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مَأْمَأ
to bleat (of a sheep or goat) /ˈmaʔmaʔa/
verbB1#1834 most common
Also: to baa, to make a bleating cry
Example sentences
مَأْمَأَتِ الشَّاةُ.
The sheep bleated.
تُمَأْمِئُ الْمَاعِزُ عِنْدَ الْجُوعِ.
The goat bleats when it is hungry.
سَمِعْتُ الْخَرُوفَ يُمَأْمِئُ فِي الْحَقْلِ.
I heard the lamb bleating in the field.
كُلَّمَا اقْتَرَبَ الذِّئْبُ، مَأْمَأَتِ الْأَغْنَامُ بِخَوْفٍ.
Whenever the wolf came near, the sheep bleated in fear.
ظَلَّتِ الْعَنْزُ تُمَأْمِئُ طُوَالَ اللَّيْلِ بَحْثاً عَنْ صَغِيرِهَا.
The goat kept bleating all night, looking for its young.
مَأْمَأَ الْقَطِيعُ مَأْمَأَةً حَزِينَةً حِينَ فُصِلَتِ الْحُمْلَانُ عَنْ أُمَّهَاتِهَا.
The flock let out a mournful bleating when the lambs were separated from their mothers.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُمَأْمِئُ | مَأْمَأْتُ | سَأُمَأْمِئُ |
| 2sg | تُمَأْمِئُ | مَأْمَأْتَ | سَتُمَأْمِئُ |
| 3sg | يُمَأْمِئُ | مَأْمَأَ | سَيُمَأْمِئُ |
| 1pl | نُمَأْمِئُ | مَأْمَأْنَا | سَنُمَأْمِئُ |
| 2pl | تُمَأْمِئُونَ | مَأْمَأْتُمْ | سَتُمَأْمِئُونَ |
| 3pl | يُمَأْمِئُونَ | مَأْمَأُوا | سَيُمَأْمِئُونَ |
Word family
مَأْمَأَةa bleat; bleating
مُمَأْمِئbleating (one that bleats)
ثَغَاto bleat (of sheep and goats)
ثُغَاءthe bleating of sheep and goats
Etymology
The verb imitates the sound a sheep or goat makes. It is built by doubling the imitative base مَأْ (ma'), giving a four-letter reduplicated stem. Arabic forms many animal-sound and noise verbs this way.
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