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أمي

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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أُمِّي (ʔummī) (form I) /ʔum.miː/

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