أُمَّ mother of in Arabic
أُمَّ is how you say “mother of” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
فَأَتَيْتُ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا
So I went to Umm Salama and said to her.
أُمَّ mother of
A 'mother of' title that heads a name-pair (a kunya), owning the name after it; here it is the person gone to, in the object slot, and forms a possessive link with 'Salama'.
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فَقَالَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ يَا أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ قَدْ جَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالنَّاسِ،
So Abu Talha said, "O Umm Sulaym, the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, has come with the people."
أُمَّ Umm
'Mother of' as the called-on term after 'O', front of the 'X of Y' teknonym leaning on the name to come. As a vocative it takes a special short ending and still owns 'Sulaym' next.
فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هِلَّمِي يَا أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ مَا عِنْدَكِ
The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said, "Come here, Umm Sulaym; what do you have?"
أُمَّ mother
'Mother of' as the called-on term after 'O', front of the 'X of Y' teknonym leaning on 'Sulaym'. As a vocative it takes a special short ending and still owns the name to come.
عَنْ مَسْرُوْقٍ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أُمَّ رُومَانَ،
Masruq said, 'I asked Umm Ruman.'
أُمَّ Umm
This is the first half of the name 'mother-of ___', and it is the object of 'asked', so it takes the accusative ending. It leans onto the name after it for its meaning, the two binding directly with no separate 'of'.