أمي

Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of أُمّ (ʔumm, mother) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔum.mijj/

Adjective

أُمِّيّ • (ʔummiyy) (feminine أُمِّيَّة (ʔummiyya), masculine plural أُمِّيُّونَ (ʔummiyyūna), feminine plural أُمِّيَّات (ʔummiyyāt))

  1. maternal
  2. illiterate
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:78:
      وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِّيُّونَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ الْكِتَابَ إِلَّا أَمَانِيَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ
      wa-minhum ʔummiyyūna lā yaʕlamūna l-kitāba ʔillā ʔamāniyya wa-ʔin hum ʔillā yaẓunnūna
      And among them are unlettered ones who do not know the Scripture except in wishful thinking, but they are only assuming.
Declension

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔum.miː/

Verb

أُمِّي • (ʔummī) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of أَمَّ (ʔamma)
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