ءما
Root entry · 17 derived lemmasThis root primarily concerns the concept of servitude or being enslaved, contrasting with freedom. It also extends to terms related to tribes, specific lineages, and the sounds made by animals. Additionally, it encompasses various particles used for conjunction, condition, and emphasis in classical Arabic.
Derived headwords
- 1.O mother (vocative)both
O mother (vocative)
- 2.a community, a groupboth
a community, a group
- 3.every species of animalboth
every species of animal
- 4.method and religionboth
method and religion
- 5.a period of timeboth
a period of time
- 6.he aimed at it, he intended itboth
he aimed at it, he intended it
- 7.he wounded his head with an 'ammah (a wound reaching the membrane of the brain)both
he wounded his head with an 'ammah (a wound reaching the membrane of the brain)
- 8.forgetfulnessboth
forgetfulness
- 9.from the category of 'ṭariba'both
from the category of 'ṭariba'
- 10.meaning 'he admitted and confessed'both
meaning 'he admitted and confessed'
- 1.female slavesclassical
Plural of أَمَة (female slave).
- 1.its origin, its rootboth
its origin, its root
- 2.motherboth
mother
- 3.the leader of the peopleboth
the leader of the people
- 4.the Milky Way (lit. mother of stars)both
the Milky Way (lit. mother of stars)
- 5.the main part of the roadboth
the main part of the road
- 6.the membrane that encloses the brainboth
the membrane that encloses the brain
- 7.he led (the people in prayer)both
he led (the people in prayer)
- 8.a conjunction in interrogative sentences, equivalent to 'which' or 'or'both
a conjunction in interrogative sentences, equivalent to 'which' or 'or'
- 9.meaning 'but rather'both
meaning 'but rather'
- 1.plural of inw (hour of the night)both
plural of inw (hour of the night)
- 1.servitudeclassical
The state of being a slave or in servitude; the origin of the word أَمَة.
- 1.related to servitudeclassical
Adjective derived from أُمُوة, referring to servitude.
- 1.Umayyah (tribe)both
A tribe from Quraysh, named after a man. The nisba (نسبة) to it is أُمَوِيّ.
- 2.Umayyah (lineage)classical
Refers to two lineages, the Elder and the Younger, sons of Abd Shams ibn Abd Manaf.
- 1.belonging to Umayyahclassical
A variant nisba (نسبة) for Umayyah, sometimes pronounced with four 'y's.
- 1.Al-Ablatclassical
A group of three brothers from the Younger Umayyah, whose mother was Ablah.
- 1.to take as a slaveclassical
Form X verb meaning to take a female slave (أَمَة) for oneself.
- 1.he took a mother (or leader)both
he took a mother (or leader)
- 1.A high place.both
A high place.
- 2.Abu Amr said: It is small hills.both
Abu Amr said: It is small hills.
- 3.And His saying, exalted be He: 'You will not see therein any crookedness or unevenness,' meaning: no low or high places.both
And His saying, exalted be He: 'You will not see therein any crookedness or unevenness,' meaning: no low or high places.
- 4.she became a motherboth
she became a mother
- 5.she became an 'ayyim' (unmarried)both
she became an 'ayyim' (unmarried)
- 1.meowingclassical
The masdar (verbal noun) of أَمَتَ, meaning the sound of a cat meowing.
- 1.he became one hundred peopleboth
he became one hundred people
- 2.he made others one hundredboth
he made others one hundred
- 3.meaning without the emphatic nunboth
meaning without the emphatic nun
- 4.in the sense of recompense because 'ma' is added to 'in'both
in the sense of recompense because 'ma' is added to 'in'
- 1.he became one hundred peopleboth
he became one hundred people
- 2.he made others one hundredboth
he made others one hundred
- 3.meaning without the emphatic nunboth
meaning without the emphatic nun
- 4.in the sense of recompense because 'ma' is added to 'in'both
in the sense of recompense because 'ma' is added to 'in'
- 1.either... or...classical
A variant of أَمَّا and إِمَّا, where one of the 'm's is replaced by a 'y'.
- 1.either... or...classical
Another variant of أَمَّا and إِمَّا, similar to أَيِّمَا.