Rizwan Zubair

Root ع م ی ʿ-m-y

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ع م یʿ-m-y

(س) عَمِيَ يَعْمٰى عَمًيʿamiya yaʿmā ʿamany: to be blind, of the eye or of the heart. ﴿فَاِنَّهَا لَا تَعْمَي الْاَبْصَارُ وَلٰكِنْ تَعْمَي الْقُلُوْبُ الَّتِيْ فِي الصُّدُوْرِ﴾ (Al-Ḥajj 22:46)

اَعْمٰىaʿmā pl. عُمْيٌʿumy (adjective on the pattern of اَفْعَلُafʿalu, the pattern of colours and defects; original form: اَعْمَيُaʿmayu): blind. ﴿اَنْ جَآءَهُ الْاَعْمٰى﴾ (ʿAbasa 80:2)

Form IV (ifʿāl) اَعْمٰى يُعْمِيْ اِعْمَاءًaʿmā yuʿmī iʿmāʾan: to make someone blind. ﴿فَاَصَمَّهُمْ وَاَعْمٰٓى اَبْصَارَهُمْ﴾ (Muḥammad 47:23)

Form II (tafʿīl) عَمّٰى يُعَمِّيْ تَعْمِيَةًʿammā yuʿammī taʿmiyatan: to conceal the reality of something, to blind someone in a matter. ﴿فَعُمِّيَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ﴾ (Hūd 11:28)

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