إمر

See also: امر, آمر, and أمر

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Aramaic אִימְּרָא / אִמְּרָא (ʾimmərā) / ܐܶܡܪܳܐ (ʾemmərā, “lamb”), absolute state אִימַּר / אִמַּר (ʾimmar) / ܐܶܡܱܪ (ʾemmar), from Akkadian 𒇻 (immerum, “sheep”). Note also an Aramaic diminutive having been borrowed as Arabic عَمْرُوسَة (ʕamrūsa, “small lamb”), and the transferred semantics being mirrored in Old Armenian յիմար (yimar, “foolish”).

Noun

إِمَّر • (ʔimmar) m (obsolete)

1. lamb

Declension

Declension of noun إِمَّر (ʔimmar)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	إِمَّر ʔimmar	الْإِمَّر al-ʔimmar	إِمَّر ʔimmar
Nominative	إِمَّرٌ ʔimmarun	الْإِمَّرُ al-ʔimmaru	إِمَّرُ ʔimmaru
Accusative	إِمَّرًا ʔimmaran	الْإِمَّرَ al-ʔimmara	إِمَّرَ ʔimmara
Genitive	إِمَّرٍ ʔimmarin	الْإِمَّرِ al-ʔimmari	إِمَّرِ ʔimmari

Adjective

إِمَّر • (ʔimmar) (obsolete)

1. simple-minded, stupid

   Synonyms: إِمَّع (ʔimmaʕ), إِمَّعَة (ʔimmaʕa)

Declension

Declension of adjective إِمَّر (ʔimmar)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	إِمَّر ʔimmar	الْإِمَّر al-ʔimmar	إِمَّر ʔimmar	الْإِمَّر al-ʔimmar
Nominative	إِمَّرٌ ʔimmarun	الْإِمَّرُ al-ʔimmaru	إِمَّرٌ ʔimmarun	الْإِمَّرُ al-ʔimmaru
Accusative	إِمَّرًا ʔimmaran	الْإِمَّرَ al-ʔimmara	إِمَّرًا ʔimmaran	الْإِمَّرَ al-ʔimmara
Genitive	إِمَّرٍ ʔimmarin	الْإِمَّرِ al-ʔimmari	إِمَّرٍ ʔimmarin	الْإِمَّرِ al-ʔimmari
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	إِمَّر ʔimmar	الْإِمَّر al-ʔimmar	إِمَّر ʔimmar	الْإِمَّر al-ʔimmar
Nominative	إِمَّرٌ ʔimmarun	الْإِمَّرُ al-ʔimmaru	إِمَّرٌ ʔimmarun	الْإِمَّرُ al-ʔimmaru
Accusative	إِمَّرًا ʔimmaran	الْإِمَّرَ al-ʔimmara	إِمَّرًا ʔimmaran	الْإِمَّرَ al-ʔimmara
Genitive	إِمَّرٍ ʔimmarin	الْإِمَّرِ al-ʔimmari	إِمَّرٍ ʔimmarin	الْإِمَّرِ al-ʔimmari
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	إِمَّر ʔimmar	الْإِمَّر al-ʔimmar	إِمَّر ʔimmar	الْإِمَّر al-ʔimmar
Nominative	إِمَّرٌ ʔimmarun	الْإِمَّرُ al-ʔimmaru	إِمَّرٌ ʔimmarun	الْإِمَّرُ al-ʔimmaru
Accusative	إِمَّرًا ʔimmaran	الْإِمَّرَ al-ʔimmara	إِمَّرًا ʔimmaran	الْإِمَّرَ al-ʔimmara
Genitive	إِمَّرٍ ʔimmarin	الْإِمَّرِ al-ʔimmari	إِمَّرٍ ʔimmarin	الْإِمَّرِ al-ʔimmari

Alternative forms

• إِمَّرَة (ʔimmara)

References

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• Behnstedt, Peter; Woidich, Manfred (2010) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 255–263, survey that the word survives in no dialect, shewing its peripheral origin.
• Freytag, Georg (1830), “إمر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 58b
• Hommel, Fritz (1879) Die Namen der Säugethiere bei den südsemitischen Völkern als Beiträge zur arabischen und äthiopischen Lexicographie, zur semitischen Kulturforschung und Sprachvergleichung und zur Geschichte der Mittelmeerfauna. Mit steter Berücksichtigung auch der assyrischen und hebräischen Thiernamen und geographischen und literaturgeschichtlichen Excursen‎^[1] (in German), Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung, page 237, declares it Aramaic due to the form and supposed lacking of the word in old sources.
• Militarev, Alexander; Kogan, Leonid (2005), “*ˀimmar-”, in Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volume II: Animal Names, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 7–9, Nr. 5, reconstruct with little extra-Semitic cognates Proto-Afroasiatic, themselves noting that Phoenician 𐤀𐤌𐤓 (ʾmr) occurs but in a text “showing a number of features often regarded as Aramaic”, and that Ugaritic 𐎛𐎎𐎗 (ỉmr) is “poetic”. Hebrew אׅמַּר (ʾimmar) or אׅמֵּר (ʾimmēr) referenced on a dozen of places in Koehler-Baumgartner with left-open vocalization may or may not occur, having a lot of homonyms, but the tendency of transmission to corrupt any occurrence would be evidence that it is another “poetic” word unknown to the Biblical Hebrew vernacular, i.e. an educated Aramaic borrowing into Hebrew. Lastly, the loan permeation may be illustrated by Basque umerri (“lamb”).
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1879) “Die Namen der Säugethiere bei den südsemitischen Völkern als Beiträge zur arabischen und äthiopischen Lexicographie, zur semitischen Kulturforschung und Sprachvergleichung und zur Geschichte der Mittelmeerfauna. Mit steter Berücksichtigung auch der assyrischen und hebräischen Thiernamen und geographischen und literaturgeschichtlichen Excursen von Fritz Hommel. Leipzig 1879, J. C. Hinrichs’sche Buchhandlung XX und 471 S. in Octav”, in Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen‎^[2] (in German), pages 1261–1262, declares it native due to a place-name إِمَّرَة (ʔimmara) and the occurrence in Imruʾ al-Qays (of whose poems lots of forgeries exist).
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1904) Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[3] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 83
• Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 50

Etymology 2

From the root ء م ر (ʔ-m-r).

Adjective

إِمْر • (ʔimr)

1. afflictive, grave, abominable

   Synonyms: نُكْر (nukr), إِدّ (ʔidd)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:71:

     لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْئًا إِمْرًا

     la-qad jiʔta šayʔan ʔimran

     You have done a grave thing!

Declension

Declension of adjective إِمْر (ʔimr)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	إِمْر ʔimr	الْإِمْر al-ʔimr	إِمْر ʔimr	الْإِمْر al-ʔimr
Nominative	إِمْرٌ ʔimrun	الْإِمْرُ al-ʔimru	إِمْرٌ ʔimrun	الْإِمْرُ al-ʔimru
Accusative	إِمْرًا ʔimran	الْإِمْرَ al-ʔimra	إِمْرًا ʔimran	الْإِمْرَ al-ʔimra
Genitive	إِمْرٍ ʔimrin	الْإِمْرِ al-ʔimri	إِمْرٍ ʔimrin	الْإِمْرِ al-ʔimri
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	إِمْر ʔimr	الْإِمْر al-ʔimr	إِمْر ʔimr	الْإِمْر al-ʔimr
Nominative	إِمْرٌ ʔimrun	الْإِمْرُ al-ʔimru	إِمْرٌ ʔimrun	الْإِمْرُ al-ʔimru
Accusative	إِمْرًا ʔimran	الْإِمْرَ al-ʔimra	إِمْرًا ʔimran	الْإِمْرَ al-ʔimra
Genitive	إِمْرٍ ʔimrin	الْإِمْرِ al-ʔimri	إِمْرٍ ʔimrin	الْإِمْرِ al-ʔimri
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	إِمْر ʔimr	الْإِمْر al-ʔimr	إِمْر ʔimr	الْإِمْر al-ʔimr
Nominative	إِمْرٌ ʔimrun	الْإِمْرُ al-ʔimru	إِمْرٌ ʔimrun	الْإِمْرُ al-ʔimru
Accusative	إِمْرًا ʔimran	الْإِمْرَ al-ʔimra	إِمْرًا ʔimran	الْإِمْرَ al-ʔimra
Genitive	إِمْرٍ ʔimrin	الْإِمْرِ al-ʔimri	إِمْرٍ ʔimrin	الْإِمْرِ al-ʔimri