أمام

See also: امام‎ and إمام‎

Arabic

From the root ء م م‎ (ʔ-m-m) meaning "to head in a direction", "to lead".

أَمَامَ • (ʔamāma)

in front of, in the presence of, before
against the encroachment of something
- 2017 October 13, “حفتر يقفل ميناء طبرق أمام الملاحة الدولية ويستبدل مسار السفن إلى ميناء بنغازي”, in LibyaAkhbar.com‎, archived from the original on 13 October 2017:
  ‏وأصدر خليفة حفتر بحسب كتابه إلى رئيس مجلس إدارة الهيئة العامة للمواصلات والنقل بالحكومة الموقتة بالبيضاء، أمرا بقفل ميناء طبرق البحري في شرق البلاد أمام الملاحة الدولية.‎‎
  The debuty of Ḥaftar has, as per his writing to the head of the governing group of the public organization for transport and traffic in the provisional government of Bayḍāʾ, issued an order to close the sea port of Ṭubruq in the east of the country for international shipping.

Inflected forms
Base form					أَمَامَ (ʔamāma)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Masculine	Feminine	Common	Masculine	Feminine
First person	أَمَامِي‎ (ʔamāmī)			أَمَامَنَا‎ (ʔamāmanā)
Second person	أَمَامَكَ‎ (ʔamāmaka)	أَمَامَكِ‎ (ʔamāmaki)	أَمَامَكُمَا‎ (ʔamāmakumā)	أَمَامَكُمْ‎ (ʔamāmakum)	أَمَامَكُنَّ‎ (ʔamāmakunna)
Third person	أَمَامَهُ‎ (ʔamāmahu)	أَمَامَهَا‎ (ʔamāmahā)	أَمَامَهُمَا‎ (ʔamāmahumā)	أَمَامَهُمْ‎ (ʔamāmahum)	أَمَامَهُنَّ‎ (ʔamāmahunna)

أَمَام • (ʔamām) m or f

Declension of noun أَمَام (ʔamām)

Lane, Edward William (1863), “أمام”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 88-92

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