ummaan

Afar

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /umˈmaːn/, [ʔʊmˈmaːn]
  • Hyphenation: um‧maan

Determiner

ummáan

  1. all, every
    • Saytun Qhuraan kee kay maqnah tarjamaty Qafar afal tani [The clear Qur'an and its explanation translated into the Afar language]‎, Suurat Al-Faatica, verse 3:
      Ummaan ginoh Fulte Racmatta leeh, yeemene marah Gunê Racmatta-le Rabbi kinni.
      He [who] surpasses the mercy of every creation, he is the God who gives mercy to the believing people.

References
  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ummaan”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
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