أمي

Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of أُمّ‎ (ʾumm, “mother”) +‎ ـِيّ‎ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔum.mijj/

Adjective

أُمِّيّ • (ʾummiyy) (feminine أُمِّيَّة‎ (ʾummiyya), masculine plural أُمِّيُّونَ‎ (ʾummiyyūna), feminine plural أُمِّيَّات‎ (ʾummiyyāt))

  1. maternal
  2. illiterate
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:78:
      ‏وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِّيُّونَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ الْكِتَابَ إِلَّا أَمَانِيَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ‎
      wa-minhum ʾummiyyūna lā yaʿlamūna l-kitāba ʾillā ʾamāniyya wa-ʾin hum ʾillā 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 • (ʾummī) (form I)

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