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أَمْر
order, command /ˈʔamr/
nounA1#39 most common
Also: matter, affair, issue, business, decree, decision
Example sentences
هٰذَا أَمْرٌ بَسِيطٌ.
This is a simple matter.
أَعْطَى الْمُدِيرُ أَمْراً.
The manager gave an order.
يَجِبُ أَنْ نُنَفِّذَ هٰذَا الْأَمْرَ بِسُرْعَةٍ.
We must carry out this order quickly.
لَا يَحِقُّ لَكَ أَنْ تَتَدَخَّلَ فِي أُمُورِي الْخَاصَّةِ.
You have no right to interfere in my private affairs.
أَصْدَرَ الْقَائِدُ أَوَامِرَ صَارِمَةً بِإِخْلَاءِ الْمَدِينَةِ.
The commander issued strict orders to evacuate the city.
إِنَّ الْأَمْرَ لَا يَعْدُو كَوْنَهُ سُوءَ تَفَاهُمٍ عَابِرٍ.
The matter is nothing more than a passing misunderstanding.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | أَمْرٌ (ʾamrun) | أَوَامِرُ / أُمُورٌ (ʾawāmiru / ʾumūrun) |
| Genitive | أَمْرٍ (ʾamrin) | أَوَامِرَ / أُمُورٍ (ʾawāmira / ʾumūrin) |
| Accusative | أَمْراً (ʾamran) | أَوَامِرَ / أُمُوراً (ʾawāmira / ʾumūran) |
| Vocative | يَا أَمْرُ (yā ʾamru) | يَا أَوَامِرُ (yā ʾawāmiru) |
Word family
أَمَرَ (ʾamara)to order, command
أَمِير (ʾamīr)prince, emir, commander
آمِر (ʾāmir)commander, one who gives orders
مَأْمُور (maʾmūr)official, subordinate (one who is ordered)
إِمَارَة (ʾimāra)emirate, principality, command
Etymology
أَمْر is the maṣdar (verbal noun) of the verb أَمَرَ 'to command, order,' built on the Semitic triliteral root ʾ-m-r. In Arabic the root specialized toward the senses of 'commanding' and 'affairs/matters,' whereas the same root means 'to say' in Hebrew and Aramaic and 'to see, behold' in Akkadian. The agent noun from this root, أَمِير (amīr) 'commander,' passed into European languages — English 'admiral' ultimately descends from Arabic أَمِير الـ (amīr al-) 'commander of the.'
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