أمّ — "mother" in Egyptian Arabic

أمّ

umm

mother

Franco / chat
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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.

from Family Morning in Dokki

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.

from The Boy Who Asks a Lot

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."

from Birthday and Two Generations

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.

from Family Gathering for a Meal

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