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عمي

Root entry · 28 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns blindness, both literal and metaphorical. It extends to ignorance, lack of guidance, and confusion, encompassing the inability to perceive or understand.

Derived headwords

عَمِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to be blindboth

    To lose one's sight, either physically or metaphorically.

  2. 2.
    to be ignorantboth

    To lack knowledge or understanding, especially regarding spiritual or moral matters.

  3. 3.
    to be confusedboth

    To be disoriented or unable to find one's way.

عَمَىnoun
  1. 1.
    blindnessboth

    The state of being blind, encompassing both physical sight loss and metaphorical ignorance.

  2. 2.
    ignoranceboth

    A lack of knowledge or understanding, particularly of truth or guidance.

  3. 3.
    confusionboth

    A state of being lost or disoriented.

أَعْمَىadjective
  1. 1.
    blindboth

    Lacking sight, or lacking understanding and insight.

  2. 2.
    ignorantboth

    Unaware or lacking knowledge.

عَمْيَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    blind (female)both

    A female person or thing that is blind.

  2. 2.
    ignorant (female)both

    A female person lacking knowledge or understanding.

عَمِيَّةadjective
  1. 1.
    blind (female)both

    A female person or thing that is blind, often used for a woman.

  2. 2.
    ignorant (female)both

    A female person lacking knowledge or understanding.

عُمِّيadjective
  1. 1.
    blindboth

    A collective adjective for blind people.

  2. 2.
    ignorantboth

    A collective adjective for ignorant people.

تَعَمَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to feign blindnessboth

    To pretend to be blind, either physically or in terms of understanding.

  2. 2.
    to act ignorantboth

    To pretend not to know or understand something.

تَعَامَىverb
  1. 1.
    to feign blindnessboth

    To pretend to be blind, either physically or in terms of understanding.

  2. 2.
    to act ignorantboth

    To pretend not to know or understand something.

أَعْمَاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make blindboth

    To cause someone or something to become blind, physically or metaphorically.

عَمَّاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make blindboth

    To cause someone or something to become blind, physically or metaphorically.

عَمِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    blind (heart)both

    Blind in heart or spirit; lacking insight.

عَمِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    blindnessboth

    Blindness of the heart or spirit; ignorance.

  2. 2.
    ignoranceboth

    A state of lacking knowledge or understanding.

عَمْيَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    blindnessboth

    Blindness of the heart or spirit; ignorance.

  2. 2.
    ignoranceboth

    A state of lacking knowledge or understanding.

عَمَايَةnoun
  1. 1.
    blindnessboth

    Blindness of the heart or spirit; ignorance.

  2. 2.
    ignoranceboth

    A state of lacking knowledge or understanding.

  3. 3.
    confusionboth

    A state of being lost or disoriented.

عُمِّيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    blindnessboth

    Blindness of the heart or spirit; ignorance.

  2. 2.
    ignoranceboth

    A state of lacking knowledge or understanding.

عُمَّىnoun
  1. 1.
    blindnessboth

    Blindness of the heart or spirit; ignorance.

  2. 2.
    ignoranceboth

    A state of lacking knowledge or understanding.

أَعْمَيَانnoun
  1. 1.
    flood and raging camelclassical

    Two things that are destructive and unpredictable, metaphorically representing chaos.

  2. 2.
    flood and fireclassical

    Two destructive forces, representing chaos and ruin.

  3. 3.
    night and floodclassical

    Two things that obscure and overwhelm.

عَمْيَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    ignoranceboth

    A state of being lost or misguided.

  2. 2.
    obstinacyboth

    Stubbornness in error or falsehood.

عَمَايَةnoun
  1. 1.
    ignoranceboth

    A state of being lost or misguided.

  2. 2.
    obstinacyboth

    Stubbornness in error or falsehood.

عُمِّيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    ignoranceboth

    A state of being lost or misguided.

  2. 2.
    obstinacyboth

    Stubbornness in error or falsehood.

قَتِيلُ عَمْيَاءnoun phrase
  1. 1.
    victim of unknown killerclassical

    A person killed by an unknown assailant, where the circumstances are unclear.

عَمْيَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    blind fightclassical

    Fighting for a cause without clear understanding or justification, often based on tribalism or misguided passion.

عُمِّيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    blind callclassical

    A misguided or ignorant call to action.

أَعْمَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    desolate placesclassical

    Unknown or trackless lands where one can easily get lost.

مَعَامِيnoun
  1. 1.
    unknown landsclassical

    Vast, uncharted territories where one cannot find their way.

أَرْضٌ عَمْيَاءnoun phrase
  1. 1.
    trackless landclassical

    A place where one cannot find their way or discern a path.

مَكَانٌ أَعْمَىnoun phrase
  1. 1.
    trackless placeclassical

    A place where one cannot find their way or discern a path.

عَمْيَاءadverbial phrase
  1. 1.
    in darknessclassical

    Referring to the early part of the morning before full daylight.

Parallel reading

العمى: ذهاب البصر كله
Blindness: the loss of all sight.
عمي يعمى عمى فهو أعمى
He became blind, he becomes blind, blindness, so he is blind.
وتعمى: في معنى عمي
And 'ta'amma' is in the meaning of 'amiy'.
وهو أعمى وعم، والأنثى عمياء وعمية
And he is 'a'maa' and 'amm, and the female is 'amyaa'' and 'ammiyah'.
رجل أعمى وامرأة عمياء
A blind man and a blind woman.
وتعامى الرجل أي أرى من نفسه ذلك
And the man 'ta'aamaa' means he shows that of himself.
وفيهم عميتهم أي جهلهم
And among them is their 'amiyyah', meaning their ignorance.
ومن كان في هذه أعمى فهو في الآخرة أعمى وأضل سبيلا
And whoever is blind in this [world] will be blind in the Hereafter and further astray from the path.
فإنها لا تعمى الأبصار ولكن تعمى القلوب التي في الصدور
For it is not the eyes that are blinded, but the hearts which are in the breasts.
صم بكم عمي
Deaf, dumb, blind.
والأعميان: السيل والجمل الهائج
And the two 'a'mays are the flood and the raging camel.
والعمياء والعماية والعمية والعمية، كله: الغواية واللجاجة في الباطل
And 'al-'amyaa'', 'al-'amaayah', 'al-'ummiyyah', and 'al-'ummiyyah', all mean misguidance and stubbornness in falsehood.
تسفهوا عمايتهم
They acted foolishly regarding their ignorance.
من قاتل تحت راية عمية يغضب لعصبة أو ينصر عصبة أو يدعو إلى عصبة فقتل، قتل قتلة جاهلية
Whoever fights under a banner of ignorance, getting angry for a clan, or supporting a clan, or calling to a clan, and is killed, he dies the death of ignorance.
من قتل في عميا في رمي يكون بينهم فهو خطأ
Whoever is killed in a blind incident during a stone-throwing among them, it is considered a mistake.
ينزو الشيطان بين الناس فيكون دما في عمياء في غير ضغينة
Satan incites among people, and blood is shed in ignorance without malice.
بلد عامية أعماؤه
A land whose desolate places are vast.
والمعامي: الأرضون المجهولة
And 'al-ma'aamiy' are the unknown lands.
أرض عمياء وعامية ومكان أعمى: لا يهتدى فيه
A blind land, a trackless land, and a blind place: one cannot find their way in it.
من عماك إلى هداك
From your blindness to your guidance.
ولقيته في عماية الصبح أي في ظلمته قبل أن أتبينه
And I met him in the obscurity of the morning, meaning in its darkness before I could discern it.
وكان يغير على الصرم في عماية الصبح أي في بقية ظلمة الليل
And he used to raid the encampments in the obscurity of the morning, meaning in the remaining darkness of the night.