أما

See also: آما‎, اما‎, and إما‎

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔam.maː/

Conjunction

أَمَّا • (ʾammā)

  1. as for; followed by a noun or pronoun, itself usually followed by the particle فَـ‎ (fa-)
    ‏أَمَّا النَّافِذَةُ فَهِيَ مَفْتُوحَةٌ‎ ― ʾammā n-nāfiḏatu fahiya maftūḥatun ― As for the window, it's open.

Usage notes

  • أَمَّا‎ (ʾammā) is used to make the following noun phrase the focus of the sentence. While “as for” is a good rule-of-thumb translation, it is often more idiomatic to use “but” or no conjunction at all.

Derived terms

  • أَمَّا بَعْدُ‎ (ʾammā baʿdu)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: amma
  • Bashkir: әммә (ämmä)
  • Persian: اما‎
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