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awmaʾa

signal, motion

أَوْمَأَ

Word

Verb · Form IV

Root

و م ء

Forms

Present
يُومِئُ

In the library

403 - وحدثني عن مالك عن نافع أن عبد الله بن عمر كان يقول :إذا لم يستطع المريض السجود أومأ برأسه إيماء ولم يرفع إلى جبهته شيئا

Al-Muwatta of Malik, page 501 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ أَوْمَأَيُومِئُ—
she هِيَ أَوْمَأَتتُومِئُ—
they two (m.) هُما أَوْمَآيُومِئانِ—
they two (f.) هُما أَوْمَأَتاتُومِئانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ أَوْمَأُوايُومِئُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ أَوْمَأْنَيُومِئْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ أَوْمَأْتَتُومِئُومِئْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ أَوْمَأْتِتُومِئِينَومِئِي
you two أَنْتُما أَوْمَأْتُماتُومِئانِومِئَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ أَوْمَأْتُمتُومِئُونَومِئُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ أَوْمَأْتُنَّتُومِئْنَومِئْنَ
I أَنا أَوْمَأْتُأُومِئُ—
we نَحْنُ أَوْمَأْنانُومِئُ—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 6 entries
  • وَمَأَ إِلَيْهِ Form I He made a sign to him
    , (S, K,) aor. يَمَأُ, inf. n. وَمْءٌ; (S;) and ↓ اومأ, (S, K, which is the chaste word, MF,) inf. n. إِيمَآءٌ; (TA;) and ↓ ومّأ; (K;) He made a sign to him. (K.) أَوْمَيْتُ [for أَوْمَأْتُ] is disallowed: (S:) [but see what follows in this paragraph]. Lth says, that الايماء is the making a sign with the head or the hand, as a sick man does with his head for the inclination and prostration in prayer: (TA:) and اومأ بِرَأْسِهِ sometimes signifies He [made a sign with his head as though he] said “ No: ” Akh cites this verse: " إِذَا قَلَّ مَالُ المَرْءِ قَلَّ صَدِيقُهُ وَأَوْمَتْ إِلَيْهِ بِالعُيُونِ الأَصَابِعُ " [When the man's wealth becomes little, his friends become few; and the fingers, together with the eyes, make signs to him]; in which اومت is for اومأت. (TA.) ― -b2- [For a further explanation of اومأ, and the manner in which it is said to differ from اوبأ, see art. وبأ.]
  • وَمَّأَ Form II He took away the thing
    : see 1. ― -b2- ومّى بِالشَّىْءِ [for ومّأ: as there is no such root as ومى:] He took away the thing. (TA.)
  • فُلَانٌ يُوَامِيأُ فُلَانًا Form III Such a one agrees, or vies, with such a one
    , and يُوَايأِمُ, [Such a one agrees, or vies, with such a one]. These two verbs are of two different dialects, or the former is formed by transposition from the latter. (K, TA.) ― -b2- ISh quotes, " فَأَنَا الغذَاةَ مُوَامِيأُهْ " meaning, accord. to Abu-l-Khattáb, “ And I, in the morning, shall see him, or it: ” syn. مُعَايِنُهُ. (TA.)
  • أَوْمَاَ Form IV Open entry
    see 1.
  • استومى عَلَى الأَمْرِ Form X He made himself master of the thing
    [for استومأ: as there is no such root as ومى:] He made himself master of the thing: like استولى. (Fr.)
  • وَامِيأَةٌ A misfortune; calamity
    A misfortune; calamity: (S, K:) thought by ISd to be a subst. [not an act. part. n.] because no verb from which it could be derived is known. (TA.) ― -b2- وَقَعَ فِى وَامِيأَةٍ He fell into a misfortune or calamity. (S.) ― -b3- ذَهَبَ ثَوْبِى فَمَا أَدْرِىمَا كَانَتْ وَامِيأَتُهُ My garment is lost, and I know not what misfortune has taken it away: (M, K:) or, who has taken it. (Yaakoob, S.) The phrase without negation is also used. (L.) [See a similar phrase in art. لمأ.]

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