pox.
وشاة أميهة: مأموهة
And an 'amīhah sheep: one afflicted with pox.
طبیخ نحاز أو طبیخ أميهة ... صغير العظام، سیء القشم، أملط
The broth of a slaughtered animal or the broth of an 'amīhah [sheep]... small of bone, bad in flesh, smooth-skinned.
الأمه النسیان
Al-ummah is forgetfulness.
والأمه الإقرار
And al-ummah is acknowledgment.
والأمه الجدري
And al-ummah is pox.
وادكر بعد أمه
And he remembered after his forgetfulness.
أمهت الشيء فأنا آمهه أمها إذا نسيته
I forgot the thing, and I forget it, a forgetting, if I forgot it.
أمهت، وكنت لا أنسى حدیثا، ... كذاك الدهر یودي بالعقول
I forgot, and I used to not forget a saying, ... thus time destroys minds.
وادكر بعد أمه؛ قال أبو عبید: هو الإقرار، ومعناه أن یعاقب لیقر فإقراره باطل
And he remembered after his acknowledgment; Abu Ubayd said: it is the acknowledgment, and its meaning is that he is punished so he confesses, and his confession is void.
من امتحن في حد فأمه ثم تبرأ فلیست علیه عقوبة، فإن عوقب فأمه فلیس علیه حد إلا أن یأمه من غیر عقوبة
Whoever is tested in a Hadd punishment and confesses, then denies, there is no punishment upon him. If he is punished and confesses, there is no Hadd upon him unless he is made to confess without punishment.
أمهت إلیه في أمر فأمه إلي أي عهدت إلیه فعهد إلي
I entrusted him with a matter, and he entrusted it to me, meaning I committed it to him, and he committed it.
أمه الرجل، فهو مأموه، وهو الذي لیس عقله معه
The man lost his senses, so he is māmūh, and he is one whose mind is not with him.
يقال في الدعاء على الإنسان آهة وأميهة
It is said in cursing a person: 'āhah and 'amīhah.
والأميهة الجدري
And al-amīhah is pox.
الأمهة لغة في الأم
Al-ummah is a variant pronunciation for al-umm.
والهاء في أمهة أصلية، وهي فعلة بمنزلة ترهة وأبهة
And the 'h' in 'ummah is original, and it is a form like 'tarhah' and 'abhah'.
وخص بعضهم بالأمهة من يعقل وبالأم ما لا يعقل
And some specified 'ummah for rational beings and 'umm for non-rational beings.
وإن منیت أمات الرباع والقرآن العزیز نزل بأمهات، وهو أوضح دلیل على أن الواحدة أمهة
And if you are afflicted with the mothers of quadrupeds, and the Noble Quran was revealed with 'ummahāt, which is the clearest proof that the singular is 'ummah.
تأمه أما: اتخدها كأنه على أمهة
To take her as a mother: to adopt her as if she were one's own mother.
وأما الأم فقد قال بعضهم الأصل أمة، وربما قالوا أمهة
As for 'umm', some said its origin is 'ummah, and they might say 'ummah.
وأمهة الشباب كبره وتيهه
And the 'ummah of youth is its maturity and its recklessness.