(ن) اَمَمَ يَاْمُمُamama yāmumu (original form) ⟵ اَمَّ يَؤُمُّ اَمًّاamma yaʾummu amman: to intend something, to be the means of nurturing, to guide.
اٰمٌّamm (اٰمِمٌamim) active participle (ism fāʿil): one who intends, one who makes for. ﴿وَلَآ آٰمِّيْنَ الْبَيْتَ الْحَرَامَ﴾ (Al-Māʾidah 5:2)
اُمَّةٌummah (noun, ism dhāt): a community that follows a guidance. ﴿كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ اُمَّةٍ اُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ﴾ (Āl ʿImrān 3:110); also for the period over which a community is nurtured, and then for a period alone: ﴿وَادَّكَرَ بَعْدَ اُمَّةٍ﴾ (Yūsuf 12:45)
اِمَامٌimām pl. اَئِمَّةٌaʾimmah (noun, ism dhāt): a means of guidance, a leader. ﴿اِنِّيْ جَاعِلُكَ لِلنَّاسِ اِمَامًا﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:124); ﴿وَجَعَلْنٰهُمْ اَئِمَّةً يَّهْدُوْنَ بِاَمْرِنَا﴾ (Al-Anbiyāʾ 21:73)