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ءمع

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root describes a person who is easily influenced or lacks independent judgment. It refers to someone who follows others without their own opinion, often due to weakness of mind or character.

Derived headwords

إِمَّعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    followerboth

    A person who is easily swayed by others and lacks independent thought or opinion, often due to weakness of judgment.

إِمَّعَةadjective
  1. 1.
    easily influencedboth

    Describing someone who is weak in opinion and goes along with whomever they are with.

Parallel reading

يقال رجل إمع وإمعة أيضا، للذي يكون لضعف رأيه مع كل أحد.
It is said of a man that he is imma' and imma'ah, meaning one who, due to weakness of his opinion, sides with everyone.
لا يكونن أحدكم إمعة.
Let none of you be an imma'ah (a follower without his own opinion).
وقول من قال امرأة إمعة غلط، لا يقال للنساء ذلك.
And the statement of whoever said 'a woman imma'ah' is incorrect, as this is not said of women.