أمة

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word أمة. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word أمة, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say أمة in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word أمة you have here. The definition of the word أمة will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofأمة, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: أمه

Arabic

Root
ء م م (ʔ-m-m)

Etymology 1

Compare أُمّ (ʔumm, “mother”). Cognate with Hebrew אומה / אֻמָּה (ʾummā).

Noun

أُمَّة • (ʔumma) f (plural أُمَم (ʔumam)) (countable)

  1. community, people, nation
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:104:
      وَلْتَكُن مِنْكُمْ أُمَّةٌ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنْكَرِ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ
      waltakun minkum ʔummatun yadʕūna ʔilā l-ḵayri wayaʔmurūna bi-l-maʕrūfi wayanhawna ʕani l-munkari wa-ʔulāʔika humu l-mufliḥūna
      And let there be from you a nation inviting to good, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, and those will be the successful.
    • Al-Mutanabbi
      أَغَايَةُ الدِّينِ أَنْ تُحْفُوا شَوَارِبَكُمْ / يَا أُمَّةً ضَحِكَتْ مِنْ جَهْلِهَا الْأُمَمُ
      ʔaḡāyatu d-dīni ʔan tuḥfū šawāribakum / yā ʔummatan ḍaḥikat min jahlihā al-ʔumamu
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of noun أُمَّة (ʔumma)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أُمَّة
ʔumma 		الْأُمَّة
al-ʔumma 		أُمَّة
ʔummat
Nominative أُمَّةٌ
ʔummatun 		الْأُمَّةُ
al-ʔummatu 		أُمَّةُ
ʔummatu
Accusative أُمَّةً
ʔummatan 		الْأُمَّةَ
al-ʔummata 		أُمَّةَ
ʔummata
Genitive أُمَّةٍ
ʔummatin 		الْأُمَّةِ
al-ʔummati 		أُمَّةِ
ʔummati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أُمَّتَيْن
ʔummatayn 		الْأُمَّتَيْن
al-ʔummatayn 		أُمَّتَيْ
ʔummatay
Nominative أُمَّتَانِ
ʔummatāni 		الْأُمَّتَانِ
al-ʔummatāni 		أُمَّتَا
ʔummatā
Accusative أُمَّتَيْنِ
ʔummatayni 		الْأُمَّتَيْنِ
al-ʔummatayni 		أُمَّتَيْ
ʔummatay
Genitive أُمَّتَيْنِ
ʔummatayni 		الْأُمَّتَيْنِ
al-ʔummatayni 		أُمَّتَيْ
ʔummatay
Plural basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أُمَم
ʔumam 		الْأُمَم
al-ʔumam 		أُمَم
ʔumam
Nominative أُمَمٌ
ʔumamun 		الْأُمَمُ
al-ʔumamu 		أُمَمُ
ʔumamu
Accusative أُمَمًا
ʔumaman 		الْأُمَمَ
al-ʔumama 		أُمَمَ
ʔumama
Genitive أُمَمٍ
ʔumamin 		الْأُمَمِ
al-ʔumami 		أُمَمِ
ʔumami
Descendants
إِمَاءٌ فِي سُوق

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *ʔamat-.

Noun

أَمَة • (ʔama) f (plural إِمَاء (ʔimāʔ) or آمٍ (ʔāmin) or إِمْوَان (ʔimwān) or أُمْوَان (ʔumwān) or أَمَات (ʔamāt), masculine عَبْد (ʕabd)) (countable)

  2. female slave
Usage notes

The most common plural form is إِمَاء (ʔimāʔ), with the other forms being obsolete or poetical.

Declension
Declension of noun أَمَة (ʔama)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَمَة
ʔama 		الْأَمَة
al-ʔama 		أَمَة
ʔamat
Nominative أَمَةٌ
ʔamatun 		الْأَمَةُ
al-ʔamatu 		أَمَةُ
ʔamatu
Accusative أَمَةً
ʔamatan 		الْأَمَةَ
al-ʔamata 		أَمَةَ
ʔamata
Genitive أَمَةٍ
ʔamatin 		الْأَمَةِ
al-ʔamati 		أَمَةِ
ʔamati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَمَتَيْن
ʔamatayn 		الْأَمَتَيْن
al-ʔamatayn 		أَمَتَيْ
ʔamatay
Nominative أَمَتَانِ
ʔamatāni 		الْأَمَتَانِ
al-ʔamatāni 		أَمَتَا
ʔamatā
Accusative أَمَتَيْنِ
ʔamatayni 		الْأَمَتَيْنِ
al-ʔamatayni 		أَمَتَيْ
ʔamatay
Genitive أَمَتَيْنِ
ʔamatayni 		الْأَمَتَيْنِ
al-ʔamatayni 		أَمَتَيْ
ʔamatay
Plural basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـٍ (-in)‎; sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal إِمَاء‎; آمِي‎; إِمْوَان‎; أُمْوَان‎; أَمَات
ʔimāʔ‎; ʔāmī‎; ʔimwān‎; ʔumwān‎; ʔamāt 		الْإِمَاء‎; الْآمِي‎; الْإِمْوَان‎; الْأُمْوَان‎; الْأَمَات
al-ʔimāʔ‎; al-ʔāmī‎; al-ʔimwān‎; al-ʔumwān‎; al-ʔamāt 		إِمَاء‎; آمِي‎; إِمْوَان‎; أُمْوَان‎; أَمَات
ʔimāʔ‎; ʔāmī‎; ʔimwān‎; ʔumwān‎; ʔamāt
Nominative إِمَاءٌ‎; آمٍ‎; إِمْوَانٌ‎; أُمْوَانٌ‎; أَمَاتٌ
ʔimāʔun‎; ʔāmin‎; ʔimwānun‎; ʔumwānun‎; ʔamātun 		الْإِمَاءُ‎; الْآمِي‎; الْإِمْوَانُ‎; الْأُمْوَانُ‎; الْأَمَاتُ
al-ʔimāʔu‎; al-ʔāmī‎; al-ʔimwānu‎; al-ʔumwānu‎; al-ʔamātu 		إِمَاءُ‎; آمِي‎; إِمْوَانُ‎; أُمْوَانُ‎; أَمَاتُ
ʔimāʔu‎; ʔāmī‎; ʔimwānu‎; ʔumwānu‎; ʔamātu
Accusative إِمَاءً‎; آمِيًا‎; إِمْوَانًا‎; أُمْوَانًا‎; أَمَاتٍ
ʔimāʔan‎; ʔāmiyan‎; ʔimwānan‎; ʔumwānan‎; ʔamātin 		الْإِمَاءَ‎; الْآمِيَ‎; الْإِمْوَانَ‎; الْأُمْوَانَ‎; الْأَمَاتِ
al-ʔimāʔa‎; al-ʔāmiya‎; al-ʔimwāna‎; al-ʔumwāna‎; al-ʔamāti 		إِمَاءَ‎; آمِيَ‎; إِمْوَانَ‎; أُمْوَانَ‎; أَمَاتِ
ʔimāʔa‎; ʔāmiya‎; ʔimwāna‎; ʔumwāna‎; ʔamāti
Genitive إِمَاءٍ‎; آمٍ‎; إِمْوَانٍ‎; أُمْوَانٍ‎; أَمَاتٍ
ʔimāʔin‎; ʔāmin‎; ʔimwānin‎; ʔumwānin‎; ʔamātin 		الْإِمَاءِ‎; الْآمِي‎; الْإِمْوَانِ‎; الْأُمْوَانِ‎; الْأَمَاتِ
al-ʔimāʔi‎; al-ʔāmī‎; al-ʔimwāni‎; al-ʔumwāni‎; al-ʔamāti 		إِمَاءِ‎; آمِي‎; إِمْوَانِ‎; أُمْوَانِ‎; أَمَاتِ
ʔimāʔi‎; ʔāmī‎; ʔimwāni‎; ʔumwāni‎; ʔamāti
Derived terms
Descendants

References

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia