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Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of 'mother' or 'origin', extending to encompass 'nation', 'community', and 'servant girl'. It also covers related actions like taking a servant, becoming a servant, and the sounds made by a cat.

Derived headwords

أُمَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    Motherboth

    The female parent.

  2. 2.
    Nation/Communityboth

    A group of people united by common beliefs, origin, or purpose.

  3. 3.
    Servant girl/Female slaveclassical

    A female who is owned or serves another.

أمواتnoun
  1. 1.
    Dead peopleboth

    Plural of 'amwāt', referring to deceased individuals.

إماءnoun
  1. 1.
    Female slavesclassical

    Plural of 'imma', referring to female servants or slaves.

آمnoun
  1. 1.
    Female slavesclassical

    Another plural form for 'imma', referring to female servants or slaves.

أموانnoun
  1. 1.
    Female slavesclassical

    Yet another plural form for 'imma', referring to female servants or slaves.

أموةnoun
  1. 1.
    Servitude/Slaveryclassical

    The state of being a servant or slave.

  2. 2.
    Motherhoodboth

    The state of being a mother.

تأمىverb
  1. 1.
    To take a servant girlclassical

    To acquire or take a female slave into one's possession.

استأمىverb
  1. 1.
    To take a servant girlclassical

    To acquire or take a female slave into one's possession (synonymous with تأمى).

أمىverb
  1. 1.
    To make a servant girlclassical

    To cause someone to become a servant or slave.

آمتverb
  1. 1.
    To become a servant girlclassical

    To become a servant or slave.

أميتverb
  1. 1.
    To become a servant girlclassical

    To become a servant or slave (variant of آمت).

أموتverb
  1. 1.
    To become a servant girlclassical

    To become a servant or slave (variant of آمت).

تأموverb
  1. 1.
    To cry out (cat)classical

    The sound made by a cat when it cries out.

أمويname
  1. 1.
    Umayyadboth

    Relating to the Umayyad dynasty or tribe.

أموييname
  1. 1.
    Umayyadboth

    Relating to the Umayyad dynasty or tribe (variant of أموي).

أمparticle
  1. 1.
    But/Howeverboth

    A particle used to introduce a statement that contrasts with or qualifies what has been said previously.

  2. 2.
    Indeed/Verilyboth

    A particle used for emphasis, confirming the statement that follows.

Parallel reading

الأمة: المملوكة ج: أموات وإماء وآم وأموان، مثلثة، وأصلها: أموة وأموة.
The 'umma': owned, plural: 'amwāt', 'imā', 'ām', and 'amwān', triliteral, and its origin is 'umūwah'.
وتأمى أمة: اتخذها، كاستأمى.
And he 'ta'ammā' a female slave: he took her, like 'ista'ammā'.
وأماها تأمية: جعلها أمة.
And he 'ammāhā' with 'ta'miyah': he made her a female slave.
وآمت وأميت، كسمعت، وأموت، ككرمت، أموة: صارت أمة.
And she 'āmat' and 'umītat', like 'sami'at', and 'amūtat', like 'karumat', 'umūwah': she became a female slave.
وأمت السنور تأمو إماء: صاحت.
And the cat 'ammat', 'ta'amū' 'imā': it cried out.
وبنو أمية: قبيلة من قريش، والنسبة: أموي وأموي وأميي.
And Banu Umayyah: a tribe from Quraysh, and the attribution is: 'Umayyī', 'Umaywī', and 'Umayyī'.
وأما قول بعضهم: علقمة بن عبيد، ومالك بن سبيع الأمويان، محركة، نسبة إلى بلد، يقال له: أموة، ففيه نظر.
And as for the saying of some of them: 'Alqamah ibn 'Ubayd, and Malik ibn Subay' al-Umwayyān, with a vowel, attributed to a place called 'Umūwah', there is doubt about it.
وأمة بنت خالد، وبنت خليفة، وبنت الفارسية، وبنت أبي الحكم: صحابيات.
And Umm Khalid, and Umm Khalifa, and Umm al-Fārisiyyah, and Umm Abi al-Hakam: were female companions.
وأما: في الميم، وبالتخفيف: تحقيق الكلام الذي يتلوه.
And 'ammā': in the letter mim, and with lenition: the confirmation of the speech that follows it.