عم

See also: غم

Arabic

Etymology 1

From ما + عن.

Particle

عَمَّ (ʿamma)

  1. from what?
  2. about what?
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 78:1:
      عَمَّ يَتَسَآءَلُونَQurʾān, 78:1
      ʿamma yatasaʾāʾalūna
      About what are they asking one another?

Verb

عَمَّ (ʿamma) I, non-past يَعُمُّ‎ (yaʿummu)

  1. to be or become general
  2. to spread, to prevail
Conjugation

Verb

عَمَّ (ʿamma) I, non-past يَعُمُّ‎ (yaʿummu)

  1. to comprise, to include, to encompass, to pervade
  2. to extend, to stretch, to be diffused, to be prevailing
Conjugation

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕamm/

Noun

عَمّ (ʿamm) m (plural أَعْمام (ʾaʿmām) or عُمُوم (ʿumūm), feminine عَمَّة (ʿamma))

  1. paternal uncle (brother of one's father)
  2. (informal) term of address to an older person
Declension

Verb

عَمِّ (ʿammi) (form II)

  1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of عَمَّى (ʿammā)

Egyptian Arabic

Noun

عم (3amm) m , pl أعمام ('a3maam)

  1. paternal uncle (brother of one's father)
  2. (informal) Term of address to an older person

North Levantine Arabic

Particle

عم (ʿam)

  1. Used with a following imperfect verb to mark the present progressive tense.
    شو عم تعمل هونيك؟ — عم بشرب أهوة
    Šū ʿam taʿmel hōnīk? — ʿAm bišrab ʾahwe.
    What are you doing there? — I’m having coffee.

Usage notes

  • As in the example above, the verb is indicative when the prefix b- is followed by vowel, but subjunctive (without b-) when the prefix would be followed by a consonant.
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