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عمو

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of straying, deviation, and submission. It can describe being lost or misguided, as well as a state of humility or subservience.

Derived headwords

العَمْوnoun
  1. 1.
    strayingclassical

    The state of being lost, misguided, or deviating from the right path.

  2. 2.
    humiliationclassical

    A state of degradation, subservience, and submission.

عَمَاverb
  1. 1.
    to strayclassical

    To deviate from the correct path, to be lost or misguided.

  2. 2.
    to be submissiveclassical

    To be humbled, degraded, or subservient.

عَمْواverb
  1. 1.
    they strayedclassical

    Past tense plural form indicating deviation or being lost.

  2. 2.
    they were submissiveclassical

    Past tense plural form indicating humility or subservience.

أَعْمَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    strayingclassical

    Plural form of 'al-'amw', referring to instances of straying or deviation.

  2. 2.
    humiliationsclassical

    Plural form of 'al-'amw', referring to instances of degradation or subservience.

عَمْوِيهname
  1. 1.
    ʿAmūyahclassical

    A title or nickname, specifically mentioned as belonging to Abdullah, an ancestor of Shihab al-Suhrawardi.

Parallel reading

هو (الضلال.
It is straying/deviation.
هو (الذلة والخضوع)
It is humiliation and submission.
وقد {عما} يعمو {عموا.
And he strayed, he strays, they strayed.
مثل المنافق مثل شاة بين ربيضين تعمو إلى هذه مرة وإلى هذه مرة
The likeness of a hypocrite is like a sheep between two flocks, it strays towards this one time and towards that one time.
أي تخضع وتذل
Meaning it submits and is humbled.
ج {أعماء)
Plural is 'a'ma'.
عمويه، بضم الميم المشددة: لقب عبد الله الجد الأعلى للشهاب السهروردي
ʿAmūyah, with a damma on the shadda of the mim: a title of Abdullah, the supreme ancestor of Shihab al-Suhrawardi.