أمة

See also: أمه

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ء م م (ʾ-m-m); compare أُمّ (ʾumm, mother). Compare Hebrew אומה \ אֻמָּה (ʾummā).

Noun

أُمَّة (ʾumma) f (plural أُمَم (ʾumam))

  1. nation, people, community
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *ʾamt-.

Noun

أَمَة (ʾama) f (plural إِمَاء (ʾimāʾ) or آمٍ (ʾāmin) or إِمْوَان (ʾimwān) or أُمْوَان (ʾumwān) or أَمْوَان (ʾamwān) or أَمَات (ʾamāt), masculine عَبْد (ʿabd))

  1. female slave, handmaid, maidservant
Usage notes

Only إِمَاء (ʾimāʾ) is known as a plural today, the other forms are obsolete and mostly poetical.

Declension
Derived terms
  • أُمَيَّة (ʾumayya, diminutive)
  • تَأَمَّى (taʾammā, to take as maid, form V)
  • اِسْتَأْمَى (istaʾmā, to take as maid, form X)

References

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