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ءمس

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes the concept of 'yesterday'. It functions as a fixed adverbial noun indicating the day before the current day, with variations in its grammatical treatment and plural forms.

Derived headwords

أَمْسِnoun
  1. 1.
    yesterdayboth

    The day immediately preceding the current day. It is typically used as a definite noun without requiring the definite article 'al-'.

أَمْسٍnoun
  1. 1.
    yesterdayboth

    The day immediately preceding the current day, when used with the definite article 'al-', it becomes inflected.

آمسnoun
  1. 1.
    yesterdayclassical

    A plural form of 'ams', referring to past days or yesterdays.

أَمُوسnoun
  1. 1.
    yesterdayclassical

    A plural form of 'ams', referring to past days or yesterdays.

آمَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    yesterdayclassical

    A plural form of 'ams', referring to past days or yesterdays.

Parallel reading

أمس، مثلثة الآخر مبنية: اليوم الذي قبل يومك بليلة، يبنى معرفة، ويعرب معرفة
Yesterday, with its last letter having three vowel possibilities, is built as a definite noun, and it is inflected as a definite noun: the day before your day by a night.
فإذا دخلها أل، فمعرب
And when the definite article 'al-' enters it, it is inflected.
وسمع: رأيته أمس، منونا وهي شاذة
And it was heard: 'I saw him yesterday', with tanwin, and this is irregular.