أعمى

See also: اعمي and أعمي

Arabic

Etymology 1

Color or defect adjective from the root ع م ي (ʿ-m-y).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaʕ.maː/

Adjective

أَعْمَى (ʾaʿmā) (feminine عَمْيَاء (ʿamyāʾ), common plural عُمْي (ʿumy) or عُمْيَان (ʿumyān))

  1. blind (unable to see)
    Synonyms: كَفِيف (kafīf), ضَرِير (ḍarīr), مَكْفُوف (makfūf)
    Antonym: بَصِير (baṣīr)
Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

أَعْمَى (ʾaʿmā) IV, non-past يُعْمِي‎ (yuʿmī) .

  1. to cause or render blind, to blindfold, to deprive of sight
  2. to cause someone to be blind to a fact, to cause them to be unaware, to be unknowing of
  3. to find someone to be blind or unseeing, to find them to be unable to see what is right
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaʕ.maː/

Verb

أَعْمَى (ʾaʿmā) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of عَمِيَ (ʿamiya)
  2. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of عَمِيَ (ʿamiya)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔu.ʕam.maː/

Verb

أُعَمَّى (ʾuʿammā) (form II)

  1. first-person singular non-past passive indicative of عَمَّى (ʿammā)
  2. first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of عَمَّى (ʿammā)
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