أمة

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See also: أمه

Arabic

Root
ء م م (ʔ m m)
8 terms

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

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