أمّ — "mother" in Egyptian Arabic
أمّ
umm
mother
- Franco / chat
- om
- Topic
- mankind and kinship
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
أمّ in a sentence
Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.
الام كانت فرحانة عشان كله بياكل وبيتكلم
El om kaanet farhana ashaan kollo beyakol wa beyetkallem
The mother was happy because everyone is eating and talking
from The Family Breakfast
الأم حضرت الفطير المشلتت وطلبت قهوة زيادة لينا كلنا.
El'omm haddaret elfeteer elmeshaltet watlabet 'ahwa ziyada leena kollena.
The mother prepared the feteer meshaltet and asked for extra coffee for all of us.
يا حبيبي انا لسه سايقه العربيه عشان اجي البيت واحنا في البيت دلوقتي ردت الام بتعب
Ya habibi ana lessa say'a el arabeya ashan agi el bet we ehna fel bet delwa'ty raddet el omm be ta'ab
"My darling, I just drove the car to come home and we are at home now," the mother replied tiredly.
الام بتقول اهلا وسهلا للكل وكله كويس الحمد لله
El-omm bet'ool ahlan wa sahlan lel-kol w kullo kwayyes alhamdulillah.
The mother says "Welcome" to everyone and "Everything is good, praise be to God."
الاب و الام قاعدين على السفرة
El ab w el omm qa'dein 'ala el sofra.
The father and mother are sitting at the dining table.
from The Family Gathering
الام قالت السلام عليكم لما دخلت المطبخ
El-omm 'alet As-salamu alaykum lamma dakhalet el-matbakh.
The mother said "As-salamu alaykum" when she entered the kitchen.
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