أمس

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See also: آمس, امس, أمش, and امش

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔamšay- (yesterday). Cognate with Akkadian 𒄠𒊭𒅆 (amšālim).

Pronunciation

  • adverb: IPA(key): /ʔam.si/
  • noun: IPA(key): /ʔams/
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Adverb

أَمْسِ (ʔamsi)

  1. (literally) yesterday
    أَمْسِ ذَهَبْتُ إِلَى الْمَتْجَرِ لِشِرَاءِ بَعْضِ الْبِقَالَةِ.
    ʔamsi ḏahabtu ʔilā l-matjari liširāʔi baʕḍi l-biqālati.
    Yesterday, I went to the store to buy some groceries.
  2. (figuratively) lately, recently, not long ago

Noun

أَمْس (ʔamsm (plural آمَاس (ʔāmās) or آمُسٌ (ʔāmusun) or أُمُوس (ʔumūs))

  1. yesterday
  2. the immediate past, recent time
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

أمس (form I)

  1. أَمَسُّ (ʔamassu) /ʔa.mas.su/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of مَسَّ (massa)
  2. أُمَسُّ (ʔumassu) /ʔu.mas.su/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of مَسَّ (massa)
  3. أَمَسَّ (ʔamassa) /ʔa.mas.sa/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive/jussive of مَسَّ (massa)
  4. أُمَسَّ (ʔumassa) /ʔu.mas.sa/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive/jussive of مَسَّ (massa)
  5. أَمَسِّ (ʔamassi) /ʔa.mas.si/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of مَسَّ (massa)
  6. أُمَسِّ (ʔumassi) /ʔu.mas.si/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of مَسَّ (massa)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

أمس (form I)

  1. أَمْسِ (ʔamsi) /ʔam.si/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of مَسَى (masā)
  2. أُمْسَ (ʔumsa) /ʔum.sa/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of مَسَى (masā)