Arabic word sheet
أَعْمَى
Blind
- Type
- adjective
- Root
- ع م ي
Meaning and usage
Blind
Said of someone who cannot see, who has lost the use of both eyes. The word also names the person: a blind man.
عَبَرَ الرَّجُلُ الْأَعْمَى الطَّرِيقَ مَعَ سَامِي.
The blind man crossed the road with Sami.
Blind in mind
By image, said of someone who does not see what is nonetheless plain: he fails to recognise what is right or will not see the obvious.
كَانَ رَامِي أَعْمَى عَنْ عُيُوبِ صَدِيقِهِ.
Rami was blind to his friend’s faults.
Plural
عُمْيٌ / عُمْيَانٌ
Word family
What the root means ع م ي
The root means losing one’s sight. By image it is also said of the mind that does not find the right way, and of a matter that stays obscure to someone.
to go blind
عَمِيَ
blindness
عَمًى
blind (said of a woman)
عَمْيَاءُ
Synonyms
blind, sightless
ضَرِيرٌ
Gentler: it is said of the eyes only, never of the mind, and spares the person spoken of.
sightless
كَفِيفٌ
A polite word, usual today, for a person who cannot see; it has no figurative sense.
Opposites
sighted, clear-sighted
بَصِيرٌ