إمعة

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Arabic

Etymology

Blend of أَنَا مَعَكَ (ʔanā maʕaka)

Adjective

إِمَّعَة (ʔimmaʕa) (feminine إِمَّعَة (ʔimmaʕa))

  1. (derogatory) who habitually agrees with others, yeasayer, yes man
    • (Can we date this quote?), سُنَن التِّرْمِذِيّ (sunan at-tirmiḏiyy), Hadith #2007:
      لَا تَكُونُوا إِمَّعَةً؛ تَقُولُونَ: إِنْ أَحْسَنَ النَّاسُ أَحْسَنَّا، وَإِنْ ظَلَمُوا ظَلَمْنَا.
      lā takūnū ʔimmaʕatan; taqūlūna: ʔin ʔaḥsana n-nāsu ʔaḥsannā, wa-ʔin ẓalamū ẓalamnā.
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    • 2022 July 22, Khalid Wahaf Al-Mutayri, “ابحث عن نفسك [Seek Yourself]”, in Al-Jarida Newspaper, Kuwait, retrieved 2022-08-02:
      فكن حراً في رأيك وقرارتك ولا تكن إمعة حتى لا تخسر ذاتك، لا تتبع المصالح الدنيوية، ولا تصنع من الأشخاص صنماً تعبده
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