"أما" meaning in Arabic

See أما in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /ʔam.maː/ Forms: أَمَّا [canonical], ʔammā [romanization]
Etymology: Univerbation of أَن (ʔan, “that”) + مَا (mā, relative), the original thought being “that this matter be touched”, “be it that”, or just a dialectal variant of disjunctive إِمَّا (ʔimmā, “be it that”) as أَمَّا (ʔammā) can well be used for positing two alternatives. Etymology templates: {{univerbation|ar|أَن|مَا|pos2=relative|t1=that}} Univerbation of أَن (ʔan, “that”) + مَا (mā, relative) Head templates: {{head|ar|conjunction|head=أَمَّا}} أَمَّا • (ʔammā)
  1. as for; followed by a noun or pronoun, itself followed by the particle فَـ (fa-) Derived forms: أَمَّا بَعْدُ (ʔammā baʕdu)
    Sense id: en-أما-ar-conj-5rjYLV9d Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic particles, Arabic univerbations, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of Arabic particles: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 62 0 0 0 0 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 0 0 0 0 25 Disambiguation of South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 80 0 0 0 0 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Particle

IPA: /ʔa.maː/ Forms: أَمَا [canonical], ʔamā [romanization]
Etymology: From أَ (ʔa) + مَا (mā). Etymology templates: {{compound|ar|أَ|مَا}} أَ (ʔa) + مَا (mā) Head templates: {{ar-particle|أَمَا}} أَمَا • (ʔamā)
  1. verily, truly, indeed, oh yes! Synonyms: أَلَا
    Sense id: en-أما-ar-particle-SwEb1UY~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": "imma"
          },
          "expansion": "Maltese: imma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Maltese: imma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ary",
            "2": "أما",
            "tr": "ʔamma"
          },
          "expansion": "Moroccan Arabic: أما (ʔamma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Moroccan Arabic: أما (ʔamma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "amma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: amma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: amma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ba",
            "2": "әммә",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bashkir: әммә (əmmə)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bashkir: әммә (əmmə)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "klj",
            "2": "əmmâ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khalaj: əmmâ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khalaj: əmmâ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa-cls",
            "2": "اَمَّا",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Classical Persian: اَمَّا (ammā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Classical Persian: اَمَّا (ammā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "prs",
            "2": "اَمَّا"
          },
          "expansion": "Dari: اَمَّا (ammā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dari: اَمَّا (ammā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa-ira",
            "2": "اَمَّا"
          },
          "expansion": "Iranian Persian: اَمَّا (ammâ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Iranian Persian: اَمَّا (ammâ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tg",
            "2": "аммо"
          },
          "expansion": "Tajik: аммо (ammo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tajik: аммо (ammo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "borrowed",
            "2": "→"
          },
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "tooltip"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "→"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindustani:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "اَمَّا"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: اَمَّا (ammā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: اَمَّا (ammā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "अम्मा",
            "qq": "literary, uncommon"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: अम्मा (ammā) (literary, uncommon)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: अम्मा (ammā) (literary, uncommon)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "اما",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "ammâ"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: اما (ammâ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: اما (ammâ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "ama"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: ama",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: ama"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "ama",
            "bor": "1",
            "qq1": "Kosovo"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: ama (Kosovo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: ama (Kosovo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "ամա",
            "3": "ամմա",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Armenian: ամա (ama), ամմա (amma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Armenian: ամա (ama), ամմա (amma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lzz",
            "2": "ამა",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Laz: ამა (ama)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Laz: ამა (ama)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
            "2": "ама",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Macedonian: ама (ama)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Macedonian: ама (ama)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ha",
            "2": "àmmā",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hausa: àmmā",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hausa: àmmā"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yoruba:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yoruba:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yo",
            "2": "àmọ́",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin script: àmọ́",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin script: àmọ́"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yo",
            "2": "اموَْ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Arabic script: اموَْ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Arabic script: اموَْ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nup",
            "2": "àmáà",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Nupe: àmáà",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Nupe: àmáà"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "ammo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: ammo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: ammo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "أَن",
        "3": "مَا",
        "pos2": "relative",
        "t1": "that"
      },
      "expansion": "Univerbation of أَن (ʔan, “that”) + مَا (mā, relative)",
      "name": "univerbation"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Univerbation of أَن (ʔan, “that”) + مَا (mā, relative), the original thought being “that this matter be touched”, “be it that”, or just a dialectal variant of disjunctive إِمَّا (ʔimmā, “be it that”) as أَمَّا (ʔammā) can well be used for positing two alternatives.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "أَمَّا",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ʔammā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "conjunction",
        "head": "أَمَّا"
      },
      "expansion": "أَمَّا • (ʔammā)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic univerbations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 0 0 0 0 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 0 0 0 0 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 0 0 0 0 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "ʔammā baʕdu",
          "word": "أَمَّا بَعْدُ"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Indeed, your efforts are diverse.\nAs for he who gives and fears Allah\nAnd believes in the best [reward],\nWe will ease him toward ease.\nBut as for he who withholds and considers himself free of need\nAnd denies the best [reward],\nWe will ease him toward difficulty.",
          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 92:4-10:",
          "roman": "ʔinna saʕyakum lašattā\n fa-ʔammā man ʔaʕṭā wa-ttaqā\n wa-ṣaddaqa bi-l-ḥusnā\n fa-sanuyassiruhu li-l-yusrā\n wa-ʔammā man baḵila wa-staḡnā\n wa-kaḏḏaba bi-l-ḥusnā\n fa-sanuyassiruhu li-l-ʕusrā",
          "text": "إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّى\n فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَى وَٱتَّقَى\n وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَى\n فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْيُسْرَى\n وَأَمَّا مَن بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَى\n وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَى\n فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْعُسْرَى",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "(Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name):",
          "roman": "wa-lam ʔara ka-l-maʕrūfi; ʔammā maḏāquhu / fa-ḥulwun, wa-ʔammā wajhuhu fa-jamīlu",
          "text": "وَلَمْ أَرَ كَٱلمَعْرُوفِ؛ أَمَّا مَذَاقُهُ / فَحُلْوٌ، وَأَمَّا وَجْهُهُ فَجَمِيلُ",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as for; followed by a noun or pronoun, itself followed by the particle فَـ (fa-)"
      ],
      "id": "en-أما-ar-conj-5rjYLV9d",
      "links": [
        [
          "as for",
          "as for"
        ],
        [
          "فَـ",
          "ف#Arabic"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔam.maː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "أما"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "أَ",
        "3": "مَا"
      },
      "expansion": "أَ (ʔa) + مَا (mā)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From أَ (ʔa) + مَا (mā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "أَمَا",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ʔamā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "أَمَا"
      },
      "expansion": "أَمَا • (ʔamā)",
      "name": "ar-particle"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "verily, truly, indeed, oh yes!"
      ],
      "id": "en-أما-ar-particle-SwEb1UY~",
      "links": [
        [
          "verily",
          "verily"
        ],
        [
          "truly",
          "truly"
        ],
        [
          "indeed",
          "indeed"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "أَلَا"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔa.maː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "أما"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Arabic 2-syllable words",
    "Arabic compound terms",
    "Arabic conjunctions",
    "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Arabic lemmas",
    "Arabic palindromes",
    "Arabic particles",
    "Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Arabic univerbations",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "South Levantine Arabic conjunctions",
    "South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "South Levantine Arabic lemmas",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "ʔammā baʕdu",
      "word": "أَمَّا بَعْدُ"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mt",
            "2": "imma"
          },
          "expansion": "Maltese: imma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Maltese: imma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ary",
            "2": "أما",
            "tr": "ʔamma"
          },
          "expansion": "Moroccan Arabic: أما (ʔamma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Moroccan Arabic: أما (ʔamma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "az",
            "2": "amma",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Azerbaijani: amma",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Azerbaijani: amma"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ba",
            "2": "әммә",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bashkir: әммә (əmmə)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bashkir: әммә (əmmə)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "klj",
            "2": "əmmâ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khalaj: əmmâ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khalaj: əmmâ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa-cls",
            "2": "اَمَّا",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Classical Persian: اَمَّا (ammā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Classical Persian: اَمَّا (ammā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "prs",
            "2": "اَمَّا"
          },
          "expansion": "Dari: اَمَّا (ammā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dari: اَمَّا (ammā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa-ira",
            "2": "اَمَّا"
          },
          "expansion": "Iranian Persian: اَمَّا (ammâ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Iranian Persian: اَمَّا (ammâ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tg",
            "2": "аммо"
          },
          "expansion": "Tajik: аммо (ammo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tajik: аммо (ammo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "borrowed",
            "2": "→"
          },
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "tooltip"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "→",
          "name": "→"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindustani:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "اَمَّا"
          },
          "expansion": "Urdu: اَمَّا (ammā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Urdu: اَمَّا (ammā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "अम्मा",
            "qq": "literary, uncommon"
          },
          "expansion": "Hindi: अम्मा (ammā) (literary, uncommon)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hindi: अम्मा (ammā) (literary, uncommon)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ota",
            "2": "اما",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "ammâ"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ottoman Turkish: اما (ammâ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ottoman Turkish: اما (ammâ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "ama"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: ama",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: ama"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "ama",
            "bor": "1",
            "qq1": "Kosovo"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: ama (Kosovo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: ama (Kosovo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "ամա",
            "3": "ամմա",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Armenian: ամա (ama), ամմա (amma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Armenian: ամա (ama), ամմա (amma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lzz",
            "2": "ამა",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Laz: ამა (ama)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Laz: ამა (ama)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
            "2": "ама",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Macedonian: ама (ama)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Macedonian: ама (ama)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ha",
            "2": "àmmā",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hausa: àmmā",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hausa: àmmā"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yoruba:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yoruba:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yo",
            "2": "àmọ́",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin script: àmọ́",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin script: àmọ́"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yo",
            "2": "اموَْ",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Arabic script: اموَْ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Arabic script: اموَْ"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nup",
            "2": "àmáà",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Nupe: àmáà",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Nupe: àmáà"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uz",
            "2": "ammo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Uzbek: ammo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Uzbek: ammo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "أَن",
        "3": "مَا",
        "pos2": "relative",
        "t1": "that"
      },
      "expansion": "Univerbation of أَن (ʔan, “that”) + مَا (mā, relative)",
      "name": "univerbation"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Univerbation of أَن (ʔan, “that”) + مَا (mā, relative), the original thought being “that this matter be touched”, “be it that”, or just a dialectal variant of disjunctive إِمَّا (ʔimmā, “be it that”) as أَمَّا (ʔammā) can well be used for positing two alternatives.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "أَمَّا",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ʔammā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "conjunction",
        "head": "أَمَّا"
      },
      "expansion": "أَمَّا • (ʔammā)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Requests for date",
        "Requests for translations of Arabic quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Indeed, your efforts are diverse.\nAs for he who gives and fears Allah\nAnd believes in the best [reward],\nWe will ease him toward ease.\nBut as for he who withholds and considers himself free of need\nAnd denies the best [reward],\nWe will ease him toward difficulty.",
          "ref": "609–632 CE, Qur'an, 92:4-10:",
          "roman": "ʔinna saʕyakum lašattā\n fa-ʔammā man ʔaʕṭā wa-ttaqā\n wa-ṣaddaqa bi-l-ḥusnā\n fa-sanuyassiruhu li-l-yusrā\n wa-ʔammā man baḵila wa-staḡnā\n wa-kaḏḏaba bi-l-ḥusnā\n fa-sanuyassiruhu li-l-ʕusrā",
          "text": "إِنَّ سَعْيَكُمْ لَشَتَّى\n فَأَمَّا مَنْ أَعْطَى وَٱتَّقَى\n وَصَدَّقَ بِٱلْحُسْنَى\n فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْيُسْرَى\n وَأَمَّا مَن بَخِلَ وَٱسْتَغْنَى\n وَكَذَّبَ بِٱلْحُسْنَى\n فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْعُسْرَى",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "(Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name):",
          "roman": "wa-lam ʔara ka-l-maʕrūfi; ʔammā maḏāquhu / fa-ḥulwun, wa-ʔammā wajhuhu fa-jamīlu",
          "text": "وَلَمْ أَرَ كَٱلمَعْرُوفِ؛ أَمَّا مَذَاقُهُ / فَحُلْوٌ، وَأَمَّا وَجْهُهُ فَجَمِيلُ",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as for; followed by a noun or pronoun, itself followed by the particle فَـ (fa-)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "as for",
          "as for"
        ],
        [
          "فَـ",
          "ف#Arabic"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔam.maː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "أما"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Arabic 2-syllable words",
    "Arabic compound terms",
    "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Arabic lemmas",
    "Arabic palindromes",
    "Arabic particles",
    "Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "South Levantine Arabic conjunctions",
    "South Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "South Levantine Arabic lemmas",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic",
    "South Levantine Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "أَ",
        "3": "مَا"
      },
      "expansion": "أَ (ʔa) + مَا (mā)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From أَ (ʔa) + مَا (mā).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "أَمَا",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ʔamā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "أَمَا"
      },
      "expansion": "أَمَا • (ʔamā)",
      "name": "ar-particle"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "verily, truly, indeed, oh yes!"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "verily",
          "verily"
        ],
        [
          "truly",
          "truly"
        ],
        [
          "indeed",
          "indeed"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "أَلَا"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔa.maː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "أما"
}

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