أمّ (umm) — "mother" in Modern Standard Arabic
أمّ
umm
mother
- Topic
- mankind and kinship
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
"mother" in the other dialects
والِدة
أُمّ
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.
الأم ابتسمت وقالت: كرتكم عند الشجرة الكبيرة.
Al-ummu ibtasamat wa qalat: Kuratukum 'inda ash-shajarah al-kabeerah.
The mother smiled and said: Your ball is near the big tree.
الام تريد حفلة كبيرة جدا
Alumm turid hafla kabira jiddan
The mother wants a very big party.
from Sarah's Wedding
ركضت الام مسرعة لتبعد طفلها وتعتذر عن فضوله الكبير
rakadat al umm musria li tubid tiflaha wa taatazhir an fudulih al kabir
The mother ran quickly to pull her child away and apologize for his great curiosity
from The Curious Child
تعيش أمينة في منزل متنوع مع عائلتها المضيفة الأم المسيحية ماري والابن الملحد جون.
Taeish amina fi manzil mutanawwi maa ailatiha almudifa alum almasihiya mari walibn almulhid jun.
Amina lives in a diverse house with her host family, the Christian mother Mary and the atheist son John.
تسال الام ابنتها هل قضيت وقتا جميلا مع عائلتك
Tasalu al umm ibnataha hal qadayti waqtan jamilan maa aailatiki
The mother asks her daughter have you spent a nice time with your family.
from The Family Dinner
الام تجيب بصبر وهو يسأل عن المدرسين
Al-umm tujeeb bisabr wa huwa yasal an al-mudarriseen
The mother answers patiently and he asks about the teachers.
from The Curious Child
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