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South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic أُمّ الْفَحْم (ʔumm al-faḥm). Equivalent to إمّ (ʔimm) + الفحم (il-faḥm), literally “mother of the coal”.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
إمّ الفحم • (ʔimm il-faḥm) f
- Umm al-Fahm (a city in Israel)