أما

See also: آما, اما, and إما

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔam.maː/

Conjunction

أَمَّا (ʾammā)

  1. as for; followed by a noun or pronoun, itself usually followed by the particle فَـ (fa-)
    أَمَّا النَّافِذَةُ فَهِيَ مَفْتُوحَةٌʾammā n-nāfiḏatu fahiya maftūḥatunAs for the window, it's open.

Usage notes

  • أَمَّا (ʾammā) is used to make the following noun phrase the focus of the sentence. While “as for” is a good rule-of-thumb translation, it is often more idiomatic to use “but” or no conjunction at all.

Derived terms

  • أَمَّا بَعْدُ (ʾammā baʿdu)

Descendants

  • Persian: اما (ammâ)
  • Bashkir: әммә (ämmä)
  • Maltese: imma
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