Arabic word sheet
يَتِيمٌ
Orphan
- Type
- noun
- Root
- ي ت م
Meaning and usage
Orphan
A child whose father has died. The child is called so until reaching adulthood.
يَعِيشُ الْيَتِيمُ مَعَ جَدَّتِهِ فِي الْقَرْيَةِ.
The orphan lives with his grandmother in the village.
Unique, one of a kind
It is said of a thing that stands alone of its kind, with nothing like it or beside it. It is used of a rare object or of the only specimen of something.
فِي الْمَتْحَفِ لَوْحَةٌ يَتِيمَةٌ لِهَذَا الرَّسَّامِ.
The museum has one single painting by this painter.
Plural
أَيْتَامٌ / يَتَامَى
Word family
What the root means ي ت م
The root carries the idea of being alone, on one's own. From it come the orphan, a child left without a father, making or becoming an orphan, the state of being one, and also what is one of a kind.
to make an orphan of
أَيْتَمَ
to become an orphan
يَتِمَ
orphanhood
يُتْمٌ
Synonyms
single, lone
فَرْدٌ
It matches only the sense of a thing that is one of a kind; it simply says that something is alone, without the image of the fatherless child.