أعمى

See also: اعمي, أعمي, and اعمی

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaʕ.maː/

Adjective

أَعْمَى • (ʔaʕmā) (feminine عَمْيَاء (ʕamyāʔ), common plural عُمْي (ʕumy) or عُمْيَان (ʕumyān))

  1. blind (unable to see)
    Synonyms: كَفِيف (kafīf), ضَرِير (ḍarīr), مَكْفُوف (makfūf)
    Antonym: بَصِير (baṣīr)
Declension
Descendants
  • Maltese: agħma
  • Ottoman Turkish: اعمی (âmâ)
  • Persian: اعمی

Verb

أَعْمَى • (ʔaʕmā) IV, non-past يُعْمِي‎ (yuʕmī).

  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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaʕ.maː/

Verb

أَعْمَى • (ʔaʕmā) (form I)

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔu.ʕam.maː/

Verb

أُعَمَّى • (ʔuʕammā) (form II)

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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع م ي
3 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaʕ.ma/, [ˈʔaʕ.ma]
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Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَعْمَى (ʔaʕmā).

Verb

أعمى • (ʔaʕma) IV (present بعمي (biʕmi))

  1. Alternative form of عمى (ʕama)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of أعمى (ʔaʕma)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m أعميت (ʔaʕmēt) أعميت (ʔaʕmēt) أعمى (ʔaʕma) أعمينا (ʔaʕmēna) أعميتو (ʔaʕmētu) أعمو (ʔaʕmu)
f أعميتي (ʔaʕmēti) أعمت (ʔaʕmat)
present m بعمي (baʕmi) بتعمي (btiʕmi) بيعمي (biʕmi) منعمي (mniʕmi) بتعمو (btiʕmu) بيعمو (biʕmu)
f بتعمي (btiʕmi) بتعمي (btiʕmi)
subjunctive m اعمي (aʕmi) تعمي (tiʕmi) يعمي (yiʕmi) نعمي (niʕmi) تعمو (tiʕmu) يعمو (yiʕmu)
f تعمي (tiʕmi) تعمي (tiʕmi)
imperative m اعمي (iʕmi) اعمو (iʕmu)
f اعمي (iʕmi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic أَعْمَى (ʔaʕmā).

Adjective

أعمى • (ʔaʕma) (feminine عمیا (ʕamya), masculine plural عميان (ʕumyān))

  1. blind
    Synonyms: كفيف (kafīf), (formal) مكفوف (makfūf)
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