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أَمَر
to order, to command /ʔaˈmara/
verbB1#2543 most common
Also: to instruct, to bid
Example sentences
أَمَرَتِ الأُمُّ ابْنَهَا بِتَنْظِيفِ غُرْفَتِهِ.
The mother ordered her son to clean his room.
أَمَرَنِي المُعَلِّمُ بِالسُّكُوتِ.
The teacher ordered me to be quiet.
يَأْمُرُ القَائِدُ الجُنُودَ بِالتَّقَدُّمِ.
The commander orders the soldiers to advance.
أَمَرَ المَلِكُ بِبِنَاءِ قَصْرٍ جَدِيدٍ.
The king ordered a new palace to be built.
يَأْمُرُنَا الدِّينُ بِالصِّدْقِ وَالأَمَانَةِ.
Religion commands us to be truthful and honest.
أَمَرَ القَاضِي بِوَقْفِ تَنْفِيذِ الحُكْمِ حَتَّى انْتِهَاءِ التَّحْقِيقِ.
The judge ordered the verdict's execution suspended until the investigation concluded.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | آمُرُ | أَمَرْتُ | سَآمُرُ |
| 2sg | تَأْمُرُ | أَمَرْتَ | سَتَأْمُرُ |
| 3sg | يَأْمُرُ | أَمَرَ | سَيَأْمُرُ |
| 1pl | نَأْمُرُ | أَمَرْنَا | سَنَأْمُرُ |
| 2pl | تَأْمُرُونَ | أَمَرْتُمْ | سَتَأْمُرُونَ |
| 3pl | يَأْمُرُونَ | أَمَرُوا | سَيَأْمُرُونَ |
Word family
أَمْرorder, command, or matter/affairأَمِيرprince, commander, emir
إِمَارَةemirate, principality
آمِرone who commands, superior officerمَأْمُورsubordinate, one given ordersEtymology
Amara comes from the triliteral Semitic root ʾ-m-r, one of the most productive roots in Arabic. The same root gives Arabic its everyday word for an order or a matter, and its terms for a prince and for an emirate. Hebrew keeps a cognate root, though its meaning drifted toward simply saying something rather than commanding it.
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