عام

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ع و م‎ (ʿ-w-m).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕaːm/

Noun

عَام • (ʿām) m (plural أَعْوَام‎ (ʾaʿwām))

year

Declension

Declension of noun عَام (ʿām)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَام ʿām	الْعَام‎ al-ʿām	عَام ʿām
Nominative	عَامٌ ʿāmun	الْعَامُ‎ al-ʿāmu	عَامُ ʿāmu
Accusative	عَامًا‎ ʿāman	الْعَامَ‎ al-ʿāma	عَامَ ʿāma
Genitive	عَامٍ ʿāmin	الْعَامِ‎ al-ʿāmi	عَامِ ʿāmi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَامَيْن‎ ʿāmayn	الْعَامَيْن‎ al-ʿāmayn	عَامَيْ‎ ʿāmay
Nominative	عَامَانِ‎ ʿāmāni	الْعَامَانِ‎ al-ʿāmāni	عَامَا‎ ʿāmā
Accusative	عَامَيْنِ‎ ʿāmayni	الْعَامَيْنِ‎ al-ʿāmayni	عَامَيْ‎ ʿāmay
Genitive	عَامَيْنِ‎ ʿāmayni	الْعَامَيْنِ‎ al-ʿāmayni	عَامَيْ‎ ʿāmay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَعْوَام‎ ʾaʿwām	الْأَعْوَام‎ al-ʾaʿwām	أَعْوَام‎ ʾaʿwām
Nominative	أَعْوَامٌ‎ ʾaʿwāmun	الْأَعْوَامُ‎ al-ʾaʿwāmu	أَعْوَامُ‎ ʾaʿwāmu
Accusative	أَعْوَامًا‎ ʾaʿwāman	الْأَعْوَامَ‎ al-ʾaʿwāma	أَعْوَامَ‎ ʾaʿwāma
Genitive	أَعْوَامٍ‎ ʾaʿwāmin	الْأَعْوَامِ‎ al-ʾaʿwāmi	أَعْوَامِ‎ ʾaʿwāmi

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “عوم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of عَمَّ‎ (ʿamma, “to be general, to be common, to prevail”), from the root ع م م‎ (ʿ-m-m).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕaːmm/

Adjective

عَامّ • (ʿāmm) (feminine عَامَّة‎ (ʿāmma), elative أَعَمّ‎ (ʾaʿamm))

public
prevalent, universal
general
- 2019 April 9, “نسبة التصويت 62%..العرب يسجلون نسبة منخفضة [Voter turnout is 62%... Arabs register a lower turnout.]”, in Maan News‎:
  ‏بلغت نسبة التصويت العامة في إسرائيل حتى الساعة الثامنة 62% وهي اقل 2.6% عن عام 2015.‎‎
  Voter turnout for the general population of Israel as of 8:00 reached 62%, which is 2.6% less than in the year 2015.
common, ordinary

Declension

Declension of adjective عَامّ (ʿāmm)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَامّ ʿāmm	الْعَامّ‎ al-ʿāmm	عَامَّة‎ ʿāmma	الْعَامَّة‎ al-ʿāmma
Nominative	عَامٌّ ʿāmmun	الْعَامُّ‎ al-ʿāmmu	عَامَّةٌ‎ ʿāmmatun	الْعَامَّةُ‎ al-ʿāmmatu
Accusative	عَامًّا‎ ʿāmman	الْعَامَّ‎ al-ʿāmma	عَامَّةً‎ ʿāmmatan	الْعَامَّةَ‎ al-ʿāmmata
Genitive	عَامٍّ ʿāmmin	الْعَامِّ‎ al-ʿāmmi	عَامَّةٍ‎ ʿāmmatin	الْعَامَّةِ‎ al-ʿāmmati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَامَّيْن‎ ʿāmmayn	الْعَامَّيْن‎ al-ʿāmmayn	عَامَّتَيْن‎ ʿāmmatayn	الْعَامَّتَيْن‎ al-ʿāmmatayn
Nominative	عَامَّانِ‎ ʿāmmāni	الْعَامَّانِ‎ al-ʿāmmāni	عَامَّتَانِ‎ ʿāmmatāni	الْعَامَّتَانِ‎ al-ʿāmmatāni
Accusative	عَامَّيْنِ‎ ʿāmmayni	الْعَامَّيْنِ‎ al-ʿāmmayni	عَامَّتَيْنِ‎ ʿāmmatayni	الْعَامَّتَيْنِ‎ al-ʿāmmatayni
Genitive	عَامَّيْنِ‎ ʿāmmayni	الْعَامَّيْنِ‎ al-ʿāmmayni	عَامَّتَيْنِ‎ ʿāmmatayni	الْعَامَّتَيْنِ‎ al-ʿāmmatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	عَامَّات‎ ʿāmmāt	الْعَامَّات‎ al-ʿāmmāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	عَامَّاتٌ‎ ʿāmmātun	الْعَامَّاتُ‎ al-ʿāmmātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	عَامَّاتٍ‎ ʿāmmātin	الْعَامَّاتِ‎ al-ʿāmmāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	عَامَّاتٍ‎ ʿāmmātin	الْعَامَّاتِ‎ al-ʿāmmāti

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “عم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic عَامّ‎ (ʿāmm)

Adjective

عام • ('āmm) (Hindi spelling आम्म)

Derived terms

عام طور پر‎ (āmm taur par)
عام طور سے‎ (āmm taur se)

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