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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