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مومي

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of vast, desolate, and empty desert expanses. It describes barren lands that are difficult to traverse and lack water or life.

Derived headwords

الموماةnoun
  1. 1.
    desert expanseboth

    A single instance of a vast, desolate desert or barren land.

المواميnoun
  1. 1.
    desertsboth

    The plural form of 'al-mawmah', referring to multiple vast, desolate desert expanses.

موموةnoun
  1. 1.
    desert expanse (original form)classical

    The original, unassimilated form of 'al-mawmah', derived from a quadriliteral root pattern, before the assimilation of its letters.

Parallel reading

الموماة واحدة الموامي
Al-mawmah is one of al-mawāmī (deserts).
وهي المفاوز
And it (al-mawmah) is the desolate tracts.
وقال ابن السراج: الموماة أصله موموة، على فعللة، وهو مضاعف قلبت واوه ألفا لتحركها وانفتاح ما قبلها.
And Ibn al-Siraj said: Al-mawmah's origin is mawmuwah, on the pattern of fa'lalah, and it is a doubled (root) whose waw was turned into an alif due to its movement and the opening of the preceding letter.