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عَمَّة
paternal aunt (father's sister) /ˈʕam.ma/
nounB1#1706 most common
Also: aunt on the father's side, wife of one's paternal uncle (regional)
Example sentences
هَذِهِ عَمَّتِي.
This is my paternal aunt.
عَمَّتِي تَسْكُنُ فِي القَاهِرَة.
My aunt lives in Cairo.
زُرْتُ عَمَّتِي يَوْمَ الجُمُعَة.
I visited my aunt on Friday.
عَمَّتِي هِيَ أُخْتُ أَبِي الكُبْرَى.
My aunt is my father's eldest sister.
تَحْرِصُ عَمَّاتِي عَلَى زِيَارَتِنَا فِي كُلِّ عِيد.
My aunts make a point of visiting us every holiday.
لَوْلَا حِكْمَةُ عَمَّتِي لَمَا تَصَالَحَ الأَخَوَانِ بَعْدَ خِلَافِهِمَا الطَّوِيل.
Were it not for my aunt's wisdom, the two brothers would not have reconciled after their long quarrel.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عَمَّةٌ | عَمَّاتٌ |
| Genitive | عَمَّةٍ | عَمَّاتٍ |
| Accusative | عَمَّةً | عَمَّاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا عَمَّةُ | يَا عَمَّاتُ |
Word family
عَمّpaternal uncle
عَمَّاتpaternal aunts (plural)
عُمُومَةthe father's side of the family
اِبْنَة عَمّfemale cousin on the father's side
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ʿ-m-m, tied to paternal kinship. عَمّ names the father's brother, and عَمَّة is its feminine form with the suffix -a. The same root sense appears across older Semitic languages for kin on the father's side.
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