Arabic

Verb

أَمَرَ • ‎(ʾamara) I, non-past يَأْمُرُ‎ (yaʾmuru)

1. to order, to command, to bid, to instruct
2. to commission, to charge, to entrust

Conjugation

Verb

أَمُرَ or أَمَرَ • ‎(ʾamara or ʾamura) I, non-past يَأْمُرُ‎ (yaʾmuru)

1. to become an emir

Conjugation

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “أمر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 2

Causative of أَمَرَ ‎(ʾamara, “to become an emir”) and أَمُرَ ‎(ʾamura, “(same)”).

Verb

أَمَّرَ • ‎(ʾammara) II, non-past يُؤَمِّرُ‎ (yuʾammiru)

1. to invest with authority, to make an emir

Conjugation

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

أَمْر • ‎(ʾamr) m ‎(plural أَوَامِر ‎(ʾawāmir))

1. verbal noun of أَمَرَ ‎(ʾamara) (form I)
2. order, command, instruction
3. ordinance, decree
4. power, authority
5. (grammar) imperative

Declension

Noun

أَمْر • ‎(ʾamr) m ‎(plural أُمُور ‎(ʾumūr))

1. matter, affair, concern

Declension

Etymology 4

Elative of مُرّ ‎(murr, “bitter, severe, sharp, painful”) and مَرِير ‎(marīr, “firm, strong”), from the root م ر ر ‎(m-r-r).

Adjective

أَمَرّ • ‎(ʾamarr) ‎(feminine مُرَّى ‎(murrā))

1. elative degree of مَرِير ‎(marīr):
   1. firmer, stronger; firmest, strongest
2. elative degree of مُرّ ‎(murr):
   1. bitterer; bitterest
   2. more severe; most severe
   3. sharper; sharpest
   4. more painful; most painful

Declension

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “مر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 5

Verb

أَمُرُّ • ‎(ʾamurru) ‎(form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of مَرَّ ‎(marra)

Verb

أَمُرَّ • ‎(ʾamurra) ‎(form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of مَرَّ ‎(marra)
2. first-person singular non-past active jussive of مَرَّ ‎(marra)

Verb

أَمُرِّ • ‎(ʾamurri) ‎(form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of مَرَّ ‎(marra)