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أُمِّيَّةٌ

Root: ام

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أُمِّيَّةٌ The quality denoted by the epithet أُمِّىٌّ: [gentilism: heathenism: &c.:] the quality of being [in the natural condition of the nation to which one belongs, or] as brought forth by one's mother, in respect of not having learned the art of writing nor the reading thereof. أُمَّانٌ: see أُمِّىٌّ; and see also art. امن أُمَّهَدٌ: see أُمٌّ.
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