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أَعْمَى
blind man /ʔaʕ.maː/
nounB1#2134 most common
Also: blind person, the blind
Example sentences
هُوَ أَعْمَى.
He is blind.
الرَّجُلُ أَعْمَى.
The man is blind.
ساعَدْتُ رَجُلًا أَعْمَى في الشارِع.
I helped a blind man in the street.
يَقْرَأُ الأَعْمَى بِأَصابِعِهِ.
The blind man reads with his fingers.
لا يُمْكِنُ لِلْأَعْمَى أَنْ يَقودَ السَّيّارَةَ وَحْدَهُ.
A blind man cannot drive the car by himself.
قالَ الشاعِرُ الأَعْمَى إِنَّ البَصيرَةَ أَهَمُّ مِنَ البَصَرِ.
The blind poet said that insight is more important than sight.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَعْمَى | عُمْيٌ / عُمْيانٌ |
| Genitive | أَعْمَى | عُمْيٍ / عُمْيانٍ |
| Accusative | أَعْمَى | عُمْيًا / عُمْياناً |
| Vocative | يا أَعْمَى | يا عُمْيان |
Word family
عَمَىblindness
عَمِيَto become blind
أَعْمَى (verb form)to blind, make blind
عَمْياءblind woman
تَعامَىto pretend not to see
Etymology
The word comes from the triliteral root ع-م-ي (ʿ-m-y), which carries the sense of being blind or unable to see. "أَعْمَى" follows the أَفْعَل pattern used in Arabic for colors and physical defects. The same root gives the verb "عَمِيَ" (to become blind) and the noun "عَمَى" (blindness).
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