أُمَّهَةٌ

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أُمَّهَةٌ i. q. أُمٌّ [A mother of a human being and of any animal]: the former is [said by some to be] the original of the latter: Aboo-Bekr says that the ه in the former is a radical letter: or the former applies to a rational creature; and the latter, to [a rational and] an irrational: or, accord. to Az, the pl. of the former applies to the rational; and that of the latter, to the irrational: the former sing. sometimes applies to an irrational creature: [for some further remarks on both of these words and their pls., see the latter of them:] the pl. [of the former] is أُمَّهَاتٌ and [that of the latter is] أُمَّاتٌ: Az says that the امو is added in the former for the purpose of distinguishing between the daughters of Adam [to whom it is generally applied] and other animate beings.

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